We build for other people too.
The small team behind our apps also takes on a limited amount of consulting. If you need something built, fixed, or thought through, tell us about it.
Tell us what you're working on
We reply within a couple of business days.
- Apps
- Backends and APIs
- Cloud and infrastructure
- Modernization
- Practical AI
- A second opinion
What we help with
Apps
Phone, web and desktop apps, from a first sketch to a release people can download.
Backends and APIs
The services, data and plumbing that sit behind an app.
Cloud and infrastructure
Hosting, automated deploys, and keeping the monthly bill sensible.
Modernization
Older systems updated, stabilized, or untangled without starting over.
Practical AI
Putting language models to work where they actually save time.
A second opinion
Architecture reviews, build-or-buy calls, and sanity checks before you commit.
Who you'll work with
Greater Good Labs is run by Ben Rabidou. Ben has been writing software for a long time and still does the work himself. Everything on this site was built in-house: the apps, the servers behind them, and the site you're reading now.
He likes software that's quick, easy to hand over, and cheap to keep running.
If any of that sounds useful, I'd like to hear from you.
Ben
- Lately
- Building Rebar, a workout tracker for iPhone and Android.
- Made Claude Credits, a menu bar app for the Mac.
- Runs this site and its analytics on servers he set up and looks after.
- Automated the path from a code change to a live release.
How we work
The same rules as our apps: plain words, close to cost, nothing sneaky.
- You talk to the people doing the work. No account managers in between.
- Fixed scope or hourly, whichever fits. Estimates come with the reasoning behind them.
- Your code and data stay yours. You get everything at handoff.
- Tell us what you're working onWrite to us