Matthew Ustby

I build AI tools for small teams, and I do the work myself.

Builder. Teacher. Consultant. From AI-powered sports tools to enterprise email automation, I spot real problems and ship working solutions.

I work with three clients at a time. One spot is open.

Working with me

This isn't an agency. When you hire me, I'm the one on the call, writing the code, and answering your messages.

  • You talk to the person writing the code. No account managers, no handoffs.
  • I keep my client list small so replies take hours, not days.
  • You keep everything: the code, the docs, and a walkthrough so your team can run it.

I've spent almost seven years in Web2, building websites and managing email newsletters. Today I'm General Manager of a digital media company.

I've been deep in AI since Claude Code and agentic AI arrived, and I use them every day to ship real products, including Waiver Wizard, which has paying subscribers.

Portfolio

Waiver Wizard

Real-time fantasy football intelligence. Live, with paying subscribers.

  • AI-powered daily digest and weekly waiver rankings using Claude and Perplexity.
  • Real-time player monitoring every five minutes during the NFL season.
  • Automated Twitter and X content engine.

Next.js 16, TypeScript, Supabase, Stripe, Resend, Vercel Cron, Claude API, Perplexity API

Visit fantasywaiverwizard.com

Live sites

  • Todays Date in History

    todaysdateinhistory.com

    A daily dispatch of what happened on today's date: events, birthdays, and stories, with a timeline and a full archive.

  • The Cook's Brief

    thecooksbrief.com

    Approachable recipes, kitchen tips, and food news for home cooks, organized into collections like 30-minute dinners and pantry meals.

  • NoonWord

    noonword.com

    A word of the day that unlocks at noon. Guess the definition, take the quiz, keep your streak, and submit a sentence to be featured tomorrow.

Other builds

  • MOR Inbox Agent

    One agent managing 60+ Gmail inboxes across 40+ newsletter brands. Claude classifies incoming mail, replies within minutes, routes to unsubscribe suppression, Sheets logging, or Slack escalations. Zero manual monitoring.

    Node.js, TypeScript, Express, Claude API, Gmail API, PostgreSQL, React

  • Reporting Agent

    Morning-run newsletter health monitor. Pulls metrics from Beehiiv and GreenArrow, compares against 30-day rolling averages, fires Slack alerts and HTML email reports when open rates drop or sends go missing.

    Python, Docker, Beehiiv API, SQLite, Slack Webhooks

  • KM Food Scoring

    Personal restaurant tracker. 300+ dishes and drinks rated 1 to 10 across four years. Dashboard with stats, charts, top-10 rankings, per-restaurant breakdowns, searchable and filterable.

    Next.js, TypeScript, Google Sheets API, Recharts, Vercel Blob

  • The 1% Club

    In development

    iOS accountability app built on Kaizen philosophy. One AI-personalized mission every morning at 7am across health, relationships, career, and growth. Streak tracking. 1.01 to the 365th is roughly 37x better by year's end.

    Swift, SwiftUI, Supabase, Claude Haiku, APNs

Teaching

I also teach teams to do this themselves: prompting and AI workflows, Claude Code automation, building production SaaS, API integrations, and shipping MVPs fast.

I've taught colleagues who went on to win internal awards and ship tools on their own.

Services

  • Discovery Call

    Free · 30 minutes

    We talk about your problem, whether AI is the right fit, and what a path forward looks like. No pitch, no pressure.

    Book Free Call
  • Build Sprint

    $2,500 · flat, one week

    I scope, build, and ship one working AI-powered tool or automation for your team. You get the code, the docs, and a walkthrough.

    Start a Sprint
  • Ongoing Partnership

    $4,000 · per month

    Fractional AI lead. I own your AI roadmap, build and iterate weekly, and train your team along the way.

    Let's Talk

All tiers start with the free discovery call.