TalmagePotts

Software engineer. I design and build iPhone, Mac and web apps, from idea to launch.

Most of what’s below started as something I, or someone close to me, needed: a budget we’d actually keep, a dictionary that teaches how Japanese words sound, a card game played by our own house rules.

I take an idea from a rough description to something people use, on the App Store or on the web, and I care about the parts that are easy to skip: how it feels in the hand, whether it works without a signal, and whether it’s still fast a year later.

Based in
North Carolina, working remotely
Open to
Part-time engineering roles and freelance projects
Education
B.S. in Biomedical Science

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Portrait of Talmage Potts

Selected work

  1. River Finance

    Envelope budgeting where every dollar in your accounts has a job, synced with your bank and the same on your iPhone and your Mac.

    2026iPhone, macOS

    • Rust
    • Swift
    • SwiftUI
    • Tauri
    • SvelteKit
    • TypeScript
    • SQLite
    • Convex
    • Plaid
    • Vercel AI SDK
    • App Store

  2. Nichi

    A Japanese dictionary for iPhone and Android that shows the pitch accent of every word and works fully offline.

    2026iPhone, Android (not on Google Play yet)

    • Rust
    • Swift
    • SwiftUI
    • UniFFI
    • SQLite
    • Text-to-speech
    • App Store
    Searching “hashi” in Nichi: chopsticks, end and bridge, each with its pitch accent drawn over the reading

  3. Text-Fabric AI

    Ask a research question about the Hebrew Bible or the Greek texts, and get an answer backed by searches you can check.

    2026Web app

    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • Claude API
    • Gemini API
    • RAG
    • Linux hosting
    The research chat beside Ruth 1:16 in Hebrew, broken down into sentences, clauses and phrases
    The research chat on a phone, with suggested questions about Hebrew words

  4. Scribe

    Speech to text on your phone that's fast and accurate enough to replace typing.

    2026Web app

    • TypeScript
    • React
    • Vite
    • Hono
    • Node.js
    • Groq Whisper
    • Silero VAD
    • Linux hosting
    Scribe's record screen in a desktop browser
    Scribe's record screen on a phone, with the AI cleanup toggle and transcript area

  5. Pinochle

    Partnership pinochle played by our family's house rules, with computer players, online tables and our own card art.

    2026Web app

    • TypeScript
    • Game AI
    • Monte Carlo search
    • React
    • Vite
    • Node.js
    • WebSockets
    • Vitest
    • Playwright
    • Linux hosting
    A four-player pinochle table in the browser during bidding, with a hand of illustrated cards
    Bidding 280 on a phone, with the other players' bids shown above

  6. Perch

    A sidebar that sits beside Safari on the Mac, with spaces, tab search and hands-free voice control.

    2026macOS

    • Swift
    • SwiftUI
    • AppKit
    • Groq Whisper

Skills

Skills link to the projects where I used them.

Languages
Apple platforms
Web and desktop
Data and sync
AI
Shipping
Other
  • RevenueCat
  • ElevenLabs AI and voice cloning
  • Soniox speech to text
  • AI training and clear instructions
Education

B.S. in Biomedical Science

What I build

iPhone and Android apps
Native SwiftUI when an app should feel at home on iPhone, or one shared codebase when it needs both platforms. All the way through App Store release.
Web apps
Tools people use every day in the browser, phone included: offline support, accounts, sync, and AI where it actually helps.
Websites
Fast, simple sites that are easy for you to update, with contact forms that land in your inbox.

How I work

  1. A short call

    Thirty minutes, free. You tell me the idea and who it's for, I ask a lot of questions, and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for it.

  2. A written proposal

    What I'll build, what I won't, a fixed price and a timeline, in plain language. Usually within a few days of the call.

  3. Design first, then building in the open

    You approve the design before I build anything. From there, new features can be added while the work is underway, your feedback goes in quickly, and you get frequent test builds on your own phone or browser to see the progress and give the okay.

  4. Launch and handoff

    I handle the App Store submission or the deployment. You own the code and the accounts, and I stay around for fixes after launch.

Start a project

Tell me what you're thinking of building. A rough idea is fine; that's what the first call is for.

Prefer email? Write to hello@talmagepotts.dev.

What do you want built?

Who is it for, and what problem does it solve for them?

Where are you now?

When do you want to launch?

A rough range is fine, e.g. “$3–5k”.

Links to apps you like, existing designs, or questions for me.

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