Desktop and portable clients
Windows applications for sending and receiving files, with transfer progress and notifications. Desktop integration included sending files from the system explorer.
03 / FILE SHARING & STARTUP EXPERIENCE
Shibozo.
From a useful idea
to a company and its users.
Shibozo was my startup for two years. I established a company and built a file-sharing product used by a few dozen people. It brought together client software, transfer infrastructure, and a public website around a simple task: getting files from one person to another.
EXPERIENCETwo years as a founder
REACHA few dozen users
PRODUCTFile sharing across client applications
THE IDEA
Make sharing files
feel straightforward.
01 — THE PRODUCT
One task.
A complete experience.
The product joined the user-facing file-sharing experience with the infrastructure needed to connect clients and manage transfers.
Mobile file sharing
A dedicated mobile application with file browsing, notifications, and transfer progress, connected to the same sharing experience as the desktop product.
Transfer infrastructure
Client, hub, and remoting services connected devices and managed file transfers. Cryptographic components covered encryption and key exchange.
A product beyond the client
A public website, account and plan pages, management tooling, and client updates completed the broader product experience.
02 — THE TOOLKIT
Clients and services.
Built together.
C# / .NET
Client applications, shared contracts, transfer services, and supporting tools.
Windows and mobile
Dedicated desktop, portable, and mobile projects with platform-specific responsibilities.
ASP.NET and SQL
Public website and management projects, with relational persistence for accounts and product data.
Communication and cryptography
Explicit client/server contracts, remoting, encryption, and key-exchange components.
03 — FOUNDER EXPERIENCE
Build the software.
Own the product.
Two years of product ownership
Shibozo was an established company and a product with users. My work connected engineering decisions to the experience people had when sharing files.
Think beyond a single application
The client experience depended on the transfer infrastructure, website, and update tooling. Building those pieces together meant considering the whole product.
MORE ENGINEERING WORK
Dedicated components