Custom software

Software built around your workflow instead of forcing your business into a template. Best explained with a real example: my own customer portal.

What is custom software?

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Custom software is software built for exactly one workflow: yours. Not a finished product you bend yourself into, but a tool that fits how you actually work.

My customer portal came about exactly this way. I tried providers for quotes, invoices and project overview, but none did exactly what I need. So I built a portal where my clients and I have everything in one place: projects, quotes, invoices, support tickets and website analytics.

That is the core of custom software: no more features than needed, but exactly the ones your workflow requires. Code and documentation are yours in the end.

When do you need custom software?

Not every business needs its own software. These signs point to it:

Off-the-shelf does not fit

You bend your workflow around a finished tool instead of the other way round, and keep hitting limits.

Lots of manual steps

The same steps by hand every day: copy, transfer, re-enter. It costs time and creates errors.

Systems do not talk

Data sits in several tools and you type it in more than once instead of letting it flow cleanly once.

You outgrow the template

What was enough at the start now slows you down. You need something that grows with your business.

Spreadsheets and email hit limits

Important processes hang on tables and inboxes instead of a system that thinks along.

Software nobody understands

The original developer is gone and nobody dares touch the code. I take it over and document it.

How your software comes about

From the first idea to running operations, from one hand.

01

Conversation and analysis

We look at your workflow: what happens today, where it snags and what the software has to do in the end.

02

Concept and sketch

You get a clear sketch of what the solution looks like before a line of code is written. No surprises.

03

Build in steps

I build in small, visible steps. You see real results early and can steer at any time.

04

Testing and handover

Everything is checked, you get an introduction, and code and documentation transfer to you.

05

Operations and evolution

On request I keep hosting and maintaining the software and evolve it along with your business.

Software that carries you

In the end you have a tool that fits your workflow exactly, belongs to you and grows with your business.

Sounds like your project?

Tell me briefly what snags for you. I usually reply within a business day.