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I build software for businesses.
Then I run it.
Phillips Digital Solutions builds custom apps for small businesses and data, reporting & automation systems for larger ones. You get working software — and someone who answers when it breaks.
pds --how-it-works
The model
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[01] BUILD
One-time build
Scoped up front, quoted flat, built fast. A working first version is measured in days, not months.
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[02] OWN
Your own account
Your app runs in its own isolated AWS account. Your data, your domain — you could take it all and walk away at any time.
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[03] RUN
Flat monthly retainer
Hosting, monitoring, backups, and support — one flat number a month. When something breaks, you reach a person, not a ticket queue.
cat case-study.txt
Receipts: SiteHours
A construction contractor was tracking crew man-hours on paper timesheets. The first working version of their app shipped in 1 day. It is live in production today with crews clocking hours on their phones.
It runs on about $4/month of infrastructure, in the client's own AWS account — not a shared server with everyone else's data on it.
SiteHours — construction man-hours tracking. Built and operated by PDS.
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More of what's running
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[CLIENT BUILD]
Mississippi Concrete Finishers
Marketing site with an owner-managed photo gallery for a North Mississippi concrete company — he uploads job photos from his phone, tags them, features his favorites. Runs capped under $10/mo.
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[PRODUCT]
Hash-It Sports
The memory bank for youth sports — game photos and video auto-tagged by event, team, and player, so any moment stays findable years later. Web app plus Android, with a built-in photographer marketplace.
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[PRODUCT]
Serve-It Menu
QR ordering for concession stands, food trucks, and pop-up kitchens. Customers scan, order, and pay — no app, no account — while the kitchen watches orders land in real time.
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[PRODUCT]
Bless It Card
A physical NFC kindness card. Do something kind and hand it over; the receiver taps it with their phone, directs a donation to a charity they choose, and passes it on — its whole journey pinned on a live map.
All of it designed, built, deployed, and operated here.
pds --background
Who's behind it
I'm a data engineer by trade — pipelines, reporting, database and product architecture for companies where the data actually matters. I use AI as a multiplier, not a substitute for knowing how things work. That's why a one-person shop can build in days and still hand you something built right.