01 Algebra
Custom software for persistent operational problems that everyone else walked past.
See what we're building ↓02 The Algebra Problem
An Algebra Problem is a persistent operational challenge that an underserved industry has accepted as the cost of doing business. Not because the problem is unsolvable. Because nobody thought it was worth solving properly.
We disagree.
03 What ships
Custom software used to take a year. Now it can take weeks. Speed isn't the hard part anymore.
The hard part is software that still works on the second day, for the tenth user, a year after launch. That takes architecture, security, and cost controls. It's the part that gets skipped when nobody's watching.
Algebra builds custom software the way senior engineers build anything: with architecture, discipline, and a name on the code.
Purpose-built. Engineer-built.
Read more →04 What We Build
Every project we take on starts the same way: an operator living inside a broken system, paying too much for software that was never built for them, doing too much manually because nothing better existed. Sometimes we build the platform an industry has been missing. Sometimes a business hires us to build the platform their business has been missing. Same discipline, either way.
Our platforms
Decorated apparel shops (screen printers, embroiderers, custom decorators) have been running their businesses on three to five disconnected tools for twenty years. Paying $400–600 a month for software that doesn't share data.
Zippr replaces all of it. One platform (CRM, quoting, production scheduling, art management, and AI mockup generation) for $199 a month.
That's an Algebra Problem. Solved.
gozippr.com →
Every week, a volunteer collects paper scorecards, keys them into a spreadsheet, recalculates handicaps, texts out the standings, and chases dues in cash. Players find out who won the next morning.
TeeKeeper puts the league on every phone. Players post scores hole by hole from the course, and the board moves live. The admin runs the week from a laptop: who's playing, whose card is still open, who owes dues. Free while in beta.
That's an Algebra Problem. Solved.
teekeeper.golf →
ISO 17025 accredited laboratories manage compliance in spreadsheets, shared drives, and manual checklists. Audit preparation takes weeks. Gaps aren't discovered until an auditor finds them.
OmniPane is a compliance layer that monitors lab operations in real time, flags ISO 17025 gaps the moment they occur, and generates audit-ready reports on demand.
That's an Algebra Problem. Solving.
2027
Plants run lockout/tagout on printed procedures, paper sign-offs, and training records scattered across spreadsheets. When an inspector asks who locked out which machine, when, and whether they were trained on it, someone goes digging.
CLEARED puts each machine's procedure on the worker's phone, tracks who is trained and authorized, works with smart locks where a plant has them, and keeps every lockout as a record ready for audit.
That's an Algebra Problem. Solving.
2027Custom builds
If yours does, we'll build the platform you should have had ten years ago. Purpose-built for your operation. Owned by you. Delivered by senior engineers who put their names on the code.
Your Algebra Problem. Solved.
Work with us →05 Who We Are
John brings the operator's perspective. He has run decorated apparel operations, managed ISO 17025 accredited laboratory compliance, and built businesses across multiple industries. Every product Algebra builds starts from a place of lived operational pain. Not market research.
Daniel builds the architecture. He designs platforms from first principles. Not horizontal tools with vertical features bolted on. Every system he builds is purpose-built for the industry it serves, structured around the way operators actually work.
Two founders. Deep domain expertise plus technical depth.
06 Work With Us
If you're an operator living inside a broken system, an investor who recognizes what it means to build precisely in an underserved market, or someone who just wants to know what we're building next, we'd like to hear from you.