About me

I like making uncertain ideas concrete.

I’m Richie Budijono, an independent product consultant and software engineer. I help founders and small teams connect product decisions with the realities of building reliable software.

Richie Budijono at the Edge in New York City
Founder of Lone Dream Studio, where I build and learn through my own products.

How I got here

Learning by shipping.

My career started with Flutter and a chance to turn an education prototype into a real mobile product. Shipping it taught me that software is never only the interface: releases, data, reporting, identity, and the people operating the system all matter.

That work expanded into analytics for thousands of students, AI-assisted transcription, and reporting used across schools. In commerce, I have led front-end work across customer and internal tools while building reusable foundations for a growing team.

Lone Dream Studio keeps me close to the founder side of the experience. Building my own products means confronting scope, launch constraints, platform policy, and the difference between a clever feature and something people can actually use.

What I bring

01

Product judgment

Turning unclear requests into a focused, useful first release.

02

Cross-platform delivery

Building connected web and mobile experiences with shared product thinking.

03

Systems thinking

Seeing the data, operational, and maintenance work behind the interface.

04

Clear collaboration

Explaining decisions and tradeoffs without hiding behind technical language.