Labor estimating
Calculates labor from my own estimating spreadsheet.
Bid math that matches how I actually price jobs — not a generic calculator.
Private — walkthrough on request
Pipes, packets and playback
OscarDaryle
Plumber of 23 years, with seven years of solid IT work alongside it — I've kept up with tech the whole way through. In between, I ride sports bikes, make music, shoot music videos, run a podcast, and keep learning to build things: with pipe, with code, with whatever's on the bench.
Two trades, run in parallel
Figure out how the system actually works, then fix it properly.
23
Years
Plumbing
23 years on the tools — service, repair, repipes, diagnostics. The work where a wrong guess costs someone a ceiling.
7
Years
Information technology
Seven years of solid IT work, kept current the whole time I've been on the tools. Systems, support and troubleshooting — same instinct as the trade: trace it back to the source instead of patching the symptom.
Now
Current
Building & programming
Experiments, side builds and learning to program. Whatever I don't know yet is the next project.
The pattern
23 years in the trade — plumbing, reading drawings, bidding jobs, running rough-in through finish. On top of that, I taught myself full-stack development, and I'm currently shipping real, production tools that solve problems straight out of my own field experience:
Parts logistics
Runs materials and parts ordering instead of a leftover spreadsheet.
Requests, status, and handoff to the field in one place.
Private — walkthrough on request
Code compliance lookup
Answers plumbing code questions in the field without a PDF hunt.
Code and spec context tuned for mechanical work, not generic search.
Private — walkthrough on request
That's not a hobby list. That's the road map of someone who understands both halves of the problem: the field work itself, and the software that could actually make it faster. Most companies never get both halves in one person — engineers who've never set foot on a job site, or tradespeople who can't build.
The ideal role
Field/Construction Technology Lead
Most companies only want one half. This is the role for the one that wants both.
I'm not holding this title today — I'm looking for the shop that wants someone to own the internal tools stack end to end: estimating, logistics, compliance, document intelligence, tied together instead of scattered across spreadsheets. I already do this work in the field; this is the version with budget and authority behind it.
What I'd own
- Map field workflows to one tools stack — no more shadow spreadsheets.
- Ship and harden the private tools already built from my own estimating and jobsite work.
- Set how crews capture data, hand off parts requests, and pull code and drawing answers on site.
Language of choice
TypeScript
Framework
SvelteKit
Homelab
Proxmox
Self-hosting my own services.
plmb.net
Building modern plumbing software for the trade. Field tools mechanical contractors actually use — a jobsite parts request app and a code & spec reference built on ingested UPC and manufacturer sheets.
Jobsite Parts · Code & Spec Reference
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