u/Vheissu_

Hi everyone. Some of you might know me from the NDSP Discord over the years where I go by the name Beggars. I've been working on a platform on and off for over 13 months by myself as a side project (I'm a full-time software engineer by day), secretly hoping that NDSP would release the highly anticipated marketplace we've been waiting for, for like 5 years now. Alas, it's not out and I'm not sure it's coming.

I was in the first batch of Quad Cortex orders here in Australia and it has been rock solid since purchase all those years ago. But as we all know we're still waiting for some of the functionality revealed years ago like the marketplace.

If you sell Quad Cortex presets or captures, delivering each order through Cortex Cloud is annoyingly manual. You have to sign in, add the buyer as a friend, wait for them to accept, then share the preset/capture, etc.

Preset Bridge connects to your store and handles that process automatically. If the customer hasn’t accepted the friend request yet, the delivery stays queued and tries again later. It currently works with Shopify, WooCommerce, or a generic webhook.

Since Cortex Cloud doesn’t have a sharing API, the service needs the seller’s account to complete the delivery. Credentials are encrypted, never written to logs, and can be deleted whenever you like. I know that still requires trust, so I’m happy to answer questions about how it works. I don't even know if anyone has a need or want for this. I sell presets and manually sharing them was getting to me, so this was more built for myself first and then after testing it myself by dogfooding it, it's finally ready for release.

It’s a fairly niche tool, but manual delivery gets old quickly when you have more than a few orders. I’d be interested to hear from anyone selling presets or captures. It handles the full flow and is more aimed at preset sellers than general QC users.

So I am not sure if anyone has a need, want or desire for this. But it's online here at https://presetbridge.com/ if you want to check it out. And apologies to the mods if this type of post isn't allowed, I just wanted to share something I've been trying to release for a long time now and finally did it.

Also, full disclaimer this isn't associated with Neural DSP or any of its subsidiaries whatsoever. It's just someone who owns the QC and wanted a better way to sell presets. So obviously lots of asterisks for this.

I’ve lived and worked in Toowoomba for years, but one thing I’ve never been particularly good at is selling myself. To be honest, I’ve always hated that feeling when someone is trying to sell me something, so putting myself out there like this feels a little uncomfortable.

That said, after years of talking about starting something of my own (and my wife lovingly tellingly me I'm destined for more), I’ve finally decided to take a serious crack at it.

My name’s Dwayne and I’ve recently launched Rangefront Labs: https://rangefrontlabs.com.au and I'm not trying to sell anything, more just try and make my presence known, even if to meet other awesome people in the tech scene.

Over the years I’ve worked for agencies, startups, established companies, and on products used by thousands of people. I’ve spent most of my career building web applications, mobile apps, platforms, integrations, and custom software. Now I want to build something local while still working with clients across Australia.

One of the reasons I started Rangefront Labs is because I felt there was room for a different kind of software company in regional Queensland. Too often it feels like businesses outside the major cities are expected to either pay big city consultancy prices or settle for off-the-shelf solutions that don’t quite fit.

My goal is to bring the same level of experience and capability you’d expect from a larger software studio, but with a regional mindset. Less corporate theatre, fewer layers of account managers, and more direct access to the person actually building the thing.

I have also been quite involved in open source since the early days of my career and have been leading the Aurelia Javascript framework for a decade now. I've also done a bit of blockchain stuff (Ethereum smart contracts, decentralised apps, etc). I run a parimutuel crypto prediction platform as well on the side that I built as well. I also have some self-published books I've written and sell, one of my first books was back in 2016 for Aurelia (and kinda how I got involved with it): https://leanpub.com/u/vheissu so I'm a bit all over the place when it comes to the kind of things I do or have done.

Whether it’s a mobile app, a customer portal, an internal platform, a community project, or just an idea someone has been sitting on for years, that’s the sort of work I enjoy. I also want to get into community and not for profit work as well.

I’m also legitimately interested in hearing from other local business owners, founders, and people building things in the region. What software, apps, or digital services do you think Toowoomba is missing?

Happy to answer any questions about software development, startups, apps, or what it’s like trying to start a business in regional Queensland. I'm also happy to meet up for a coffee at one of the many awesome places to grab a coffee (I'm often at the Highlands cafe getting a coffee during the week).

I know this is a little self-promotional, but after years of helping build products for other companies, I figured it was time to introduce myself properly and have a crack at building something local. Hopefully I can use what I've learned over the years to contribute something worthwhile to the region. And also be a face you can see, grab a coffee with.

This is something I’d love to grow here in the region, and hopefully play a small part in growing the tech scene in Toowoomba as well. There are a lot of incredibly capable people here, and I think regional cities like ours have far more potential than they’re often given credit for.