Founder, Systems Architect & Windows Server Administrator
About Nick
I build practical cloud tools for hands-on businesses. EquipQR started by listening to a real shop’s pains and shipping the simplest thing that actually works in the field—fast setup, low cognitive load, and a single QR scan to reach the truth. That’s my north star for everything I design.
What I Do
Product & Architecture: Founder of EquipQR, a field-ready equipment logbook with role-based access, smart CSV on-boarding, work orders/PMs, and secure file/photo history.
Data & Security: Postgres/Supabase design with RLS/ACLs; Stripe for billing; Typesense for ultra-fast search; audit trails on every access.
Reliability & Ops: 14+ years running Windows Server estates (IBM → Kyndryl), automation-first with PowerShell, patching, monitoring, and change windows.
AI-assisted Delivery: Use Cursor/Lovable/Claude/GPT to speed planning, code, and docs—without sacrificing correctness or maintainability.
Customer Success: Hands-on onboarding, import mapping, field-friendly UX, and documentation you can actually use.
Primary Contributions
EquipQR – Founder & lead dev; QR-driven equipment profiles, work orders/PMs, team roles & permissions, file/photo management, and audit logging.
Fleet Map Add-On – Location awareness via voluntary scan coordinates (lightweight, battery-friendly).
Parts & Search – Typesense-backed parts discovery (seeded synonyms, fast-as-you-type results) to support shops’ day-to-day decisions. <currently in development>
Onboarding at Scale – Smart CSV import that learns column mappings; preview-before-commit to reduce setup time and errors.
Experience Shapshot
Windows Server Administrator (2011—present): IBM → Kyndryl, enterprise operations at scale (AD, GPO, patching, monitoring, incident/change).
Full-Stack Builder: TypeScript/Next.js, Supabase/Postgres, Stripe, Typesense, Tailwind, Vercel.
Automation: PowerShell, scheduled maintenance windows, admin tooling, and “one-touch” runbooks.
Technical Interests
Search & DX: High-signal search experiences (index design, synonyms, ranking).
Safety & Access: Clear role models and least-privilege by default (RLS-first schemas).
Field-First UX: Design for gloves, mud, bright sun, and low signal—then it’ll be great at a desk too.
Philosophy
Small Shop. Big Cloud. Build with the fewest moving parts that accomplish the job, bias to clarity over cleverness, and make sure every scan, click, and update leaves the system better than it was a second ago.
Selected Projects
EquipQR – Smart equipment management for modern repair shops (free to start; per-user pricing; optional org-wide add-ons).
CoverSpot – Cover-song playlist transformer (Supabase + music metadata).
Debate-Prep – Moderator-controlled multi-agent sandbox (WinUI/.NET).
Anvil-OS & Tools – Hobby OS experiments and admin utilities (PowerShell, security tooling).
How I Work
Talk to the shop, not just the screen. Real workflows beat hypotheticals.
Secure by default. Roles, audit trails, and private notes stay private.
Make the first hour delightful. Import, map, preview, done.
Document as you go. The best support is clarity in-app.