Custom software · systems · AI operations

Mess in. System out.

Your business works — it just lives in your inbox, group chats, notebooks, and memory. I turn that into software that runs: public pages, admin dashboards, payments, email, shipping, and now AI that works the boring parts while you sleep.

Flat scope. Flat price. You own everything.

12 seconds. The whole pitch.EVERY EXAMPLE IS REAL
  • a $56k/yr side business moved off inbox + Venmo onto one dashboard
  • 17,500 junk form submissions mined into 15 real wholesale leads
  • 52 clients · 101 bookings migrated to a new platform in one day
  • orders shipping to 25+ countries with labels bought in one click
  • a full MLB season tracked live · 30 players · zero missed syncs
  • 7:00 AM ops summary pushed to the owner's phone, automatically
  • abandoned checkouts recovered while nobody was watching
  • $19k of tax-deductible mileage logged without touching a spreadsheet

You don't need a platform, a rebrand, or a discovery phase.

You need the thing you do by hand every week to stop being manual — and someone who'll tell you when a $50 tool beats a $5,000 build.

That's the job. Here's the proof.

Real systems, running in production.

THE LEDGER · 01–04
01

Creator commerce

A $56k/yr side business ran on email, a notebook, and Venmo. Now it runs on one screen.

An entertainer selling personalized products worldwide. I replaced the whole manual loop: public order page, checkout that only captures payment when he approves the order, photo and video delivery, one-click shipping labels, a CMS he edits himself, abandoned-checkout recovery, and a metrics dashboard that knows his real profit.

LIVE · REAL CUSTOMERS · 25+ COUNTRIES
Next.js · Stripe · Supabase · Resend · Shippo

02

Brand rescue + forensics

An award-winning spirits brand had medals in a drawer and a press page that said "Coming Soon."

I shipped the press page, fixed pricing that contradicted the actual store, cleaned up the merch layer, and blocked the bot that had buried their contact form. Then I mined 17,500 junk submissions and handed back 15 real wholesale inquiries — including a signed purchase order nobody had seen.

LIVE · STAGED → AUDITED → PUBLISHED
Webflow · Shopify · AI-assisted lead forensics

03

Service operations

A one-man dog boarding business left pen and paper for a dashboard, a native iPhone app, and a 7 AM briefing.

Bookings, client history, payments, pickup logistics with maps, push reminders, and mileage logged automatically for taxes — $19k of deductions this year without a spreadsheet. It grew into a full multi-tenant platform: his entire history, 52 clients and 101 bookings, migrated in a day.

LIVE · WEB + iOS · FACE ID · DAILY SUMMARY PUSH
React · Express · Supabase · SwiftUI · APNs

04

Studio platform

A photographer paying for two websites got one platform she actually owns.

Public site with editable pages and session packages, booking inquiries that create real client records, private client galleries behind access codes with proofing and downloads, and a studio dashboard built around her actual week — a Pixieset-style platform without the rented walls.

MVP LIVE · CMS + GALLERIES + BOOKING
Next.js · Supabase · Stripe-ready

Also in production: a live MLB pool tracker that ran a full season for 30 players · a music publishing catalog with licensing pipeline · a performer's press kit + home base · a real-estate digital foundation with compliance built in · my own life operating system that briefs me every morning at 6 AM.

New this year: AI in the loop.

02 · AI OPERATIONS

The 2026 upgrade isn't a chatbot on your website. It's AI wired into the system that runs your business — drafting, chasing, watching, and reporting — with you approving anything that touches a customer.

Agents that draft, you approve

Follow-ups written in your voice, review requests after every job, content queued for one-tap approval. Nothing sends itself until you say it can.

Robots on the boring parts

Spam blocked and mined for the real leads hiding in it. Daily summaries pushed to your phone. Reminders, backups, recovery emails, price audits — running on schedule, forever.

Production guardrails

Your accounts, your data, revocable access, an audit trail of every action — and your industry's rules baked in before anything goes out the door.

Already running in the wild: automated morning briefings · abandoned-cart recovery · spam forensics · staged publish pipelines

Start free. Scale when it's obvious.

03 · WAYS TO WORK

Foundation Sprint

Thirty days for a business drowning in vendors and manual follow-up. I audit what you're already paying for, kill the overlap, put the assets that matter in your name — domain, reviews, email list — and stand up the first automations. You end with a running system, not a report.

from $5,000 30 days · fixed scope

Custom Business System

When the honest answer is real software: customer intake, admin dashboard, payments, email, uploads, shipping, reporting, mobile. Built, deployed, documented, and handed over. You own the code, the data, and the accounts.

from $5,000 + hosting at cost

Operator Retainer

I stay on as the person who runs the machine — approval queues worked, follow-ups drafted, monthly numbers reported, and a new automation shipped as the business earns it. Priced by the operating role, not by hours. Systems I've built can stay on lightweight care — hosting, monitoring, small fixes — from $250/mo.

from $1,500/mo system care from $250/mo
  1. Send the mess

    One paragraph. What happens today, what keeps slipping, what "done" looks like.

  2. Get the map

    I name the smallest useful version — and tell you if off-the-shelf software wins.

  3. Fix the scope

    Flat price, dated handoff, hosting at cost. No hourly meter, no surprise retainer.

  4. Own the system

    Built, deployed, documented. Your code, your data, your accounts, your URLs.

Send the messy version.

The rough paragraph is more useful than a polished brief. Tell me what you do by hand, and I'll send back the map — free, within 48 hours.

Email

ryanfox.eth@gmail.com

Based in

Harleysville, PA — building for anywhere

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