Bob Bass

I'm aHead of Engineering

Lead engineer on the flagship product at Efficient App. Building the ultimate DBaaS platform at Layerbase.

Based in Austin. Previously SF and Western NY. Collection agency owner turned software engineer.

Bob Bass
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Interests

Programming, Skateboarding, Guitar, and Pet Rats

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Founder

Ashland Development (2011 β€” Sold 2019), DebtOS (Pioneer 2020), Layerbase (2025 β€” Current)

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Philosophy

Passionate about mentorship and helping others grow

Tools I build with

Battle-tested technologies I reach for to ship reliable software.

TypeScript
Go
Rust
C++
Zig
Elixir
React
Next.js
Vue
Nuxt
Svelte
Tailwind
Node.js
Payload CMS
PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite
Redis
AWS
Vercel
Docker
Linux
GitHub