Open to new workVeteran founder · Full-stack builder

I build software you can keep.

I'm Steve Defendre, a veteran, CS graduate, and founder of Defendre Solutions. I take loose requirements and ship booking flows, portfolios, ops tools, and the other applications a small team still has to run next year.

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Steve Defendre

Founder · Engineer · Veteran

Studio: Defendre Solutions
Showcase: 8 public builds
Live now: 6 active links

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Defendre Solutions

A veteran-owned software studio for small teams that need custom web apps, practical consulting, and production discipline without agency drag.

Role: Founder, product strategist, and full-stack engineer
Outcome: The studio site now carries the offer, the work, and a place for clients to start.

Next.jsReactTypeScript

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FreeVoiceTranscribe

Private, local hold-to-talk dictation for Apple Silicon Macs. Hold fn, speak, then release to insert. On-device Whisper, no cloud accounts, no always-on mic.

Role: Solo product engineer (Python / macOS)
Outcome: Open-sourced an MIT-licensed menu-bar dictation app with local inference, hands-free mode, tests, and packaging scripts.

PythonWhispermacOSMLX

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Apple App Intents Skill

A free, open-source agent skill for practical Siri and Shortcuts integration. Guides Codex, Claude Code, and OpenClaw through App Intents, entities, indexing, and testing, with a FieldNotes Swift example.

Role: Creator, researcher, and Swift example author
Outcome: Published an MIT-licensed SKILL.md and focused references, free to use, modify, and redistribute.

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BraidsbyRose

Marketing site and booking flow for a Fall River braiding studio. Services, gallery, policies, and appointment requests in one place.

Role: Full-stack web developer
Outcome: Replaced ad-hoc scheduling DMs with a live site clients can use to review styles and request bookings.

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