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Custom Software & Internal Tools for Small Businesses

For small businesses outgrowing their spreadsheets.

Most small businesses don’t need a platform. They need one specific thing that their spreadsheet, their inbox and three subscriptions are currently doing badly between them: scheduling, a roster, inventory, a form that has to reach the right person. We build that one thing, on infrastructure we already run, and we’re straight with you when off-the-shelf software would genuinely be the better answer.

What usually goes wrong

The spreadsheet became load-bearing

It works until two people edit it at once, or until the person who built it leaves. The failure is quiet and it takes a while to notice what it cost.

Four subscriptions that don’t talk to each other

Each one solves a slice, none owns the whole workflow, and the integration is a person copying between tabs.

Custom software has a reputation for never finishing

Usually because it was scoped as a platform when the business needed a feature. We’d rather ship the narrow thing that works than start something we can’t finish.

Work we’ve delivered in this space

2023 · LiveAssociates

Associates Platform

The platform behind every site we ship. One API serving member management, scheduling, calendar integration and transactional mail across all of our client builds.
NestJS
Next.js
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Drizzle ORM
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What you get

  • A single well-scoped tool not a platform
  • A typed API and database schema with generated migrations
  • Authentication and role-based access
  • Deployed on infrastructure we already operate
  • An honest answer when off-the-shelf software is the better buy

Common questions

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