WORK FLOWS BY FOOBARAI
Custom internal apps. Built in weeks. Without the dev shop bill.
I design and build custom business operating systems on Airtable Interfaces — augmented with AI. For teams who’ve outgrown spreadsheets but can’t justify a six-figure software project.
THE PROBLEM
Most teams hit this wall.
Every growing operation eventually hits the wall:
- The spreadsheet running your business has fourteen tabs and three people afraid to touch it.
- The off-the-shelf SaaS does 60% of what you need and charges per seat for the 60%.
- Custom development quotes start at $50K, take six months, and assume you know exactly what you want on day one.
- Your “Airtable setup” is a tangle of grids nobody outside the founder can navigate.
You don’t need another tool. You need a system — one that fits the way your team actually works, that anyone on staff can use, and that ships in weeks, not quarters.
WHAT WORK FLOWS DOES
Custom systems. Not configured templates.
I take the messy reality of how your team works — the spreadsheets, the email threads, the “ask Sarah” tribal knowledge — and turn it into a clean, branded application your whole team uses.
Dashboards. Workflows. Approvals. Reporting. All connected to the live data underneath.
Not a template. Not a SaaS subscription. A custom-fit system built for how your team works.
WHAT YOU GET
Built end to end.
- Discovery & systems mapping. I learn your operation cold — workflows, handoffs, edge cases, the stuff your people work around every day.
- A custom database modeled to your actual operation, not a generic schema.
- Custom interfaces with dashboards, forms, approvals, and workflow logic.
- AI-augmented automation where it makes sense — agents that handle routing, summaries, follow-ups, the boring work that eats hours.
- Training & documentation so your team owns it. No vendor lock-in to me.
- Optional ongoing retainer for refinement, new modules, and support.
Typical engagements: two to four weeks to a production system. $5K to $15K depending on scope.
HOW IT WORKS
Four steps. No mystery.
1. Discovery call — free.
Thirty minutes. I learn your operation, you learn whether this is a fit. No pitch deck.
2. Scoped proposal.
Fixed scope. Fixed price. Fixed timeline. You see exactly what you’re getting before you commit.
3. Build.
I build, you review weekly. Production-ready in two to four weeks for most engagements.
4. Handoff.
Your team gets the system, the docs, and the training. Optional retainer if you want me to keep building.
WHY ME
Three decades of shipping.
Thirty-four years building software at Autodesk — sysadmin, developer, engineering manager. I built the QA process that saved Autodesk $6M in its first year. I’m a certified Airtable builder and sit on Autodesk’s internal Airtable steering committee.
In a recent nine-month stretch I shipped thirty-plus applications. At a sixty-person hackathon I helped validate AI-native development methodology with eighteen working outcomes in four days.
I’ve spent three decades watching organizations buy software that almost fits, build software that costs too much, and live with the gap in between.
Work Flows closes the gap.
Ready to talk?
Pick a time on my calendar, or call the direct line. No pitch.