Five signs your business has outgrown spreadsheets
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Read moreAbout - Senior software work, kept personal
Pineflux is the software studio of Travis Hayes.
I work with small-business owners who have a valuable problem trapped between a spreadsheet, a packaged product, and a large agency quote. I learn how the work moves through the business and build the smallest useful solution.
I handle the discovery, design, development, and launch myself. Keeping that responsibility in one place lets me take on a limited number of projects and give each one proper attention.
- Years building business software
- 10+
- Person you talk to, start to finish
- 1
- Layers between you and your developer
- 0
The person behind Pineflux
I'm Travis Hayes, a software engineer in Seattle. I've spent over a decade building the software that businesses run on: order management systems, ERP and API integrations, billing automation, ecommerce platforms, and the internal tools that keep operations moving.
I've seen where business software earns its keep. Orders move without being retyped, billing runs without a monthly scramble, and the numbers people use to make decisions are current. Pineflux focuses on that practical work.
Small businesses need experienced software help at a sensible scale. Pineflux can take on the focused application, integration, store, or website that is too specific for a packaged tool and too small for a large agency team.
Travis Hayes
Founder
How I work - Direct access makes for better software
You can ask a question, make a decision, and move the project forward in the same conversation.
- Plain English. You should never need a translator for your own project. I explain scope, trade-offs, and progress in the language of your business.
- Small by design. I limit the number of active projects so I have time to understand the details and do the work myself. You get a realistic schedule before you commit.
- Built to hand off. You receive readable code, proven technology, and useful documentation. Your business can keep working with me or hand the project to another developer later.
From the blog
Notes for business owners deciding what to build, what to buy, and when their current tools have become more expensive than replacing them.
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Read moreWhat is slowing your business down?
Send me a few details about the problem, the tools involved, and what a good result would change. I'll reply within one business day with a useful next step.
Based in
- Seattle, WA
Working remotely with clients
across the US