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Our records live in spreadsheets and nobody trusts them.

There's more than one copy, and nobody is sure which one is right.

  • One copy of the truth that everyone works from
  • Accounts and roles, so people change only what they should
  • Runs in a browser, and works on a phone
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SessionSmithy, a web app GeekThangs runs, on a laptop

When a Spreadsheet Becomes the Whole System

It starts as one person's list and ends up as the place the business keeps something it can't afford to lose, edited by several people, emailed around, and copied every time someone needs their own view.

You can tell because people stop trusting the file. They keep a private copy, or they ask a colleague to confirm a number before they act on it, and that hesitation is what it costs you.

The answer is usually one small tool that does the specific thing, with one copy of the truth in it.

Apps We Run Ourselves

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Why One Copy of the Truth Changes the Day

When the file can't be trusted, everyone builds a habit around not trusting it. A private copy here, a quick check with a colleague there, a number confirmed before anyone acts on it.

One place to enter it and one place to read it takes those habits away. The version that's open is the version that's right, and nobody has to ask.

  • One copy everyone uses

    The record lives in one place. There's no v2-final, no private copy, and no question about which one is current.

  • Accounts and roles

    People see what they should and change only what they should, so the data can't quietly drift.

  • Open it from anywhere

    It runs in a browser and works on a phone, so the people who need it can reach it.

  • Yours to export

    Your data comes out whenever you ask, in a format something else can read. You're never locked in.

Ready to replace the spreadsheet three people are editing?

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What Comes With a Web App

  • Accounts and roles

    People sign in, see what they should, and change only what they should. The data stops drifting because everyone has their own key.

  • One searchable place

    Your records in one place you can search, instead of five spreadsheets and a folder nobody can find anything in.

  • Built around the job

    The screens your team opens on a Tuesday morning, built around how the work runs.

  • Runs in a browser

    Nothing to install, and it works on a phone. Your data exports whenever you ask, in a format something else can read.

How an App Comes Together

You're using the real thing before it's finished.

We watch the current way

The spreadsheet, the folder, the person who knows. What the software has to replace is whatever they're doing by hand.

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Why Work With GeekThangs

Built from the real job

The screens come from watching how the work runs.

The smallest thing that works

One tool, built for the specific job.

One copy everyone trusts

The record lives in one place, so the private copies and the double-checking stop.

You're never locked in

Your data exports whenever you ask, in a format something else can read.

Common Questions

Do we have to give up our spreadsheet?

Only when the tool is better than it, and not before. We read the old file in rather than making you retype it, and you keep it until you don't want it.

Is this a big system?

Usually not. The answer is one small tool that does the specific thing, with one copy of the truth in it.

What if off-the-shelf software already does it?

Then we'll tell you that. Sometimes the better answer is a tool you can buy and an afternoon setting it up, and we would rather say so than build a worse version.

Can our team use it on their phones?

Yes. It runs in a browser, so there's nothing to install and it works on a phone as well as a laptop.

Who owns the data?

You do. Your records export whenever you ask, in a format something else can read, so you're never locked in.

Before You Build Anything

What we would want to know before replacing a spreadsheet with software.

Tell us what the spreadsheet does.

Describe the thing three people are editing and the job it's holding together. We'll tell you whether it needs software or a better spreadsheet.