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Developer. Architect. Product builder.

Building useful software is what I do.

I’m Bill Milstead. Over 26 years, I’ve built hundreds of products for the companies I’ve worked with, turning complex ideas into software people actually use. Now I’m building my own, too.

26+years in software
100sproducts built
∞things to build
Portrait of Bill Milstead
Bill Milstead
Always building.

Things I’ve put into the world.

Products and websites I’ve designed, built, and continue to improve.

Experiments. Just to see what happens.

Small things I build to test an idea, a tool, or a model. Some are useful. Some are just fun.

A spiral galaxy and a ringed planet, generated from a single wordExperiment 01

A generative film you can hear

One Word Universe

Type a word and watch it explode into a universe: a galaxy, a world, and a score written for it. Under two minutes, best with sound on.

  1. The word is the seed. Your word becomes a number, and that number decides everything: the music’s key and melody, the shapes of the stars, galaxy and planet, and when things happen. The same word always gives the same universe.
  2. The graphics are pure math. Small GPU programs (shaders) compute every pixel 60+ times a second, and nothing is loaded from files. A post-processing pass then adds bloom, glow, grain and film-like color.
  3. The music is synthesized live. The browser’s Web Audio API plays synthesizers, bells and impacts in real time, with no audio files, all synced to the picture.
Read the prompt it started from

Build me something when people see it, they will say “Wow”. Must be immersive, when people see it, they will be stunned by what they see.

This can be a video, or anything else you can think of.

Be creative. Go wild. Dig deep.

No AI slop. Something unique, think outside of the box. Think big. Think amazing. Something no other model done before.

Be proud. Show your best. Don’t disappoint.

Launch the experiment

From first idea to real product.

I like the whole problem: the architecture, the interface, and all the decisions between.

Architecture that lasts

Clear system design, maintainable code, dependable APIs, and performance that holds up in production.

Interfaces people enjoy

Thoughtful frontend work across web and mobile, with the small details that make a product feel right.

Practical AI features

Retrieval, embeddings, vector search, and model workflows shaped around real product needs.

Tools I reach for.

Different projects call for different choices. These are some of the technologies I work with most.

C#
.NET
Blazor
React
Xcode
Native iOS
Android
Next.js
Vue.js
TypeScript
JavaScript
Sass / SCSS
CSS
Azure
Astro

Also working with ASP.NET Core, SQL, React Native, and vector-backed applications.

Experience matters.
Curiosity matters more.

I’ve spent my career building and evolving production software, from business applications to modern web products. Today, alongside my work as a lead developer, I’m creating tools and experiences of my own.

My favorite work sits where sound engineering and a useful, human idea meet.

Have a project in mind? Let’s talk
Feb 2010 — present

Lead Developer

Townhall Media

Lead development of Townhall Media’s publishing and newsletter platforms. Our sites handle over 160 million page views a month on lean infrastructure built for performance and reliability.

Jan 2000 — Feb 2010

Full Stack Developer

Ukrop’s Super Markets, Inc.

Built ukrops.com’s e-commerce site and company portal. Developed accounting automation, a catering order portal, and an in-store kiosk where customers could customize and schedule orders.

Have something in mind?
I’d love to hear it.

hello@billmilstead.com