Custom software
The software you couldn't buy
You've shopped for it. It doesn't exist — or it exists as five subscriptions that don't talk to each other, plus a spreadsheet held together by prayer. That's the problem I build for.
What it looks like
Projects that pay for themselves
Every business is different, but the shapes repeat. If one of these sounds like your Tuesday, we should talk.
Dashboards that tell the truth
Your numbers — sales, margins, jobs, goals — live on one screen instead of buried in three systems and a month-old spreadsheet. Walk in, glance, know.
Systems that finally talk
Your point of sale, your scheduler, your accounting, your industry platform — connected, syncing, and done with double entry. You already pay for the data; start using it.
Customer portals
Let customers see status, book work, approve quotes, and pay — without calling your front desk. You look bigger; your staff breathes.
Internal tools that fit like a glove
The workflow your team actually runs — quoting, scheduling, checklists, approvals — turned into a tool that matches it exactly, instead of forcing your team to match someone else's software.
The approach
Boring technology, exciting results
Custom doesn't mean fragile. It means built for your business on proven, mainstream tech — the same stack running serious production systems every day.
- Proven cloud foundation. Microsoft Azure and mainstream frameworks — hosted, monitored, and backed up like it matters, because it does.
- Starts small, earns its next phase. A working first version fast, then features in the order they pay for themselves.
- Built around your real workflow. I learn how the money moves through your business before a line of code gets written.
- Maintainable by design. Clean, documented, tested — any competent developer could pick it up. You're never locked in, even to me.
- Your data stays yours. Exportable, documented, in accounts you own.
- US-based, one accountable developer. Built in Minneapolis, never offshored — and for local clients, in-person working sessions beat any status report.
Process & timeline
From "I wish something did this" to done
Discovery
We map the workflow, the systems, and where the hours and dollars leak. You get a plan with a fixed number.
First working version
The core of the tool, live and usable — typically within weeks. Your team tries it on real work.
Refine & extend
Real usage decides what's next. Features land in the order that moves the business.
Run & support
Monitoring, backups, updates, and a direct line to the person who built it.
What's the spreadsheet that runs your business?
Describe the workflow that hurts. I'll tell you what replacing it looks like — scope, price, and timeline, in plain English.
Start your project