Stop doing the same work twice.
Work directly with an experienced engineer to automate repetitive work, connect disconnected systems, and build software around how your business actually operates.
Founder-Led Consulting
The Same Engineer From Start to Finish
One engineer from the first call through long-term support.
Direct Communication
No account managers translating requirements.
Consistent Ownership
No revolving door of developers relearning your business.
Senior Engineering
The person making technical decisions is the person doing the work.
Long-term Partnership
The person supporting your system is the same person who built it.
What We Can Build Together
Workflow Automation
Stop losing hours to repetitive admin work. Automate the handoffs, updates, and follow-ups your team repeats every week.
Custom Software
Replace fragile spreadsheets and disconnected workflows with software built around how your business actually operates.
Systems Integration
Connect the tools your team already uses so data flows automatically instead of through copy and paste.
Technical Consulting
Make confident technical decisions with an engineer who already understands your systems, constraints, and goals.
Client Results
Featured Work
A look at the automation, integrations, and software I’ve built to solve real operational problems.
Using AI to Assist (Not Replace) Human Moderators
How AI-assisted triage sped up manual review of high-stakes communications without handing moderation decisions to a model.
Read Case StudySafe Communication Platform for High-Conflict Co-Parenting
Automated database administration, AI-assisted moderation, and compliance reporting for a Knack-based mediation platform serving high-conflict co-parents.
Read Case Study
Cutting a 10-Second Load Time to 2, Without a Rewrite
A single-file front end had grown past the point anyone could safely change it. Here is how it was decomposed into 99 modules with role-scoped and page-level just-in-time loading, live, without a rewrite.
Read Case StudySimplified Process
How We Work
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Discover
I learn how your business and workflows actually operate.
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Diagnose
Together, we identify the root problem before choosing a solution.
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Scope
Clear scope. Clear pricing. Clear expectations.
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Build
You work directly with me throughout implementation.
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Support
The same engineer remains responsible after launch.
The Right Technology for the Job
Every project uses technologies chosen for the problem being solved—not the latest trend.
Frontend
- Astro
- TypeScript
- React
- Svelte
- HTMX
Backend
- Ruby on Rails
- Go
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
Automation
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- APIs
- AI
- Linux
Integrations
- Microsoft
- Stripe
- Calendly
- GitHub
- Knack
Meet Robert Hill
The engineer you'll work with
I started UpHill Solutions after watching businesses pay to explain the same systems over and over as agencies reassigned projects to new developers. Every handoff lost context, slowed progress, and delayed results.
So I built a company that cuts out the middleman.
When you work with me, you aren't passed between departments or introduced to a new developer every six months. We build a long-term working relationship. I learn your business, design the solution, write the software, and remain accountable for the result.
Ready to stop doing the same work twice?
Tell me what is not working, what systems are involved, and where the process keeps breaking down.