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Fact sheet, story angles, founder bio, product portfolio. If you're covering Honolulu-built AI software, Hawaii real-estate data, the operator-in-public movement, or a solo-founder shipping at scale — everything you need is here.
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Solo operator + AI-native software
John Thomas built and ships 12+ products as a solo operator using Anthropic Claude as primary collaborator. ~600K lines of code, ~15 billion Claude tokens through Claude Code in 9 weeks. Demonstrates a working model for the small-team future of vertical SaaS.
USCG Master Captain → SaaS founder
1,000+ sea days across Alaska and Hawaii. Former Operations Manager at Chugach Powder Guides, Senior Tow & Salvage Master at Sea Tow International, Charter Operations at Fjords Adventures (Seward, AK). Pivoted to software-only in 2026.
Hawaii data infrastructure
Mirrored every parcel in the state of Hawaii — 384,262 statewide TMK parcels, 239,458 Honolulu building footprints with real heights, 204,775 address points across all four islands — and encoded as TypeScript instead of database rows. Powers four downstream products.
Operator-in-public
Every feature ships first on a real Hawaii job (a residential renovation he managed and built himself for months) before reaching paying tenants. Documents the build narrative in journal posts at bluewaveprojects.com/blog.
Hawaii GET handling at the software layer
First construction-management platform to handle Hawaii's 0.5% wholesale GET cascade correctly. Buildertrend, Procore, and CoConstruct don't model this — Hawaii operators previously had to do the tax math externally.
10 live, more in development.
Ikena
Flagship operator suite for property, contracting, and real estate. 16 ops modules.
ProBuildCalc
iOS LiDAR scanner + AI estimating for the trades.
Binnacle AI
USCG compliance + ops platform for commercial mariners.
PermitPaddler
Hawaiʻi short-term rental compliance — all 4 counties. Permit renewals, GE/TAT/county-TAT filings, AI document classifier. Free TMK lookup + tax calendar download.
Property Brief
Weekly Hawaii parcel intel for homeowners. $15/mo.
Aloha Off-Market Network
Closed-loop pocket-listing exchange for Hawaii real estate operators.
hawaii-as-code
Every parcel, building, and address in Hawaii — as TypeScript, served as 3D map.
Hawaii Property Lookup
Statewide address autocomplete + parcel card. Free, no signup.
Port of Cams
Live webcam network — 14,400+ feeds, currently capturing Kilauea Episode 47.
Last Frontier Events
Alaska's event calendar across six regions.
AlohaCalendar
Hawaii events platform, auto-updating every 30 minutes.
Logos, photos, and copy
High-resolution founder photo: captain.webp (1024×1024, square crop also available on request). Generic OG image (1200×630): og-default.png. Captain's résumé PDF: see /captain. Sample Property Brief (PDF): /property-brief-sample.html.
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