Daniel
Halbrooks.
Full-stack software engineer turning ideas into web, mobile, and desktop apps with a craft-first approach built over 12 years at Apple.
Capabilities
Four disciplines.
One mindset.
I work across different stacks and platforms, with attention to detail at every step.
Web Apps
Production-grade web platforms built with modern frameworks, strong type safety, and performance baked in from day one.
Mobile Apps
Native iOS and cross-platform experiences that feel at home on every device, with thoughtful interaction and motion.
Desktop Apps
Native macOS software with a strong sense of craft from menu bar apps, dashboards, and tools.
Full-Stack Systems
APIs, data models, auth, realtime end-to-end ownership from schema to UI, designed to scale and be maintained.
Selected Work
Shipped, end-to-end.
A sample of products I've designed, built, and taken to production.
Torque Trader
A cross-platform marketplace I built end-to-end. Including web, mobile, and backend. From schema and payments to UI and realtime sync.
More case studies
Deep dives into internal tooling, design systems, and platform work.
More case studies
Security tooling, monitoring dashboards, and native macOS utilities.
About
Craft shaped
at Apple.
I spent over twelve years at Apple, building internal security tools, cross-platform design systems, and real-time monitoring dashboards used by teams across the company. It taught me how to build software that people rely on every day.
Now I work independently partnering with clients who want the same end-to-end ownership I'm used to. I design the schema, write the API, build the UI, and deliver solutions. One person, the whole stack, across web, mobile, and desktop.
Contact
Let's build
something.
Hiring a freelancer, starting a contract, or just have a project in mind? I reply to every message.