Stephy Sourdough BakehouseWebsite + ordering system
Good design. Real business impact.
Websites, automation and custom software.
Designed and built in Miami by Rafael de la Cruz.
Fixed scope and price before we build. See starting prices.
Aria · daily overview & chat (demo)
Aria Assistant / Mac + iPhone assistantIndependent project
Work that makes things work.
Client work and an encrypted desktop application.
Stephy Sourdough Bakehouse
Mudrashram LedgerEncrypted desktop application
Where is your business
getting stuck?
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You need more customers.
Help people find you, understand what you offer and get in touch.
Websites / Landing pages / Customer journeysYou’re doing too much manually.
Connect the tools you already use so data moves between them without retyping.
Automation / Integrations / AI workflowsYour software doesn’t fit.
Build a tool for workflows or data requirements that existing products can’t meet.
Custom applications / Dashboards / Internal toolsConnect what happens next.
Turn a website enquiry into a connected workflow for intake and follow-up.
A website enquiryFollow the enquiry through the business.
- 01WebsiteExplain the offer
- 02LeadReceive the enquiry
- 03IntakeCollect the details
- 04CRMStore the context
- 05Follow-upSend the next step
- 06CustomerKeep the relationship
Connected by automation
Capture the details once. Pass them to the tools and people who need them.
Inside the work.
Commerce + operations
Shipped in about nine daysStephy Sourdough
Before
Every order was a chat thread.
WhatsApp referrals. Pickup questions answered by hand. No storefront for browsing and ordering.
What we built
Ordering that fits the bakery.
A bilingual storefront with capacity limits, pickup scheduling, order updates and a phone-friendly admin tool.
After
Customers order. Stephy manages.
Customers choose an available pickup date. Stephy manages orders, prices and photos from her phone.
Implementation details
Cloudflare Workers · D1 · R2 · Web Push · Installable admin PWA · Bilingual EN / ES
Visit the live site (opens in a new tab) ↗Mudrashram Ledger
Confidential records needed a home outside third-party cloud services. We built an encrypted desktop tool for client profiles, follow-ups, and recovery. The data stays on the practitioner’s device.
Read the case studyImplementation details
Tauri · Rust · React · TypeScript · SQLCipher · Encrypted backup and recovery
Aria
A personal assistant for Mac and iPhone that brings briefings, routines and conversations together. Email, message and calendar actions start as drafts for review.
Interface previews use synthetic example data.
Implementation details
SwiftUI · Python · Ollama · macOS + iPhone
Understand the work.
Then build what it needs.
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Map the problem
We look at how the business works today, including the tools you use and the steps you handle by hand. An existing tool may be enough.
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Agree on the build
You receive a scope, a fixed price and a timeline before development starts. Design and engineering happen together, with your feedback along the way.
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Put it in your hands
We test the workflow and walk you through it. You receive the software and documentation, with accounts in your name wherever practical.
You’ll work directly with me.
I’m Rafael de la Cruz, the Miami-based designer and engineer behind Blackform Labs. I designed and built the projects shown here.
I scope and build your project, and remain your contact after delivery.
What needs to work better?
Tell me what you’re trying to do and what gets in the way. Rough notes are fine. We’ll start with a free conversation. See pricing for starting points, or read the FAQ.