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Full-stack developer · Nashville, TN

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Have an idea?I’ll build it.

I'm Zach, a Nashville, TN based full-stack developer with 7+ years building and maintaining production apps. I help founders turn ideas into working products, keep older PHP systems running while modernizing them, and add AI where it earns its place.

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Zachary StovallFull-stack software engineer
Experience
7+ years shipping production apps
Builds
Full apps, idea to launch
Also
Legacy PHP · DTC · AI
Based in
Nashville, TN · Remote

[02] What I do

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How I can help

For founders with an idea, businesses running on older systems, direct-to-consumer brands and teams adding AI.

  • 01

    Your idea, built

    Bring an idea, even a rough one. We shape it into a written spec together, then I build, launch and maintain the full app: accounts, payments, admin tools and everything behind them. I value accessibility and build with it in mind, so more people can use what we make.

  • 02

    Legacy PHP, kept running

    Keep the system your business runs on healthy: fix what breaks, speed up what's slow, upgrade PHP and framework versions safely, and modernize in place instead of a risky rewrite.

  • 03

    AI that earns its place

    Find where AI actually helps, then build it: natural-language search, matching, assistants and automations, with usage limits. I also help teams adopt AI-assisted engineering safely.

  • 04

    DTC & commerce platforms

    Checkout, subscriptions and clubs, allocations, fulfillment and tax compliance for brands that sell direct.

Ways to work together

  1. 01

    Fixed-price milestones

    New builds start with a written spec, then split into milestones with a price agreed up front. You pay for progress, not hours.

  2. 02

    Ongoing maintenance

    A monthly arrangement that keeps your app or legacy system healthy, updated and improving.

  3. 03

    Hourly consulting

    Architecture reviews, code audits and AI planning, billed by the hour.

[03] Selected work

Work that shipped

Real products with real constraints. Each case study covers the problem, the stack, the trade-offs and the result.

  1. Vibe Map's home page: the headline “Find the place that feels like yours” over a map of Middle Tennessee neighborhoods.

    vibemapai.com · live

    01

    Vibe Map

    An interactive map for finding US neighborhoods that match lifestyle preferences, with neighborhood-level detail, filters, accounts, payments and natural-language AI search.

    Role
    Founder and sole engineer
    Year
    2026
    Stack
    Next.js · Supabase · PostgreSQL · Stripe · Vercel · Claude API
    Visit vibemapai.com Case study coming soon

  2. 02

    Offset Commerce

    The commerce platform 250+ fine-wine brands use to sell direct: checkout, wine clubs, allocations and fulfillment. I keep its legacy PHP core running and modernize it in place, building Vue.js interfaces and PHP services.

    Where
    Offset Partners
    Role
    Software Developer
    Year
    2022 – now
    Stack
    PHP · Vue.js
    Visit offsetcommerce.com

    One result · reported, approx.

    2 min

    • Before45 min – 2 hr

    • After≈ 2 min

    A marketing sync I rebuilt now finishes in about 2 minutes, down from 45 minutes to 2 hours.

[04] Experience

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How I got here

Seven-plus years of production work, in order. Each skill shows up where I first used it on the job.

  1. 2018

    Western Kentucky University

    B.S. Computer Science

    • Minor in Computer Information Systems
    • Competed on teams at VandyHacks and Hack the Hill (WKU), winning a category prize at VandyHacks with a team-built web app.

  2. Dec 2018 – Mar 2020

    Quore

    Developer · Franklin, TN

    • Delivered features and user experience improvements for a global hotel-management SaaS product.
    • Kept a revenue-critical PHP SaaS platform running on the Rapid Response team, resolving bugs, outages and urgent client requests.
    • Refactored performance bottlenecks and legacy code to improve platform reliability.
    • Built internal tools and token-based authentication for internal and partner integrations.

    New here

    • PHP
    • Laravel
    • REST APIs
    • Token auth
    • Incident response
    • Jira
    • Confluence
    • Microservices
    • Root-cause analysis
    • Refactoring
    • Performance tuning

  3. May 2020 – Aug 2022

    Cash Express LLC

    Software Engineer · Remote

    • Kept revenue-critical legacy PHP point-of-sale systems running and extended them for a multi-state consumer finance business.
    • Rebuilt outdated interfaces and reporting as maintainable Vue.js components on an MVC architecture.
    • Improved reporting and SMS notification automation to streamline daily operations.

    New here

    • Vue.js
    • MVC
    • Component architecture
    • Point of sale
    • Reporting
    • SMS automation
    • Stakeholder alignment
    • Compliance requirements

  4. Apr 2022 – now

    Offset Partners

    Software Developer · Remote

    Contract through Aug 2022

    • Keep a revenue-critical legacy PHP commerce platform serving 250+ boutique wine brands running while leading its modernization, building component-based Vue.js interfaces and PHP back-end services.
    • Deliver commerce features across checkout, wine clubs, allocations, fulfillment, tax compliance and customer management.
    • Rebuilt a marketing sync that was reported complete in about 2 minutes, versus previously reported runs of 45 minutes to 2 hours.
    • Build AI and scripted automations that take manual work off the team.

    New here

    • Legacy modernization
    • Commerce platforms
    • Subscriptions
    • Tax compliance
    • Background jobs
    • API performance
    • Automation
    • Code review
    • Cross-team collaboration
    • Figma
    • Release planning
    • AI-assisted engineering

  5. 2026

    Vibe Map

    Founder and sole engineer

    • An interactive map for finding US neighborhoods that match lifestyle preferences, with neighborhood-level detail, filters, accounts, payments and natural-language AI search.

    New here

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Supabase
    • PostgreSQL
    • Row-level security
    • Stripe
    • Vercel
    • LLM features
    • Claude API
    • Product discovery
    • User feedback

  6. Next

    Your idea

    Have an idea, or a system that needs help? Let's build what's next.

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