The Playfield — Client Work

The Target Bank

Six drop targets, six real projects. Knock one down to read the case study — every project here shipped, and every one started with discovery, not a template.

Bank status: 6 standing — 500 pts per target, bonus for clearing the bank

Full-Stack SaaS · Live

PeoplePractice Co.

A white-label SaaS platform for fractional HR consultants, built from first principles — strategy, design, and engineering. Each licensee runs their entire practice under their own brand, logo, colors, and subdomain, on the same underlying platform.

Ships with 62 AI-powered HR tools (Claude API), an 11-tab client CRM, a white-labeled client portal, Dropbox Sign e-signature, and Stripe subscription billing. Row-Level Security enforces complete data isolation per tenant. First tenant: Cultivate People Co., a Twin Cities HR consultancy.

PlatformNext.js / Supabase
AIClaude API · 62 tools
URLpeoplepracticeco.com
Deep diveThe Spinner Lane →
StatusLive

Mobile App · Android Live / iOS TestFlight

RMAN — Relationship Manager

A relationship management app with a built-in AI companion named Arman. He learns the people in your life, remembers what matters, and surfaces the right person to reach out to at the right time.

Memory Vault, Smart Suggestions, Teach Me, The Feed, and unlimited Chat with Arman on the RMAN+ tier. Privacy-first: contact data never leaves the device. Live on Google Play; iOS on TestFlight.

PlatformAndroid · iOS
ModelFreemium · RMAN+
AndroidGoogle Play →
Deep diveThe Left Ramp →
StatusLive

Custom WordPress · Active Client

Jacobs Construction MN

Custom WordPress site for a Minneapolis general contractor. The project began with a structured discovery session to understand how Jacobs Construction wins business — their actual sales process and client expectations, not a feature wishlist.

The result is a conversion-focused site with a clean service structure, clear calls to action, and zero borrowed templates. The engagement also seeded House Vision AI — Target 4 on this bank.

ClientJacobs Construction MN
PlatformWordPress (custom)
TypeMarketing / Portfolio
LocationMinneapolis, MN
StatusActive

WordPress Plugin · Live

House Vision AI

A WordPress plugin for contractors and remodelers. Upload a house photo, select the exterior changes — roofing, siding, paint, windows — and receive an AI-generated before/after render, powered by Google Gemini.

One API key per contractor, no per-homeowner subscription. Originally built for Jacobs Construction MN, now available to all contractors.

PlatformWordPress
AI EngineGoogle Gemini
Deep diveThe Right Ramp →
StatusLive

Free Web Tool · Live

SpAIces

A free AI space transformer at spaices.co. Upload any indoor room or outdoor yard photo, pick a design style, and get a photorealistic before/after in about 30 seconds.

Climate-aware plant picks and an HOA compliance checker included. Free, no account required — built to be useful first and a calling card second.

TypeWeb app
Speed~30s per render
URLspaices.co
StatusLive · Free

How Every Machine Gets Built

Three steps. No templates.

01

Discovery

Every project begins with a structured discovery session — the client's real goals, sales process, and audience, before any design begins. No quote sheets. No assumptions.

Deliverable: Project Brief

02

Design

Purpose-built from the brief. No templates, no UI kits. Every layout and typographic decision serves the client's specific context, with the client in the loop on iterations.

Deliverable: Approved Mockup

03

Build

The approved design is coded in full — clean HTML/CSS/JS or a custom WordPress theme. No page builders, no drag-and-drop assembly. Ships at production quality.

Deliverable: Live Website

Also on the route card: Shortstop Lawn and Snow (Coon Rapids, MN) — a fast, mobile-first rebuild with local SEO schema. And if a project isn't right for TCBB's process, we say so before taking the work.

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