About
I'm a software engineer and partner at Sky High Visions, based in Columbus, OH. I got into engineering through a winding path that started in marketing, where I kept finding myself more interested in building the tools than using them. I specialize in web applications, automations, and AI tooling. Before going the agency route, I worked across the stack at companies like Loop and WillowTree.
These days I build Shopify apps and themes, WordPress sites, custom automations, and web apps for clients. On the side, I build things like Orch, a CLI tool for orchestrating multiple AI coding agents. I'm always chasing the next thing that makes me rethink how software gets built.
Away from the keyboard, I design and 3D print telescopes for astrophotography. I've published two astrograph designs on MakerWorld: a compact 114mm f/3.95 and a larger 150mm f/5, both of which I use to shoot deep-sky objects. I also spend time with my wife Mo and our two dogs, Lola and Herbert, play tennis, scuba dive when I can, and unwind with a good book or a long gaming session.
Deep-sky gallery
Experience
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Apr 2024 – Present Partner & Head of Engineering · Sky High Visions
Building custom full-stack applications and automations as an IC while managing a team of five engineers delivering across 30+ client engagements. Work spans WordPress, Shopify, nonprofit, and e-commerce projects.
- Laravel
- Vue
- Shopify
- WordPress
- Tailwind
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Oct 2021 – Mar 2024 Software Engineer · Loop
Full-stack engineer on Loop's post-purchase platform, a Laravel and Vue Shopify application used by 5,000+ DTC brands including Bombas, Brooklinen, and FIGS. Built and maintained features across the returns, exchanges, and order tracking systems handling 2M+ returns monthly.
- Laravel
- Vue.js
- Shopify
- Full-Stack Development
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Jul 2019 – Oct 2021 Platform Software Engineer · WillowTree
Full-stack development at a digital product agency building platforms and internal tools for Fortune 500 clients across industries including financial services, QSR, and retail.
- Full-Stack Development
- Agency
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Sep 2017 – Jul 2019 Web Developer · Stodzy Internet Marketing
Built and maintained web properties for a digital marketing agency. Full-stack development with a focus on WordPress and client-facing sites.
- Full-Stack Development
- WordPress
Projects
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A local code intelligence daemon that pre-computes semantic indexes (refs, defs, call graphs, implementations) and serves them to Claude Code in single-digit milliseconds via MCP. Replaces the Read+Grep+Glob cycle that burns 30-50% of agent tool calls.
- Go
- CLI
- AI
- MCP
- SCIP
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A schema awareness daemon for AI agents. Introspects MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, caches the full schema in BadgerDB, and serves table definitions, FK graphs, and enum values as sub-millisecond MCP queries.
- Go
- CLI
- AI
- MCP
- Databases
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A git intelligence daemon that pre-indexes blame, commit history, co-change patterns, and authorship data. Surfaces structured answers to 'who changed this, why, and what else changed with it' in milliseconds via MCP.
- Go
- CLI
- AI
- MCP
- Git
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A reverse proxy that captures HTTP traffic between your browser and dev server, stores it in BadgerDB, and exposes it as MCP tools. Replaces the add-logging-reproduce-read-log debugging cycle with instant structured request/response lookups.
- Go
- CLI
- AI
- MCP
- HTTP
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A Go CLI that orchestrates multiple Claude Code instances via tmux. Spin up named agents with roles, inter-agent communication through files, scheduled follow-ups, and a live terminal dashboard. One binary, no dependencies beyond tmux and claude.
- Go
- CLI
- AI
- tmux
- SQLite
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A tmux-native terminal dashboard that aggregates live status from tmux sessions, git repos, Obsidian tasks, GitHub CI, and your calendar into a single at-a-glance TUI. Create and save new sessions from the dashboard, quick capture tasks, toggle todos, and a signals panel that tells you what needs attention right now.
- Go
- TUI
- tmux
- Productivity
Work
Blog
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The Context Layer: Four Daemons That Replace Half of Claude Code's Tool Calls
Claude Code spends most of its time finding things, not doing things. I built four Go daemons that pre-compute code intelligence, database schemas, git history, and HTTP traffic, then serve it all in single-digit milliseconds over MCP.
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Building Scry: An Agent-First Code Index That Replaces Read and Grep
Claude Code spends 30-50% of every session just finding code. I built a local daemon that pre-computes a semantic index of every repo and answers symbol queries in single-digit milliseconds.
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Building Trawl: A Polite-By-Default Local Replacement for Firecrawl
A single Go binary for tiered web scraping, BFS crawling, schema extraction, and clean markdown. No API key, no recurring cost, polite by default, with opt-in stealth tiers for the sites that fight back.
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11 Targets Through a 3D-Printed Telescope
Every image in this gallery was shot through a telescope I designed in Fusion 360 and printed in PET-CF. Here's what I pointed it at, what I learned, and what I'd reshoot.
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Contact
Let's talk.
I'm open to new opportunities, collaborations, and interesting problems. If you're building something and think I can help, reach out.
jeff@hooton.codes