Stop working around software that doesn't fit.

Tool Builder is our custom software lane: we build what your business is missing, around how it actually runs, and hand you every key.

When the software you need does not exist yet.

Five spreadsheet tabs become one order screen the team owns.

SS
Saffron & Sage Catering
Order screen · Fixed-price project
By hand
fx=Headcount!C14
A
B
C
D
1
Event
Date
Guests
Notes
2
Hartley wedding
Oct 18
120
see Hana's email
3
Hartley wedding (2)
10/18
112
9 veg, nut??
4
Pine St. lunch
Oct 21
40
invoice sent?
5
Ruiz 50th
10-25
#REF!
staff TBD
6
Chen retirement
Nov 2
80
copy from Staff tab
7
A
B
C
D
1
Event
RSVPs
Final
Source
2
Hartley wedding
120
?
Hana's email
3
Hartley wedding (2)
112
112
phone call
4
Pine St. lunch
40
40
form
5
Ruiz 50th
65
#REF!
6
Chen retirement
80
7
A
B
C
D
1
Event
Veg
GF
Allergies
2
Hartley wedding
9
4
nut??
3
Pine St. lunch
6
see email
4
Ruiz 50th
2
shellfish
5
Chen retirement
12?
3
6
7
A
B
C
D
1
Event
Lead
Crew
Booked
2
Hartley wedding
Hana
Theo +1
yes
3
Pine St. lunch
Theo
no
4
Ruiz 50th
??
TBD
5
Chen retirement
6
7
A
B
C
D
1
Event
Deposit
Balance
Due
2
Hartley wedding
Paid
$6,480
Oct 11
3
Hartley wedding (2)
Paid
$6,480
Oct 11
4
Pine St. lunch
$1,120
invoice sent?
5
Ruiz 50th
#REF!
6
Chen retirement
7

Five tabs of copy and paste, and two headcounts for one wedding.

With Tool Builder
OrdersUpcoming
Hartley wedding
Sat, Oct 18 · 5:30 pm · Orchard Hall
Confirmed
Headcount112 guests
Dietary9 vegetarian, 4 gluten-free
1 nut allergy
StaffHana (lead), Theo, Sam
InvoiceDeposit paid
Balance due Oct 11
Pine St. office lunchTue, Oct 21 · 40 guests
Ruiz 50th birthdaySat, Oct 25 · 65 guests
Handover checklist
  • Code in your GitHubsaffron-sage/orders
  • Hosting in your accountBilled to you, not us
  • Admin logins yoursOwner access for Jen and Marco
  • A short guideSix pages for the team
Every key is in your accountsThe code, the hosting, and the admin logins

It's yours, keys and all.

Scoped and priced before any work started, built by senior builders, then handed over with every key in your own accounts.

Example project. The company and details are made up; the process is the one we run for real.

How a build works

Scoped per project

A real price for what you need, agreed before we start.

Senior builders only

The person scoping your build is on the team building it.

Your accounts from day one

Code, domains, hosting, and logins, all in your name.

A documented handover

What runs where, what it costs, and what to do when something changes.

Who owns what

If you leave, everything keeps running. That's the test we build to.

The codeYours
The domainsYours
The accountsYours
To fire usTell us

When we say no.

If an off-the-shelf tool already covers it, we say so, and you keep your money. If a build depends on something we can't verify about how you work, we ask instead of assuming.

Tell us what's missing.

  1. 1Book a callTell us where your software falls short.
  2. 2A fixed price firstScoped per project and agreed before we start.
  3. 3Yours to keepEverything lives in your accounts. If you leave, it keeps running.