About Me
I build privacy-first tools — from in-browser image utilities to community software like a swim meet manager — so people and local groups can get real work done without surprise fees or unclear data handling. Utilio is also how I create sustainable side income for my family.
Background
I'm Jason Baddley, a fullstack engineering leader based in Lehi, Utah. I've spent more than a decade building with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Postgres — helping small businesses solve real problems with software.
Today I'm a Senior Software Engineer at SchoolAI and the founder of Real Growth Media, where I help small businesses get off the ground with modern web tools. Before that I led frontend teams at Weave HQ and Angel Studios, and I've taught React development at Mountainland Technical College.
I love building things that make people's lives easier — whether that's enterprise scheduling software for 27,000+ users or image tools designed to keep processing as local as possible.
Community tools
Not everything I build is a personal productivity app. I also create free utilities for communities that are often stuck paying for software they barely use — swim leagues, clubs, and volunteer-run organizations that deserve capable tools without a subscription bill.
Utilio Swim is a swim meet manager that lets leagues import meet programs, edit entries, publish heat sheets, and share public links with families. It's free to use: no per-athlete fees, no paywall on the basics communities actually need.
My Why
For years, my four kids grew up listening to bedtime stories about the adventures of Boston Mack and Darnay Wiggins. With the help of my wife and our children, those stories became a book: Raising Boston.
It's a family project in the truest sense — written together, shaped by the voices around our dinner table, and rooted in the kind of imagination that only happens when parents tell stories to kids who keep asking “what happens next?”
The hope behind Utilio is simple: create enough extra income to hire a professional editor, cover artist, and audiobook narrator so we can publish Raising Boston independently — on our terms, without giving up the heart of the story.
Publishing goal
We need $10,000 to publish Raising Boston independently — hiring a professional editor, cover artist, and audiobook narrator.
| Line item | Budget |
|---|---|
| Professional editor | $3,000 |
| Cover artist | $2,500 |
| Audiobook narrator | $3,500 |
| Production & publishing | $1,000 |
| Total goal | $10,000 |
Help us publish
Thank you for using Utilio — and for being part of this story. Explore the tools or see Pro plans if you want to go further.