Adam Burns

Software engineer & product designer

Me in 10 seconds

I like to ship—a lot. In the last year, I’ve made 0GitHub contributions. Spread evenly across the year, that works out to roughly 12 contributions per day. I build across web apps, desktop software, developer tools, infrastructure, and game mods. Explore the work below.

What’s your background?

I started in IT operations and web design, then moved deeper into product engineering. Since then I’ve built tools for SaaS, customer support, HR, the NDIS, child safety, and developer workflows.

Availability

I’m currently leading New Horizon Code and selectively partnering with thoughtful teams on ambitious digital products.

Career

Currently, I run New Horizon Code, partnering with teams to shape, design, and ship useful software. Most of my work lives between product strategy, interface craft, and production engineering.

Before founding the studio, I worked independently and led IT operations at Thrive House. Those roles taught me to simplify complex systems, make careful trade-offs, and build for the people doing the work every day.

2024—Now

New Horizon Code

CEO & Founder

2019—2024

Freelance

Software engineer

2019—2023

Thrive House

IT Operations Manager

2019—2022

AdamsITneeds

Web designer

Selected work

Products I’ve designed, built, or led.

2024—26

SEO CrawlerA crawler to audit sites and surface actionable SEO insights—fast, readable reports that help teams find issues, prioritize fixes, and improve discoverability.Relay PilotCustomer support that scales with you. Streamlines your inbox, automates workflows, and helps your team deliver exceptional support.AI DirectoryA curated AI tool directory with automated submission review that approves, denies, or escalates listings for manual review.Diversity Sync'dRostering, notes, and compliance for NDIS and child safety providers. One platform to manage shifts, document care, and stay audit-ready.ProxyGuardReplace scattered provider keys with one secure endpoint. ProxyGuard enforces budgets, routes around outages, and shows exactly where tokens and dollars go.TitanMPA globally distributed Minecraft server built to push game infrastructure to its limits. Players can join from anywhere, with regional servers starting on demand and synchronizing in real time across every connected player.Burnsies HideoutMy online persona and workshop for games, mods, and Discord bots built end to end. It brings together LSPDFR plugins for GTA V, bots like Thea, browser games like Surf Sim, and the tools and documentation behind them.TheaGrounded AI support and moderation for Discord. Thea answers member questions in threads with links to exact sources, hands off instead of guessing, and runs AutoMod, tickets, and a help center from the same install.RPH Log AnalyzerRagePluginHook writes a huge, cryptic log every time you play. RPH Log Analyzer reads it for you and explains what’s actually wrong—in plain English.Surf SimA fun, semi-realistic surf simulator you play in the browser. Paddle into the lineup, catch a wave, and ride it out—carve, bury a rail, get slotted in the tube, or punt an air.Note.spaceA quiet space to think. Note.space keeps your writing plain, focused, and easy to share—alone or with the people you trust.Tray StackEvery dev server, one keystroke from the tray. Tray Stack auto-detects every local server running on your machine—knows the project, branch, port, and uptime—and lets you open, copy, or kill any of them without breaking focus.SyrupMy agency for teams that want to work with me to design, build, and ship thoughtful digital products.AftertasteLanding page design for a community-run food diary—Letterboxd for food, where diners log meals, rate them honestly, and follow people whose taste they trust.

Elsewhere

I publish experiments, developer tools, and the occasional game mod—usually the things I wish already existed. I care about useful ideas, thoughtful interfaces, and the details that make software feel right. If you’re building a product worth caring about, I’d like to hear about it.