Dan Plants | Wildman | I build software so founders don't need a team

What I actually believe

You don't need a team. You need one builder who moves fast.

The old way to build software was to raise money, hire five people, rent the tools, and burn six months before anyone saw a working screen. That whole model is dead and most people haven't noticed yet.

One person who actually knows the tools, and lets AI do the heavy lifting, can now ship in weeks what used to take a company a year. Less cost. Less waiting. Nobody to manage. Just the thing, built, in your hands.

The gap between an idea and a working product used to be a company. Now it's the right person and a couple of weeks.

That's not a theory I read. It's how I've quietly shipped 126 apps on my own, and it's exactly what I do for the people who hire me. You bring the idea and the business sense. I bring the thing to life. You stop waiting on a dev shop, stop managing a team you can't afford, and stop watching your idea sit in a doc while someone else ships it first.

A letter from Dan

I sold everything, saw the world, and taught myself to build.

Hey. I'm Dan. People online call me Wildman, mostly because I look like I've been sleeping on beaches, which for a few years I was.

I didn't come up through a computer science degree or a startup job. I came up broke, restless, and convinced there had to be a way to build a life that wasn't chained to one desk in one city. So I sold what I had, bought a one-way ticket, and started figuring it out on the road.

Somewhere in there I started building software. Not because I was a natural, but because I had ideas and no money to pay anyone, so I had to become the person who ships. I built badly for a long time. Then I built well. Then AI showed up and I got fast. I've now shipped over a hundred apps, tools, games, and full businesses, mostly solo, mostly from a laptop in whatever country I was in that month.

A few of them turned into real businesses. One is a coaching company that's helped thousands of people. One is a voice-AI receptionist that answers the phone for real local businesses right now. One is a live crypto product with users on it today. I don't build demos. I build things that go live and stay live.

Along the way I stopped chasing and started living. I met my wife. We had our son. I chase the edge on purpose now, the trips, the drops, the things that scare me, because I learned the hard way that a safe, numb life is the actual risk. The building funds the freedom, and the freedom is the whole point.

These days founders come to me with the same thing I once had: a real idea and no team to build it. That's my favorite kind of problem. I take the thing in your head and turn it into software that works, fast, without you having to hire, manage, or pray a dev shop delivers.

If you've got something to build and you're tired of waiting on it, that's what I'm here for. Tell me what it is.

DanDan Plants · Wildman · builder, traveler, father, still a little feral

Dan Plants, on a hill at sunset — the hill I work from, most mornings

The whole picture

Six things I do, one operating system.

People ask what I actually am. Here's the honest answer: I'm all six of these, and they feed each other. The building pays for the travel, the travel sharpens the ideas, the ideas become the software.

Software

"126 apps, tools, games, and full SaaS businesses, mostly shipped solo."

What it means for you: the person you hire actually ships, and has the scars to prove it.

Travel

"I've run the whole thing from beaches, mountains, and a hill in the Philippines."

What it means for you: timezone-flexible, async, no office overhead baked into the price.

Consulting

"Founders bring me an idea and no team. I turn it into working software."

What it means for you: one point of contact who builds, not an agency layer that just manages.

Thrill seeker

"I chase the edge on purpose, because a numb, safe life is the real risk."

What it means for you: I'm not scared of the hard build, the weird stack, or the deadline.

Father

"I built this life so I could be around for my son, not stuck in an office away from him."

What it means for you: someone who does the work that matters and cuts the work that doesn't.

Online content

"I make videos and write about building, freedom, and getting your head right."

What it means for you: you can watch how I think before you ever hire me. Nothing hidden.

How working together goes

No decks. No standups. Just built.

You've probably worked with an agency and watched a simple thing take three months and four meetings a week. That's not this. Here's the whole process.

Tell me the problem

One call or one message. You tell me what you're trying to build and what it needs to do. I ask the questions that actually matter, not a 40-field intake form.

I scope it in a day

You get a short, plain-English plan: what I'll build, roughly how long, and a flat price. No hourly meter, no surprise invoice, no "discovery phase" that bills you to think.

I build it, fast

Just me and the machines, shipping. You see real screens early and often, not a status update. It's weeks, not quarters, because there's no team to coordinate.

You own it

The code, the accounts, the keys, all yours. I hand it over working, show you how it runs, and I'm around if you want me to keep building. No lock-in, no hostage situation.

Three ways to work with me

Bring me the idea. I'll bring it to life.

Everything runs through me directly. No account manager, no junior dev learning on your dime. Pick the one that fits and tell me what you're building. If you're not sure, start a conversation and we'll figure it out.

Ship it

Build Sprint

A single thing, built start to finish

An MVP, an internal tool, an automation, an AI feature, a landing funnel
Scoped in a day, priced flat before we start
Built solo and fast, real screens within days
Handed over working, with the keys and the code
Best when you know exactly what you want built

Start a build →

Most founders start here

In your corner

Fractional Builder

Me as your technical partner, month to month

I build and advise as your product grows, without a full-time hire
New features, fixes, AI, automations, whatever the month needs
Direct line to me, not a ticket queue
Cancel anytime, no lock-in, you own everything built
Best when you've got momentum and need a builder who stays

Let's talk →

Get unstuck

Advisory Call

One focused hour, your questions, a real plan

What to build, what to skip, which tools, which stack
How to use AI without lighting money on fire
How a solo operator actually ships this fast
You leave with a plan you can act on, written down
Best when you need direction more than code

Book a call →

How I price, in plain English

Flat, agreed up front, no hourly games. You'll know the number before I start, and it doesn't move unless you change what you're asking for. I'd rather quote you straight and over-deliver than nickel-and-dime you on a timer. If a project isn't a fit for me, I'll tell you that too, and point you somewhere better. Straight is faster for both of us.

Receipts, not promises

Some of what I've actually shipped.

Talk is cheap and everyone says they build. Here's a handful that are live right now, doing real work for real people. This is a slice, not the whole list.

Tinnitus.Health ↗

A coaching business that's helped thousands, built end to end: site, funnel, 800+ videos, booking, the works.

Live · my own company, run solo

AI Front Desk

An AI phone receptionist that answers calls, books jobs, and never sleeps, for real local service businesses.

Live · multi-tenant SaaS on the phones now

KAS BLAST ↗

A live memecoin launchpad on the Kaspa network. Smart contracts, trading curve, real users trading today.

Live · on mainnet

Catalyva OS

An all-in-one business operating system for local service clients: sites, CRM, follow-up, AI, billing.

Live · powering paying clients

Business Scraper

A lead-generation engine: pulls businesses off the map, writes the outreach with AI, and sends it.

Live · running as a service

Back To Quiet

A mobile app for my coaching, free tools plus paid sessions, built and shipped solo.

Live · in people's pockets

That's six. There are another hundred-plus behind them: trading tools, chess trainers, funnel builders, a browser, games, internal tools. If you can describe it, odds are I've built something close, and I can build yours.

Let's talk

Tell me what you're building.

A sentence or two is plenty. What's the idea, and what do you need it to do? I read every one myself, and I'll tell you straight whether I'm the right person to build it. No sales team, no funnel, just me.

Questions people actually ask

Straight answers.

What do you actually build?

Web apps and SaaS, AI tools and agents, phone and chat automations, scrapers and lead systems, landing pages and funnels, internal tools, even games. If it's software and one sharp person plus AI can ship it, it's in my lane. If it needs a 20-person team and a data center, it isn't, and I'll tell you.

I'm not technical. Can we still work together?

That's most of who I work with, and it's the whole point. You bring the business and the idea. I handle every technical decision and hand you something that just works. You never have to touch code or understand a stack.

How fast are we talking?

Weeks for most things, not quarters. It's just me and the machines, so there's no team to coordinate and no meetings eating the calendar. Small tools can land in days. I'll give you a real timeline when I scope it, and I hit it.

How do you charge?

Flat pricing, agreed before I start. You know the number up front and it doesn't move unless you change the ask. No hourly meter, no surprise invoices. The monthly Fractional Builder option is a flat monthly rate you can cancel anytime.

Where are you, and does the timezone work?

I'm based in the Philippines and I work with founders in the US and Europe all the time. Most of the work is async, and I'll always find call times that work for you. Being location-free is a feature, it keeps my overhead low and that keeps your price fair.

Do you still do the mental-health coaching?

Yes. I came up through that, and I still help people get out of their own heads. That lives on its own site now at tinnitus.health. This page is the building side of what I do.

Why "Wildman"?

Because I'm not a slicked-back agency in a glass office. I'm the guy who sold everything, lived on beaches, taught himself to build, and now ships software from a hill with his kid nearby. Messy, honest, fast, free. That's the brand because that's the guy.

Last thing

Got something to build?
Let's go.

Your idea doesn't get more real sitting in a doc. Every month it waits is a month someone else could ship it first. Send me a couple of sentences and let's find out if I'm your builder.

Work with me → See what I've shipped

P.S. I read every message myself and reply myself. Worst case, you get a straight answer from the guy who'd actually build the thing. That's rarer than it should be.