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Daniel Ortega

Work

Real projects, real businesses

Every one of these started with a business that had a problem and no obvious way to solve it. Here is what I built and how it looks. For private software, client details are changed so nobody’s information ends up on my site.

The HighPoint jobs board: job cards with progress bars and Sheetrock, tape and bed, and texture tasks marked not started, working or done.

Job & crew management app

HighPoint

A private web app that lets a construction company run its jobs from one place, and texts the owner the moment anything changes out in the field.

  • The owner knows where every job stands without calling anyone
  • Nothing gets lost between the job site and the office
  • New crew members can use it without training

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The Westex Drywall & Paint homepage on desktop and phone, headed “Walls That Speak. Finishes That Last.”

Website for a local contractor

Westex Drywall & Paint

Fifteen years of great work and almost nothing online to show for it. A fast, simple site built to get found on Google and turn that into estimate requests.

  • Shows up in local searches instead of being invisible
  • Estimate requests come in overnight and on weekends
  • Somewhere to point people who ask 'do you have a website?'

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Software team project

Scheduling calendar

A scheduling and event calendar built as part of a software team. My first time working in a real production codebase alongside other developers.

  • Shipped as part of a working product
  • Taught me how software gets built in a team, not just solo

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