I'm Ricardo, the developer behind Vertex Platform Solutions. I make apps and tools for businesses, personal projects and everyday life.
Here you can see what I'm building, what each project does and where it stands. If you have an idea for something you'd like to make, I'd be glad to hear about it.
Some of these tools started with something I wanted for myself. Others are built around a problem a business might need to solve. Explore each project to see what it does and where it stands.
Local dictation for macOS
I built Khuluma so I could speak into the apps I already use. It turns speech and audio files into text on your Mac, with a menu-bar app for dictation and a command-line tool for recordings.
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brew install ricardo-calcina/tap/khuluma The Mac app is built from source. See the setup.
Bookings, deposits and the day-to-day admin
ProfileBooking is a booking system I'm building for appointment-based services. It brings bookings, deposits, reminders and an operator dashboard together, with a shared core that can adapt to different businesses.
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Tender intelligence for UK health and social care providers
Care Intel is a tool I'm building for UK health and social care providers. It brings relevant public-sector tenders together and gives teams a place to organise the opportunities they're pursuing.
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Some of my projects start with something I want to use myself. Others start with a process I want to understand and a tool I think could make it easier.
I use this site to share the software as it takes shape, including what it does today and what I'm still working on. When there's a way to try a project, you'll find it on its page.
Explore the projectsIt could be a tool for your business, an app for a personal project, or something you use every day. You don't need to know the technical details. Tell me what you're thinking about and what you'd like it to do.
I'm Ricardo, a solo developer. I make software for problems I come across in my own work and for ideas I want to explore. Khuluma began as a way to dictate into the apps I already use; ProfileBooking grew from exploring how one booking system could adapt to different services.
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