How to Build Small Business Software and Not Hate It

Building the tools your business needs to function does not have to be a struggle… end stop

All software, and business processes, run like a flow chart. There are decisions that need to be made, steps that must be conducted in order, and logic that must be followed to get a repeatable result. Spreadsheets, Reports, AI Phone Answering Systems, and simple skirts to round a decimal all run on this same process to varied complexity.

Building a new process or replacing a hybrid system that involves multiple people systems and separate processes is a matter of identifying and perfecting the flow chart used to conduct the end to end procedure. The easiest way to do this is with a whiteboard and just draw out the process by hand. 

Once the process is mapped then transferring the system to code is just a process of following the chart with actual code. The code itself does not matter as much. Just pick a language and technology that you are comfortable using and is easy to maintain. 

If you are using AI to help you build this you will need to prompt the system following the chart. Ai is cool and all but it starts losing functionality as the complexity of the system increases. By making it a step by step process and using a simple, well documented, programming language you can organize the system into steps and programming functions which is much easier for the AI and yourself to understand.