A pre-press release: why I built Otto out of sixteen years of utility-billing pain, and how I modernized JunkSavior — a two-truck Florida operation — from a Gmail account to a full operational and AI stack in two weeks.
Read the pieceNote № 01 · Hi
I build that actually get used.
I’m Japheth — a freelance developer & designer based in Florida, working with clients globally. Small businesses and solo founders hire me for two kinds of work: custom software, end to end, and AI automation that runs without a human babysitting it.
↑ japheth, in his office.
currently taking on new projects.
currently taking on new projects.
№ 02 · Selected work
Things I’ve built, mostly for people
you haven’t heard of.
№ 03
Otto — Utility billing, reconciled to the dollar2026—now · featured
my SaaSAn end-to-end utility billing platform for multifamily property managers — vendor bill PDF in, branded resident invoice out, every charge auditable.
Next.js (App Router)TypeScriptSupabaseClaude APIStripe ConnectTailwind
↳ Reconciled to the dollarRead the case study
№ 02
2026—now
Ottomated.io — Marketing site for Otto
The marketing front door for Otto Utility Intelligence — hand-coded across eleven pages, no framework, no build step. One job: turn awareness into qualified leads.
↳ Lead front door for Otto
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2025
JunkSavior — Old-school operation, modern stack
Brand, marketing site, local SEO, Jobber operations, customer SMS, AI customer service, and AI-driven Facebook Ads for a Florida junk-removal operation. From a Gmail account to a modern small business in two weeks.
↳ Old-school → modern, in 2 wks
№ 03 · Writing
Notes from a workshop.
№ 04 · By the numbers
16+years
shipping software
5+projects
for clients, since 2025
1SaaS
launched (Ottomated.io)
~2weeks
typical engagement
FL↦ 🌍
based, working globally
↳ real numbers, kept current. more about me →