Grand Valley State · Cayman Islands

Tom builds things that work

Business student, All-American swimmer, and a builder of software with Claude Code.

The scenic route
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South Africa — where it started

Business degree, software side projects (and a lot of laps).

I'm 22, I swim for Grand Valley State, and I build tools with Claude Code that real businesses can use.

see the work
About

South Africa to Michigan to the Cayman Islands (the scenic route).

I grew up in South Africa, I'm finishing a business degree in Michigan, and I live in the Cayman Islands. Somewhere in there I taught myself to build software with Claude Code, which turned out to be a very good use of the time between practices.

Swimming

Five years in the pool (and still counting lengths).

Freestyle and butterfly, on a full scholarship at Grand Valley State. Fourth year, so the black line and I know each other well.

Focus strokes

Freestyle and butterfly

Freestyle is the steady one. Butterfly is the one that humbles me every single session.

Freestyle Butterfly
Background

Fourth-year senior, full scholarship

Swimming for Grand Valley State while finishing a business degree. Two schedules, one set of goggles.

4th-year senior Full scholarship
Tom in the pool in a black arena cap and mirrored goggles, hand on the lane rope
Work

Three things I've built (so far).

I build with Claude Code. I'm the one deciding what's worth building.

For service businesses

DropStack

Five tools in one place: an invoice creator, a payment chaser, a reviews engine, lead capture and a mini-site builder. I made it so the admin stops eating the day.

Roblox game

Reef Keepers

A Roblox game I'm building, and it's close to public release. I'd tell you more, but I'd rather you just play it.

Video tool

AI autoclipper

I feed it long-form video and it hands back short-form clips. It does the scrubbing so I don't have to.

Need something built (or a fourth for the relay)?

say hello

Let's talk (I read every email).

thomasferg44@gmail.com