Custom internal tools for businesses still running on spreadsheets, paper, and a group chat.
Small-business software, built in Seattle. I build the thing that replaces the spreadsheet — and then I keep it running.
You already know where it hurts
The numbers live in a spreadsheet someone has to remember to update. The receipts live in a shoebox, or a glovebox. The answer to "what did we spend on that?" takes an afternoon and is still a guess.
It doesn't have to work like that, and fixing it is rarely expensive.
Two ways I can help
Something I've already built
I've built tools for rental management, bills of lading, inventory and expense tracking. If one of them fits your business, adapting it is fast and cheap — most of the work is already done.
Something built for you
If nothing fits, I build it from scratch. Either way it's yours, it's hosted, and it keeps running.
Georgetown Morgue, Seattle
Receipts piled up as paper. Nobody could answer the questions that actually matter — what did we spend on this item this season, what does it cost at each store, where is the money going.
I built them an expense system: staff photograph a receipt, enter what was on it against a shared catalogue of items, and get real answers back — totals per item, per store, per category, filtered by date — with the original photo one tap away whenever a number is questioned.
Delivered and running, on phones and laptops.
What it costs
Georgetown Morgue's expense system cost $600 to build. Hosting is $120 a year once it's switched on.
Bespoke work is $125 an hour, with a 3-hour minimum. Adapting something I've already built costs less than starting from scratch.
Hosting covers the running costs, storage, and me keeping it working. No surprise invoices.
What happens next
- A conversation. Twenty minutes, no charge. You describe the mess; I tell you honestly whether software is the answer.
- A fixed quote. What I'll build, what it costs, how long. Before any work starts.
- You start using it. I build it, you try it on real work, I fix what's awkward. Then it's yours and it keeps running.