Cates Works

A body of work

Digital products built to look exceptional and perform reliably.

A selection of engagements spanning marketing and lead-generation sites, transactional storefronts, multi-tenant platforms, and developer tooling. Beautiful software that does a job.

CarelineOS — An operating system for appointment-based service businesses — booking, payments, memberships, and a lead-gen engine in one platform.

CarelineOS

2026

Multi-tenant SaaS platform

An operating system for appointment-based service businesses — booking, payments, memberships, and a lead-gen engine in one platform.

  • Multi-tenant
  • Payments
  • Booking
  • Next.js
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ClientOS — A personal consulting CRM built on a reusable, batteries-included platform scaffold — clients, projects, communications, and a credential vault in one place.

ClientOS

2026

Consulting CRM

A personal consulting CRM built on a reusable, batteries-included platform scaffold — clients, projects, communications, and a credential vault in one place.

  • CRM
  • Supabase
  • Monorepo
  • Next.js
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Offerly — An AI-assisted job-application and resume platform with a kanban tracker, ATS scoring, and an in-app assistant.

Offerly

2026

AI-assisted SaaS

An AI-assisted job-application and resume platform with a kanban tracker, ATS scoring, and an in-app assistant.

  • AI
  • Multi-tenant
  • Supabase
  • Kanban
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Deal Night — An all-in-one app for organizing recreational home poker games — scheduling, RSVPs, a synced blind timer, and live results without the group-chat chaos.

Deal Night

2026

Home poker organizer

An all-in-one app for organizing recreational home poker games — scheduling, RSVPs, a synced blind timer, and live results without the group-chat chaos.

  • Realtime
  • Supabase
  • Vercel Blob
  • Next.js
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Glow by Kristy — A marketing site and booking app for a mobile spray-tan business — a multi-step booking wizard, session-balance packs, and real accounts with SMS notifications.

Glow by Kristy

2026

Mobile spray-tan business

A marketing site and booking app for a mobile spray-tan business — a multi-step booking wizard, session-balance packs, and real accounts with SMS notifications.

  • Booking
  • Stripe
  • Supabase
  • Twilio
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ARCA Salon — An editorial marketing site that converts Instagram attention into bookings for a premium, fashion-grade salon.

ARCA Salon

2026

Luxury hair salon, Costa Mesa CA

An editorial marketing site that converts Instagram attention into bookings for a premium, fashion-grade salon.

  • Editorial
  • Conversion
  • Booking
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Phyllisophical — A transactional e-commerce storefront that carries the curatorial authority and warmth of the physical boutique.

Phyllisophical

2026

Women's boutique, Old Town Tustin CA

A transactional e-commerce storefront that carries the curatorial authority and warmth of the physical boutique.

  • E-commerce
  • Editorial
  • Storefront
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Rooted Smiles Studio — The entire front door for a mobile dental-hygiene practice — designed to make a new service feel legitimate and reachable.

Rooted Smiles Studio

2026

Mobile dental hygiene practice

The entire front door for a mobile dental-hygiene practice — designed to make a new service feel legitimate and reachable.

  • Healthcare
  • Conversion
  • Mobile-first
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Tinley Construction — A content-driven marketing site for a Southern California carpentry firm — owner-editable via Sanity, with a consultation form that fires instant email and SMS alerts.

Tinley Construction

2026

Custom carpentry & remodeling

A content-driven marketing site for a Southern California carpentry firm — owner-editable via Sanity, with a consultation form that fires instant email and SMS alerts.

  • Sanity CMS
  • Lead capture
  • Email + SMS
  • Next.js
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Tomahawk Salon — A content-managed marketing and booking site for a Costa Mesa hair studio — stylist galleries, Square-powered booking, reviews, and owner-run promotional campaigns.

Tomahawk Salon

2026

Boutique hair & color studio

A content-managed marketing and booking site for a Costa Mesa hair studio — stylist galleries, Square-powered booking, reviews, and owner-run promotional campaigns.

  • Sanity CMS
  • Square booking
  • Campaigns
  • Next.js
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Accessorie Air — A fast, credible marketing site for a since-1978 air-compressor dealer — built to convert visitors into phone calls and quote requests, not to be a store.

Accessorie Air

2026

Industrial air-compressor dealer

A fast, credible marketing site for a since-1978 air-compressor dealer — built to convert visitors into phone calls and quote requests, not to be a store.

  • Lead-gen
  • Sanity-shaped CMS
  • Maps
  • Next.js 16
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Fleetworks — The apex home for a suite of internal platform apps — one “one suite, one control plane” narrative that lets a technical visitor self-select into the right tool.

Fleetworks

2026

Platform apex site

The apex home for a suite of internal platform apps — one “one suite, one control plane” narrative that lets a technical visitor self-select into the right tool.

  • Platform
  • Suite nav
  • Design system
  • Next.js

Internal tools & experiments

Developer tooling, platform infrastructure, and early prototypes. Less glossy than client work, but where a lot of the engineering depth lives.

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