Joel Gaff, Jr. Portland, Oregon

I build and run production Rails apps.

Rails builder for hire. Contracts or full-time. Rails · SQLite · Hotwire. Shipping railsguild.com, omarchyguild.com, cucamonga.app & podiumstats.com.

Current work

Oct 8 '26

I Built My Own Open-Source Alternative to Xero: Meet Partita Doppia

An idea for this app has always been in the back of my mind, but before AI-assisted development I would never have thought of...
Sep 22 '26

The Rails Guild

I launched the Rails Guild late last week. Even though I launched the Omarchy Guild a few weeks prior, the Rails Guild was actually...
Sep 17 '26

Omarchy Hatchbox Plugin

I wanted a way to see the status of my Hatchbox apps at a glance without leaving my Omarchy desktop: their deploy state, whether...