I typed my first BASIC program into a TI-99/4A from the pages of a Compute Magazine in 1982. Around the same time, I discovered Scott Adams text adventures — loaded from cassette tape. Typing "GO NORTH" into a blinking cursor and having a whole world respond captured my imagination.
I graduated to a Commodore 64. By high school, I was running a BBS — with an array of 1581s and a 1200 baud modem screeching way past my bedtime every school night.
I studied Management Information Systems in college, which was the closest thing to a "build stuff with computers" degree for a kid that wasn't that good at math". From there, I've spent my entire career in software — with a deep focus on web development within companies small and large. I've done long stints in product roles at B2B2C SaaS companies, where I learned that building good software is only half the job. The other half is understanding the people who use it.
ByteJelly is a nod to the technical (byte) and the homemade (jelly). I build software the way I think it should be built: thoughtfully, with care, and now agentically. Web apps, macOS apps, iOS apps — whatever shape the idea needs to take.
ByteJelly isn't a dev shop. I just make things I think should exist. I have to build things. If that sounds like your kind of thing, poke around. And if you want to say hi, I can be reached at jason@bytejelly.com.