rich gibbs — indie operator & builder

I ship real products, then run the systems behind them.

AI tools for Etsy sellers and local trades, fixed-scope security audits, and free server utilities — designed, built, and operated solo, from the Linux box up.

Products

Live, paid software I build and operate myself.

ListingLift

LIVE $14.99–$24.99/mo

Etsy SEO, done in seconds. Upload a product photo or paste a listing URL — GPT-4o writes an optimized 140-character title and 13 ranked tags, ready to publish.

  • Next.js
  • GPT-4o
  • Stripe
  • Etsy API

LeadQual

LIVE $49–$149/mo

AI lead intake for trades and local service businesses. Captures inquiries, qualifies prospects, books jobs, and takes deposits while the operator is on a job.

  • FastAPI
  • Twilio
  • Calendar
  • Stripe

EtsyPrompt AI Optimizer now lives inside ListingLift — titles, ranked tags, and the shop audit flow in one maintained product. See ListingLift plans →

Services

Fixed scope, async, written deliverables. No calls.

AI Workflow Map

LIVE $67 pilot

A written map for one business: three practical AI workflows to test this month, starter prompts and templates, data guardrails, and a 30-day experiment plan.

  • AI workflows
  • Prompts
  • Guardrails

SiteScan DFY

LIVE $97 one-time

Preview-first one-page websites for local businesses. You see the finished page before paying; $97 covers the site and 12 months of hosting.

  • One-page site
  • Preview first
  • Hosting

Open tools & projects

Free utilities, experiments, and the infrastructure that runs it all.

ASL Translator MVP

BETA

Real-time American Sign Language recognition in the browser, via webcam and an LSTM model.

  • Python
  • MediaPipe
  • LSTM

Hermes Dashboard

INTERNAL

Real-time server monitoring — CPU, memory, disk, services, SSH events, and agent logs, refreshing every 10 seconds.

  • Next.js
  • Shell
  • Node.js

Blog — Operator Notes

WRITING

Notes on EC2 hardening, DNS, Cloudflare, and shipping indie software from the server up.

  • Writing
  • Markdown