Skip to content
Steve Defendre, founder of Defendre Solutions

Right now

I turn a rough need into software a small team can run without me in the room.

Veteran, CS graduate, product engineer

About me

I'm Steve Defendre, a military veteran, CS graduate, and founder of Defendre Solutions. I build for founders and small businesses that need someone who can take a messy request and ship a product they can use.

I do the product calls and the engineering. I scope the work, design the path, build the UI, wire the backend, and leave something you can maintain after launch.

Studio
Founder of Defendre Solutions
What I ship
Client sites, local AI tools, desktop apps, and agent workflows
Stack
Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python, Electron, PostgreSQL, AWS

How I build

How I take a project.

I stay on the work from the first call through launch, including the parts that usually get handed off.

  1. Phase 01

    Start with the outcome

    I begin with the job the software has to do, who uses it, and which decision it should make easier.

  2. Phase 02

    Ship the next usable version

    I still work the way I did in the service. Name the objective, cut the fog, ship something you can use, then improve it.

  3. Phase 03

    Own it after launch

    As the founder of Defendre Solutions, I stay with operations, maintenance, and whether the thing still fits the business next quarter.

What I work with

What I use

01

Interface

React and Next.js UIs where the next click is obvious.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS

02

Systems

TypeScript backends and APIs that match how the work runs.

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • REST APIs
  • GraphQL

03

Delivery

Git, Docker, and AWS so a release still ships after the first launch.

  • Git
  • Docker
  • AWS

04

Infrastructure

PostgreSQL and Python when the data and jobs have to last.

  • PostgreSQL
  • Python