ArmedIQ
A secure mobile companion for responsible collection owners.
Executive Summary
ArmedIQ is a secure, mobile-first application for responsible firearm collectors and owners to manage inventories, maintenance, ammunition, range sessions, competition history, hunting logs, and secure document storage. I own product vision, UX, roadmap, AI-assisted development, testing, App Store deployment, and overall strategy.
Business Challenge
Responsible firearm owners lacked a modern, private tool built specifically for them. Existing options were either spreadsheet-grade or hobbyist forums with no security posture worth trusting.
Constraints
- —Solo founder economics — every hour has to compound
- —Sensitive domain — privacy and data security are non-negotiable
- —Mobile-first with App Store approval as a hard gate
- —AI-assisted development had to reduce, not add, review burden
My Role
Founder and product lead. I own strategy, UX, roadmap, and the majority of implementation, plus release management and App Store operations.
Leadership Decisions
Trade native fidelity for velocity and a single codebase — the right bet at founder scale.
Row-level security, auth, and storage in one platform kept the security surface small and auditable.
AI accelerates scaffolding and tests. Every merge is still reviewed by a human — me.
Solution
A polished, offline-capable mobile app for logging and managing firearms, maintenance, ammunition, range and hunting activity, and secure documents, with subscription services for premium capabilities.
Architecture
- —Ionic Capacitor mobile shell over a React + TypeScript codebase
- —Supabase for auth, Postgres with RLS, and encrypted storage
- —GitHub Actions for build and App Store distribution
Business Outcomes
- ✓Shipped to the App Store as a solo founder
- ✓Established a repeatable AI-assisted release cadence
- ✓Built a product foundation that supports future subscription revenue
Lessons Learned
- —AI compounds when the human keeps ownership of the judgment calls
- —Privacy-sensitive products earn trust through what you refuse to collect, not just what you protect
- —Founder velocity is a tooling problem before it's a talent problem
What's Next
- →Expand subscription tier features
- →Deepen offline-first data model
- →Community and content features for responsible owners