Shoebill Software / solo-founder studio

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Roots,Global
Reach

I build focused digital products for small businesses, specific industries, and my own product ideas. The work sits somewhere between engineering craft, business instinct, and the stubborn joy of making useful things feel special.

See how I build
The problem comes firstYou talk to the builderEasy to use every dayBuilt to grow with you

What the company is

Not an agency. Not a faceless SaaS factory. A small workshop for software that earns its keep.

Shoebill Software is intentionally small. That means fewer meetings, fast decisions and more flexibility. I care about real Pain Points in day to day business, and whether the product still makes sense six months later.

Real EstatePremdex

Software for real estate companies to streamline creating property exposés for clients — listing data, media, and narrative in one calm workflow.

Backup UtilityDillo Backup

Local-first backup software for people who want confidence without cloud theatre.

IncubationHatchPal

An offline incubation companion that follows real biology in real time: candling, a species-true heartbeat, and hatch milestones. A missed day costs detail, not the animal.

Compliance CLIKlarAudit

A local scanner for GDPR, ePrivacy, and Schrems II. It records the first paint before any consent click and scores the page, with no cloud account and no telemetry.

Writing toolPenningPal

Write markdown once, offline, and ship it to LinkedIn, X, Threads, Substack, and Medium as Unicode posts, rich paste, or social cards.

How I build

Every project follows a flight path: spot the Pain Point, build the solution, refine until you don't want to miss it.

  1. 01

    Spot the Pain Point

    I start with the exact friction: the boring click, the fragile process, the recurring business chore that deserves a better tool.

  2. 02

    Build the solution

    The first version is not a pitch deck. It is a working solution: data, workflows, edge cases, recovery paths, and enough polish to trust it.

  3. 03

    Refine until you don't want to miss it

    Good software earns its place. I refine interactions, performance, and copy until the product feels indispensable in hindsight.

Open to careful work

Have a product idea, internal tool, or software problem that deserves taste?

Tell me what you are trying to make simpler. I will help turn the fog into a product-shaped thing.

hello@shoebill-software.de