kabootit
The duct-tape architecture of all modern businesses — with apologies to xkcd #2347A precarious tower of blocks in the style of xkcd's Dependency comic. A wide slab labeled "all modern businesses" rests on a teetering stack of blocks labeled CRM, ERP, team chat, email, invoices and billing, task board, support tickets, HR and payroll, forms, and a legacy database marked "still running". The seams are annotated with copy-paste, forwarded manually, ask Frank, nightly sync (usually works), question marks that always break on Fridays, and no one knows. Near the bottom, the whole right side balances on one tiny block: the spreadsheet nobody dares touch, from accounting, circa 2009.ALL MODERNBUSINESSESCRMERPTEAM CHATEMAILINVOICES / BILLINGTASK BOARDSUPPORT TICKETSHR / PAYROLLFORMSLEGACY DATABASE(STILL RUNNING)EMAILCHAINSMANUALEXPORTSCOPY-PASTEFORWARDEDMANUALLYASK FRANKNIGHTLY SYNC(USUALLY WORKS)??? (ALWAYS BREAKSON FRIDAYS)NO ONE KNOWSSPREADSHEET NOBODYDARES TOUCH (ACCOUNTING,CIRCA 2009)
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01. services // fix pain points

Custom software for small businesses. Internal tools, business automation, platform-specific work, and getting off legacy platforms. Software shaped to how your business works.

./custom-software [build] Custom software Internal tools and line-of-business apps built around your process instead of the other way round. Fewer manual steps, fewer subscriptions to stitch together, and no waiting on a vendor's roadmap for a feature only you need.
./automation [tranquil] Business automation Quotes, onboarding, reporting, moving data between systems — running on their own, the same way every time. Hours back each week, and the work no longer stops when one person is away. Delivered with Tranquil, which we build.
./platform [native] Platform-specific work Software that feels native because it is — faster, smaller, and able to use what the platform actually offers, rather than the slowest features common to five of them.
./migration [replatform] Legacy & 4GL migration Off Servoy, FileMaker, Access, VB or FoxPro with the business logic intact — the rules you've depended on for years, moved onto a stack you can still hire for and still get support on.
02. projects // shipped
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I build Tranquil. For client work, email hello@kabootit.com.