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Stéphane Peter

Founder and software engineer building mobile, web, and AI-powered products. Experienced in Unix/Linux systems, native apps, and product delivery.

Stéphane Peter

Current work

Catloaf Software, Inc.

Founder & Software Engineer · Los Angeles, CA · 2010–Present

  • Build and maintain products across iOS, Android, and the web.
  • Lead product and engineering work spanning native apps, web applications, backend systems, AI integrations, subscriptions, and release operations.
  • Current products include Text With, Teachee, Fretuoso, and Texts From.

Codehost, Inc.

Senior Software Engineer · Los Angeles, CA · 2001–Present

  • Lead engineer on BrightQ printing software for Linux and Unix systems.
  • Develop cross-platform C/C++ software across Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, SCO, IRIX, AIX, and FreeBSD.
  • Designed printing, networking, installation, licensing, and server-side systems using GTK, Apache, PHP, Perl, MySQL, and HTTP/SSL.

Selected portfolio

Text With apps

AI educational products · iOS, Android, Mac, and PWA

Build and operate AI-assisted educational and devotional apps across native and web platforms, including subscriptions, media, sharing, localization, and distribution.

Fretuoso®

Music education · Apple platforms

Develop the fretboard-training app for guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, and mandolin, from product delivery through long-term maintenance.

Spock's Beard

Official web presence · Jekyll and Cloudflare

Design and maintain the website and online infrastructure for the progressive rock band.

Makeself

Open-source software · Unix and Linux

Created and maintaining this widely used Linux/Unix packaging tool for creating self-extracting archives and installers. Used by major companies like NVIDIA and Google.

Selected earlier experience

Diamond Foundry, Inc.

DevOps Contractor · 2018–2026

Provide cloud system administration for AWS, Rackspace, and more; develop middleware and business-supporting software components. Technologies used: React, PHP, Node.js, AWS Lambda, ECS, Docker.

Codehost BrightQ

Software Engineer · 2001–2026

Build and maintain cross-platform printing, networking, installation, licensing, and server-side software for Unix and Linux environments. Supported major printer manufacturers such as Canon, Ricoh, and more.

SciTech Software, Inc.

Programmer · Chico, CA · 1998

Ported the SciTech MGL graphics library to Unix/X11, developed the first Linux version of the SciTech Display Doctor suite, and started makeself, the self-extracting archiving tool for Unix systems.