I'm John Gordon. Thirty years of engineering judgment, delivered at AI speed. I turn ideas into shippable MVPs — and I rescue the promising prototypes that have started to fall apart. Senior hands, no agency overhead.
You have the vision but not the engineering. I build a real, shippable first version — fast, with modern AI-assisted development, but with the architecture of someone who's done this for three decades. You get software that works and code you actually own.
Something got shipped fast — by a contractor, an AI tool, or you — and now it's fragile, slow, or insecure. I find what's load-bearing, fix what matters, and harden it into something you can grow on. No full rewrite unless one's actually warranted.
Senior technical direction without a full-time hire: architecture calls, code review, hiring help, and a steady hand as you scale. Available as a retainer once we've worked together.
I've spent 30 years writing software and 11 of them leading engineering teams — running multiple agile groups as a director of development. For the last few years I've built with agentic AI tools daily, which is what lets me move quickly without cutting the corners that come back to bite you.
What you get is plain talk, fast turnaround, and decisions that only come from having seen what holds up and what doesn't. No jargon, no hand-waving, no junior developer learning on your dime.
The best first step is a short, no-pressure conversation. Tell me where you are and what you need, and I'll tell you honestly whether and how I can help.
Prefer email?
hello@ofitlabs.com