Custom software · New Orleans

Software you don’t have to look after.

Ephyra is two people who make software for small businesses. Every project starts the same way: we sit down with you and listen.

How we work

Writing the code is the easy part.

An AI tool can generate an app in an afternoon, and usually rebuilds things that already exist. Making software secure, connecting it to the rest of your business and keeping it running for years takes time and domain knowledge. That is the part we take on.

1

It starts with a conversation

Before anything gets built, we spend ninety minutes learning how your business runs and where the friction is. You leave with a written plan for what should change.

2

A tool that fits, or one built for you

Sometimes one of our existing apps does the job with a little configuration. When nothing fits, we build an app shaped around the way you work. Either way it runs on the same secure platform, so it arrives sooner and behaves like everything else you use with us.

3

Then we keep it running

Servers, security updates and backups are our job after launch, backed by years of running business software. When your needs change, you talk to someone who already knows your setup.

Already built

Apps running for clients today.

Each of these began as one business’s problem and is still in active development. If one fits, you can be using it within days.

Proposals

Send a proposal, collect the approval and signature, and take payment through one link your client opens.

Bookings

Publish your availability so clients can book, reschedule and pay for time without a chain of emails.

Onboarding

A secure place for new clients to hand over files, logins and details. Credentials are encrypted the moment they arrive.

People

One directory for members, staff and clients, with tags, invitations and email that reaches the right group.

Hourly

Track time as you work and see where the week went, by person and by project.

Projects

Follow work across teams and organizations on one board, from the first task to done.

$600
Ninety minutes, credited in full toward any project.
The first meeting

Where every project begins.

We look at your tools, map how work moves through your team and talk with the people doing it. You leave with a written plan you can act on with or without us.

  • A map of your current tools and how work flows between them
  • A prioritized plan written in plain language
  • An honest recommendation, including when an off-the-shelf tool is the better call
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Who we are

The same two people, start to finish.

Josh Owen

Your point of contact

Josh runs the first meeting, writes up the plan and stays your contact for as long as we work together.

[email protected]

Jonathan Nguyen

Platform and engineering

Jonathan has spent years building and running business software. He architects the platform, writes the code and keeps everything healthy after launch.

[email protected]

An ephyra is a young jellyfish just setting out on its own, which seemed like a fitting name for a company that helps small businesses grow.

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Ready to talk?

There is no form to fill out and nobody will try to sell you anything. Email Josh with a description of what’s eating your week, and he’ll write back himself.