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Next week I'm flying to the US because a client I met on Contra invited me over to meet in person.
Never thought a portfolio and a few calls would turn into this 🫶
Been Away for a while Building...
Worked on Several projects, firstly as a backend Engineer of an Enterprise OS project that turns product development into real life scenario for average users...
Project was paused due to internal issues 🥲... can't explain much on that.
That did not stop me i moved on to work on a Mobile application for Australian Workers.
PayTracc is the name and i built it on Flutter which is a cross native platform that allows developers to build iOS/ Android Apps easily.
Paytracc is an Australian employee‑focused work and pay‑tracking app that consolidates shifts, timesheets, leave, multiple jobs, and estimated pay into one mobile dashboard. It’s designed for shift workers, people with variable schedules, and anyone who wants a clear, private record of their working life before payday.
When i started the discussion with the founder, on our first meeting i did not get anything he said at all cause i wasn't familiar with Australian work life and how it worked.
It took several meetings of him explaining things to me to get the grasp of it.
I worked hand in hand with the Ui designer to bring the vision to life.
It took me 4 months to work on this project and still minor bugs to fix daily, it's just never ending at the point but i am loving every step.
It's been a great journey and i both suffered and enjoyed every step of the way...
The Android Application was launched and approved Last month, while the IOS has been approved for testing, i am still fixing some bugs before we push for launch.
The journey has been a good one from struggling to know how to setup the awards to finding out about Australian Fairworks commission and how they provide an api for you to connect to and pull all the latest australian awards. Fair works really helped ease my job as previously we are aiming to upload the individual awards on the database and guess what? we have over 5000+ awards, imagine how stressful that would have been.
Thankful to God for the strength and wisdom he gave me to push through the entire project.
Day 600 of building my own business is still frightening.
With no experience whatsoever, I started my own Webflow studio in March 2025.
Since then it's been 600 days of:
Anxiety
Optimism
Impostor syndrome
Success
Failure
Failure
Failure
Success
Success
Believing
Doubting
Excitement
And everything in between.
Now I'm working with clients all over the world.
I'm building Webflow sites.
I'm working on a web app for musicians as a product owner.
I'm building my own digital product for solopreneurs.
It's still frightening. But most of all, I've never felt more free and satisfied.
I'm still looking for work, though.
To be completely honest, I really need some work as of right now.
If you need a Webflow developer or UX designer, I would love to talk.
Respect for sharing the hard parts too. Hope the right projects come in soon.