Tools

The process picks the tool.

We aren’t tied to one platform. These are the tools we build with most, and when each one is the right call.

A workshop pegboard of hand tools, each hung over its painted outline, with one outline empty because that wrench lies on the bench below beside a laptop.

Automation platforms

Workflow automation
  • n8n

    When you want to host it yourself, keep costs flat as volume grows or put code inside a workflow.

  • Make

    When the logic branches a lot and the team wants to see every path laid out.

  • Zapier

    When the apps are mainstream and your team will look after the automation itself.

Records and data

Data engineering
  • Airtable

    When the team needs a database it can read and edit like a spreadsheet.

  • Postgres

    When records need strict structure, a history of changes and room to grow.

  • OpenAI models

    For reading, sorting and drafting inside a workflow. Rules run first, and a person approves what matters.

  • Next.js

    For web apps, customer portals and internal tools. This site is built with it.

  • Swift and SwiftUI

    For native iOS apps that feel at home on iPhone.

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The rule

Tools follow the process.

We learn how the work moves, and the tools you already run, before suggesting anything new. Sometimes the right answer is a better use of what you have.

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Not sure which tool fits?

Tell us how the work moves today. We’ll say which tool we’d use, and why.

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