Start with the workflow
The useful question is not where AI can be added. It is where work is getting lost, repeated, delayed, or made hard to inspect.
About Devin
A systems-minded builder who can move from messy workflow to working interface.
I'm Devin Otto, an independent builder in Torrance, California. I work across product framing, interface design, automation, and full-stack implementation so a team does not have to translate the same problem between four different owners.
The kind of work
Operational software with a practical reason to exist.
The best fit is a team replacing spreadsheet tracking, inbox triage, repeated internal questions, or verbal handoffs. Sometimes the answer uses AI. Sometimes it is a clearer data model, a calmer interface, or one reliable workflow.
Working principles
How I make decisions inside a build
Keep human judgment visible
Automation should prepare, route, and clarify work without quietly taking over decisions that need accountable review.
Show the limits
A prototype is labeled as a prototype. Research keeps its failed gates. Public proof stays separate from private records and production controls.
Experience details
Need the conventional career view?
The resume is available as a secondary reference. The portfolio case studies show the work in more operational depth.