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Andrew Mayes

Director of Technology, Executive Reporting ServiceFounder, DepoStack

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I lead technology at Executive Reporting Service, a 45-year-old court reporting firm, and founded DepoStack to build independent legal software for the people who produce the record. Proudly supervised by Sushi the tuxedo, the memory of Obiwan, and the CJ Paws rescue mission.

Andrew Mayes holding Sushi, his tuxedo cat, against warm golden light
sushi.exe & me

The day job and the independent work

I lead technology at a 45-year-old court reporting firm and build DepoStack, an independent software company for the people who produce the record. These are the roles and projects featured here.

Current role

Technology leadership inside the institution that produces the record.

ers.app Status: running since 2020

THE DAY JOB · EST. 1981

Executive Reporting Service

Leading technology across a Florida court reporting firm founded in 1981 — transcript security, digital delivery, client platforms, statewide infrastructure. Founded by Diane Emery; Alexandra Emery has driven its growth since 2007. The work: modernize those systems without discarding 45 years of institutional knowledge.

record / encrypted custody path / secure delivery
status
running since 2020
reviewed
role
Director of Technology
since
October 2020
focus
technology, innovation & digital delivery
reach
statewide, multi-office
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Founded company

The independent home for the software I build beyond the day job.

depostack.com Status: product waitlist open

THE COMPANY · BUILDING IN PUBLIC

DepoStack

The company behind the night work — independent software for the legal industry. DepoAudio is available and open source. CasePrompts has free prompt tools and a planned Workbench. Exhibits, Review, and Video are developing separately.

independent modules / one local-first stack
status
product waitlist open
reviewed
what
independent legal-tech software
principles
on-device where implemented · vendor-neutral · human-accountable
featured
DepoAudio · CasePrompts
developing
Exhibits · Review · Video
Read the case study 

Products under DepoStack

One shipped utility and one free prompt library, held to the same standard.

depoaudio.exe Status: v1.0.2 · win + mac

THE SHIPPED ONE · FREE & OPEN SOURCE

DepoAudio

Court recordings shouldn't be held hostage by proprietary formats. A desktop app that converts supported SGMCA, BWF, and standard media to standard audio entirely on your machine; FTR/TRM handling remains experimental because variants differ.

supported inputs / on-device conversion / open audio
status
v1.0.2 · win + mac
reviewed
converts
supported SGMCA · BWF · standard media
experimental
FTR/TRM — verify each result
stack
Tauri, Rust, React, FFmpeg
runs on
Windows 10/11 x64 · macOS 13.3+ universal
price
free — no account or subscription
Read the case study 
caseprompts.com Status: free tools live · Workbench planned

THE PROMPT TOOLS · FREE TO USE

CasePrompts

A free browser prompt builder and library for litigation, built on the CITE method. Templates require source references suited to the record and instruct the model to flag unsupported claims; outputs still need professional review. A separate Workbench is planned.

scan the record / land on page:line
status
free tools live · Workbench planned
reviewed
method
CITE — Context · Instructions · Template · Evidence
covers
depositions, medical records, discovery, experts
discipline
source references · flag unsupported claims
public tools
free builder & library — no signup
Read the case study 
All work, with status and limits 

Recent writing

Applied AI, legal tech, and independent software — written between deploys, usually under cat supervision.

All of The Log 

Life, supervised by cats

When I'm not building software, I'm building LEGO sets Sushi will inevitably dismantle, riding front-row on the latest coasters, or tracking flights from a window seat.

Sushi, a black-and-white tuxedo cat, curled in a wicker egg chair in warm evening light
Sushi, in the good chair.
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White Waymo test vehicle parked at a charging space beside delivery vans and palm trees
A Waymo field sighting.
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Pastel watercolor-style view of the Universal globe under a blue sky
Universal, through a softer lens.
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Red and yellow Cars Land roadsters among cacti and desert rockwork at dusk
Life's a highway. 🏜️🏁
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All photos 

Save cats with CJ Paws

A volunteer-run 501(c)⁠(3) rescue in St. Pete — no paid staff, no storefront, just foster families and people who care. They pull cats from overcrowded shelters and place them into forever homes.

fig 06 — foster → forever

The park field guide

Pixel maps, field notes, and live queue context for rides, shows, walkthroughs, play areas, exhibits, parades, live music, and nighttime spectaculars. Rosters checked – , status updates through , and live waits where queueable.

One map, then the whole atlas. 19 parks · 735 mapped experiences · live waits where queueable Landmark · Magic Kingdom Open the field guide

Visual field guides

Diagrams, checklists, and decision paths you can use at the desk, each with a text explanation and a clean print view.

All visual Guides 

Experiments with somewhere to live

Prototypes, open-source utilities, and side projects. Each one says what state it is in and when that was last checked.

  • Maps + live context Live

    Status reviewed

    Park Field Guide

    Pixel maps, field notes, and live queue context for major theme parks.

    Open the field guide 
  • Publishing system Prototype

    Status reviewed

    Visual Guide Engine

    The reusable content and rendering system behind the visual guides.

    Explore the guides 
Enter the Lab 

The daily stack

The tools, grouped the way I actually reach for them.

man andrew — section 1
Build
TypeScript / React
Next.js / Astro
Python
Node.js · Tailwind
PostgreSQL · Docker
AI
Claude / Claude Code
Multi-agent systems
RAG pipelines
Local LLMs
Prompt engineering
Ship
Cloudflare · AWS
Supabase
Git / GitHub
UniFi · VPN
O365 admin
Legal
AutoScript
Real-time transcription
E-transcript delivery
Exhibit delivery
Zoom depositions

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