// custom business tools · SMEs

Replace the Excel sheets that slow your teams down with a real web app.

I design and build business web applications for SMEs that still run their files and internal workflows on shared spreadsheets and ill-fitting tools. Simple, robust, maintainable.

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25 years

of web dev

10 years

freelancing

SMEs · B2B

enterprise

~/projects/business-tool

$ lbac init business-tool

✓ analysis of the existing process

✓ useful scope defined

✓ business screens & objects generated

⠿ building the MVP…

$ deploy --maintainable

// 01 — the situation

When the tool no longer fits the business

The problem isn't the absence of a tool. It's the pile-up of partial tools, Excel files, emails and workaround habits that slow teams down instead of helping them.

›Your client files are tracked across several files and messages.

›Some steps rely on manual handling or the memory of a few people.

›Information flows, but is never quite centralized or reliable.

›Your current software covers part of the need, at the cost of many workarounds.

›Errors, oversights and double entry grow with the workload.

›You sense you need a real tool, without launching an oversized project.

// 02 — what I take on

Applications designed around the way you work

A useful tool must match your real process, your constraints and your teams' day-to-day habits.

Client file management

Track files, statuses, documents, approvals and actions — without a patchwork of files and emails.

Custom internal tools

An application tailored to a specific process, when off-the-shelf software fits the need poorly.

Taking over a fragile system

Understand what should be kept, simplified or rebuilt, then restore clarity and reliability.

// 03 — a simple progression

From scoping to tool, step by step

step 01

Scoping workshop

Clarify the need, understand the process and set a realistic frame before development.

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step 02

Building the business MVP

Replace a makeshift setup with a first usable version, focused on the core need.

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step 03

Audit & recovery plan

Take stock of a fragile tool: clear diagnosis, priorities and an actionable plan.

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// 04 — the right choice

Custom isn't always the right answer. But sometimes, it's the simplest one.

// an off-the-shelf tool is enough

✓The process is close to a standard case.

✓Teams work without major workarounds.

✓Data and steps stay simple.

✓Business customization is light.

// custom becomes worthwhile

→The process has its own rules, steps or exceptions.

→Information is scattered across several places.

→The existing tool creates manual handling.

→Reliability, visibility and coordination become daily stakes.

// 05 — the method

A lean method, focused on real-world use

Understand the process

Steps, friction, exceptions and hidden dependencies — before talking features.

Scope the perimeter

A first coherent scope able to deliver value without needless complexity.

Build simply

A clear, solid tool matched to the real level of complexity — with no superfluous technical layer.

Ship maintainable

A good tool must be able to evolve, stay readable and last over time.

// 06 — who I am

Benjamin Durin, business tools developer

Over 25 years of web development, 10 of them freelancing, for SMEs, B2B startups and large companies. Understand the real need before building, stay pragmatic about scope, build tools that hold up over time.

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// references & contexts

SignifySociété GénéraleB2B projectsInternal toolsProduct takeovers

reliable·pragmatic·clear communicator

// 07 — case studies