Perpetual Tinkerer
I build tools people
actually use.
Production apps, SaaS products, family tools — whatever solves a real problem. Fast, practical, and built to ship.
Projects
Things I've built: production SaaS, family tools, and whatever else needed to exist.
Flip or Pass
LiveA mobile-first eBay profit calculator for resellers. Analyzes live market data and delivers instant FLIP/PASS verdicts.
- Instant profit verdicts using 50+ category-specific eBay fee schedules
- Live market analysis from up to 200 active listings
- Barcode scanning for in-store decisions
Chloe's Pantry
In developmentAI-powered meal planning app for families. Parse recipes from text or photos, plan meals, and generate grocery lists.
- AI recipe parsing from text, URLs, and photos
- Weekly meal planning with grocery list generation
- Multi-user household sharing
Music Library Audit
Music library quality scanner. Finds non-lossless albums and prioritizes upgrades with intelligent scoring.
Family Movie Picker
Fair rotation movie night picker for families. Syncs with your media library and uses a recommendation engine to find films everyone will enjoy.
Experiments
Smaller utilities and prototypes — some private, some in progress.
- stephshivers.com — professional site for a trauma-informed care trainer (aka — my wife)
- Telegram-based personal CRM for staying in touch
- Home server automation and infrastructure tools
- iOS app experiments and prototypes
Case Study
Flip or Pass
Problem
Resellers need fast buy/no-buy decisions at thrift stores and garage sales. Generic eBay calculators use flat fee estimates and dump raw numbers — no clear verdict, no category-specific accuracy.
Solution
Built a mobile-first profit calculator that uses 50+ category-specific eBay fee schedules, analyzes up to 200 live listings, and delivers a clear FLIP, PASS, or MAYBE verdict with full profit breakdown.
Highlights
- Production SaaS with Stripe subscription billing
- Barcode scanning for in-store product lookup
- Sold price data and market intelligence for Pro users
- Circuit breaker patterns for upstream API resilience
- Sentry monitoring with session replay on errors
50+
eBay fee schedules
200
listings analyzed per search
<2s
average verdict time
3
subscription tiers
About
I'm Taylor — a perpetual tinkerer based in Tennessee. I build small, practical apps that solve real problems for real people. No chasing trends, no building for the sake of building.
Right now I'm most focused on Flip or Pass, a SaaS tool for eBay resellers, alongside a handful of projects for my family and personal use. Ideation is my superpower, and AI tools close the gap between ideas and execution.
I work across the full stack: database design, API integrations, polished front ends. I care about reliability and building things that just work.
Technologies
Get In Touch
Have a question, want to work together, or just want to say hey? Drop me a line.