Built by Enthusiasts, for Enthusiasts

When software lets me down,
I build it better.

Finlab Studios is one guy in San Antonio with a lifetime around radios, satellites, and computers. I keep running into software that's good, but not great — so I rewrite it, add what's missing, and share it.

Try MyGarageKeeper → My story

FINLAB · SAN ANTONIO, TX --:--:-- CDT

First Programs

BASIC8th grade, dad's basement

Service

USAF SATCOM7 years, satellite comms

Radio Lineage

2 Generationsmy father's before mine

On the Bench

5 Builds2 live · 3 in progress

The Flagship

MyGarageKeeper — because I couldn't find one worth using.

I love motorcycles. Between the bikes and the family vehicles, keeping track of oil changes, tires, and service history was a mess of receipts and memory. Every app I tried was good, but not great — so I built the one I wanted.

Log service, track history, check status at a glance — from your PC, iPhone, Android, or Mac, always in sync. Your data stays yours: no telemetry, no selling it back to you.

Any device, always in sync Your data stays private Live 24/7

Open MyGarageKeeper → Details

MyGarageKeeper fleet dashboard showing tracked vehicles, upcoming maintenance, and per-vehicle service status

Why I do this

My identity isn't my job. It's family, technology, and learning.

It started in my dad's basement. He was an amateur radio operator, and I grew up watching him build — learning how radio worked, how electronics worked. Dad didn't just spark my passion for technology; he mentored it, one project at a time. By 8th grade I was writing my own programs and video games in BASIC.

After high school I joined the Air Force and spent seven years on satellite communications. Then microwave, manufacturing, fiber optics, security, analysis, management — always changing, always learning, and moving on whenever a job went stale and stopped challenging me.

Through all of it, the pattern never changed: when the tools let me down, I build my own.

"I'm not looking to get rich. I do this to serve my family steak — not ramen, but not caviar either. To vacation in the Caribbean, not Houston, but not month-long European tours."

I'm not trying to get rich. I have an amazing woman by my side and I'm helping raise her three great kids — if this work makes life a little more comfortable for them, that's the whole point.

The dream? That this workshop replaces the 9-to-5, and time stops being the thing I'm shortest on.

The full story →

RebelDMR live dashboard showing system health, network status, and station activity

Where it started

RebelDMR — the radio in my blood.

Two generations of ham radio led here: a live dashboard for my Rebel Mobile DMR hotspot. System health, network status, and every caller across RF and network — one screen, real time.

Raspberry Pi + ZUMspot BrandMeister 3102 US Live RF + NET

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On the bench

More ideas than time.

Every one of these exists because the software I could buy wasn't the software I wanted. Same as always: rewrite it, add what's missing, perfect it, share it.

Social ● In Development

Karma

A social app for small groups — parties, get-togethers, the people you actually see. Built for tight, real communities, not follower counts.

Media ● In Development

Media Finder

You have 100,000 photos and videos. Type what you remember and get the right ones back — no file naming, no folder digging.

> "beach trip 2022"

Finance ● On Deck

Financial Guidance

A tool to help regular people manage debt and actually learn how money works — not another spreadsheet with a login.

That's the honest state of the shop: constrained by time, not ideas. Ship one, start the next.

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When software lets me down,I build it better.