Jean Z. SordesDeveloper & tool maker

Jean’s workshop

Ideas turned into
tools.

I develop applications for business needs and tools that I share.
Discover the original need, my work and the purpose of each project.

Handmade.
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Discover Mac app · Alpha

Keep the idea.
Pick up the thread.

A shortcut to send text, images and links to your Obsidian inbox.

Download for Mac

Free · macOS 14+ · Intel and Apple Silicon

Your inbox, one keystroke away.Jotlane window: a text capture with a link, an image and the Inbox destination.
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The catalogue

Selected projects8

Business projects and tools to use.

8 projects to explore

Each card shows how to access the project.

Web
Business projectsProject source

Confort Maison Occitanie

Business application

An application for tracking customer cases, their documents and progress.

The need and my work
The need
Track customer cases and coordinate information between sales staff, suppliers and administrators.
My contribution
Development of customer and case records, document uploads, comments and workflow tracking, with history and notifications.
Usefulness
Designed to bring a case’s documents, discussions and progress together in one place.
JavaScriptPHPTwig
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WordPress
Business projectsProject source

JZS Homeplayer

Client project

A custom WordPress plugin to present a WooCommerce shop’s products.

The need and my work
The need
A client needed a very specific presentation of their shop’s products on the WordPress homepage.
My contribution
Development of a custom plugin connecting product presentation to WooCommerce stock data, with product page, cart and checkout integration.
Usefulness
A presentation tailored to the client’s needs while retaining WooCommerce to manage products and availability.
PHPCSSJavaScript
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Web
Business projectsProject source

Entrep Ensemble Networking

Entrep Ensemble project

A group and rotation scheduler for professional networking events.

The need and my work
The need
Organise several rounds of small-group professional networking, accounting for attendance and previous meetings.
My contribution
Development of group scheduling, attendance management and round history, with local browser storage.
Usefulness
A tool for preparing rotations and aiming for more varied encounters, without manually assigning groups each round.
JavaScriptHTMLCSS
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macOS 14+
ApplicationsAlpha

Jotlane

Shared personal tool

Capture text, images and links to your Obsidian inbox with a keyboard shortcut.

Free · Alpha · Intel and Apple Silicon

The need and my work
The need
Save an idea, link or image while doing something else, then find it again in Obsidian.
My contribution
Development of a native Swift app for Mac: global shortcut, capture window and saving into an Obsidian vault.
Usefulness
Capture ideas as they occur and organise notes later. Useful for research and work notes.
Swift
Download for Mac
Obsidian
ObsidianPlugin

Dot Navigator

Shared personal plugin

Organise your notes into a tree and navigate your vault using their names.

The need and my work
The need
Navigate a large knowledge base organised with hierarchical note names.
My contribution
Development of tree navigation and renaming tools for Obsidian notes.
Usefulness
Find and reorganise knowledge by topic, for example in work documentation.
TypeScriptSCSSJavaScript
Install in Obsidian Source code
Obsidian
ObsidianPlugin

Auto Expander

Shared personal plugin

Turn typing shortcuts into reusable text as you write.

The need and my work
The need
Avoid retyping the same text while taking notes.
My contribution
Development of shortcut expansion into reusable text, with configurable triggers and regular expression support.
Usefulness
Reuse standard wording and note templates for repetitive typing tasks.
TypeScriptJavaScriptCSS
Install in Obsidian Source code
Obsidian
ObsidianPlugin

Workflow Boards

Shared personal plugin

Connect your notes in tracking boards, with recurring tasks and CRM views.

The need and my work
The need
Track tasks, contacts and next actions using linked notes.
My contribution
Development of configurable boards, workflow stages and recurring tasks, with CRM views in Obsidian.
Usefulness
Connect a case’s context to its progress and next action. CRM views are an intended use of the plugin.
JavaScriptCSS
Install in Obsidian Source code
CLI · Node.js
DevelopmentTool

aio

Developer tool

Describe your AI agent workflows in YAML and run them from your project.

The need and my work
The need
Repeat a sequence of AI agent tasks within a software project.
My contribution
Development of a command-line tool that runs YAML workflows, connects roles to tools and keeps work in project files.
Usefulness
Make an agent-assisted workflow explicit and repeatable. Developers can inspect the resulting files.
JavaScript
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The business projects describe the work developed and its purpose. Personal tools illustrate possible uses, without claiming client references. Find my other work on GitHub.