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title: Tell me about a project where you went far beyond what was expected.
description: Interview · Work Ethic · Question 21
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The agency founder hired me to build a time tracking app. That was the scope. Replace WorkEasy, save $400 a month, give staff a better clock-in experience.

I built Tiny Time Keeper in two days. Then I kept going.

I saw the practice management software they were paying $1,700 a month for. Clunky. Couldn't handle multi-agency operations. Therapists hated it. I built Tiny Steps CMS. HIPAA-compliant, multi-tenant, 13 fillable PDF templates across four agencies, credential lockout system, supervision routing.

Then I saw the ABA data collection platform at $3,000 a month. Therapists overwhelmed by it. I built Tiny Thoughts. TypeScript mastery detection engine, five RBAC roles, offline-capable PWA.

Then I saw that referral intake was eating 15 minutes per email. I built an AI pipeline with Gemini that processes them automatically.

Then I saw that therapists were sometimes submitting clinical PDFs with template artifacts still in them. I built TinyToes Auditor, an on-device AI validator that runs entirely in the browser so PHI never touches a server.

What started as one time tracking app became a six-product ecosystem. $4,400 in monthly enterprise software replaced. 42 users across four agencies. $45,000 invoiced. Because when I'm solving a problem, I see the problems next to it. And I don't know how to walk past a problem I know I can fix.