Small problems are worth building for.

We are a guild of software people. A little annoyance, the kind you have stopped noticing, is often where something new can start. Once you see the problem, we can build the solution with you. It might be useful to someone else. It might be an invention that started as a chore.

A few problems

Livestock

Tags fall off in the field.

A cow’s nose print is as individual as a fingerprint, so we built a way to recognize the animal itself.

Filings

You find out about the filing too late.

Edgar Tracker watches the companies you follow and alerts you when one lands.

Power

The cheapest plan is hard to find.

Texas electricity rates are a pile of terms and fees, so we built a way to compare them for real.

Together

You know the annoyance. We know how to build. The useful part is figuring out the fix together.

  1. 01

    Start from what actually happens.

  2. 02

    Work with the people who deal with it.

  3. 03

    Leave something they can keep using.

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What keeps going wrong?

  • What do you still do by hand?
  • What breaks, falls off, or gets missed?
  • What have you already tried?