I'll push back
If I think you're asking for the wrong thing, I'd rather say so before I build it than after.
Welzware · Web, mobile, and AI software
Custom software
for small teams.
I’m Scott. I build web and mobile apps for restaurants, startups, and small teams that need something built around their work.
Things I've built
Web and mobile apps made with the user in mind.
I'm always thinking about the person using the app. I care about the little details that make it feel intuitive.
DadGoals
Dad Goals surfaces kid-friendly activities and local events near you, then turns the ones you actually do into saved memories you can look back on.
Tweet Dreamzz
Tweet Dreamzz is a pediatric sleep consulting practice in St. Louis and Boston. The rebuilt site is designed phone-first for tired parents, with consultant profiles, package pricing, a live blog, and booking for a free 15-minute call.
NCW Events
NCW Events puts markets, music, festivals, and family activities across North Central Washington in one place. Pick a town and see what's happening nearby.
PlateSense
Prices move every delivery. PlateSense reads the invoices and keeps your plate costs moving with them.
Qcumber
Qcumber handles the front of house wait: party sizes, seating preferences, two-way SMS, a guest-facing status page, and analytics on quoted versus actual wait times.
Oddience
Oddience is what happens when your group chat starts keeping score. Private circles, virtual points, and wagers about the people in the room.
Herbal Wisdom
Herbal Wisdom brings the voices, philosophies, and specialties of influential herbalists into an interactive learning experience. Users choose who sits on their council, ask questions, and dig deeper with any individual elder.
CoRoam
CoRoam is a collaborative trip planning app built for groups. Cora, its built-in travel companion, recommends ideas based on each trip’s destination, dates, preferences, and saved plans.
VidGist
VidGist turns a pile of YouTube links into a research workspace. You can compare themes, spot disagreements, track predictions, and verify every claim against the source.
A practical software development process
Most projects don't go sideways because the code was bad. They go sideways because nobody agreed on what was being built. So I spend more of the early time there than most people expect.
Boring tech, mostly
I reach for the well-worn tool over the interesting one. You want something that still runs in three years without me.
I don't vanish at launch
Things break, requirements shift, someone needs a report nobody asked for in month one. You want a person who answers.
About Scott and Welzware.
Welzware is my independent software studio in the Pacific Northwest. Most of my work is for small teams, and a good chunk of it has ended up being restaurant software. Restaurants are a demanding place to ship: if a screen is confusing, someone finds out immediately, in the middle of a rush.
I care about the parts people usually skip: empty states, button labels, edge cases, load times, and whether the tool still makes sense when someone is busy.
Reach Out
Let's build something worth using.
Tell me what you're trying to build. If it isn't a fit, I'll usually know someone better suited, and I'll say so.
Or copy my email directly