Memory & discovery
Recall
Coming soon
Match pairs of curious objects. Remember what you’ve seen as the collection grows.
Independent by design.
Based in Oklahoma · Built for people
Small Ideas.
Built Properly.
We make playful games of our own—and build apps, websites and practical tools for small businesses and founders.
01 / From the studio
Small worlds.
Worth getting lost in.
Three games with a character of their own.
All coming soon. None rushed out the door.
A little farmyard logic
Critter Clutter
Coming soon · Submitted for App Store review
Tap a front herd. Keep a landing place free. Bring matching animal families home.
After-hours problem solving
Night Shift
Coming soon · Submitted for App Store review
Dispatch matching cargo groups. Plan the truck order and keep the loading lanes clear.
Not yet available in app stores. Follow along for release news.
Follow the studio ↗Also on the workbench Two more ideas in development
Brain Chaos — a collection of quick, changing challenges.
Match/Decision — private picks and shared reveals to help settle the debate.
Still in development. No release dates announced.
02 / Built with you
Your idea.
Our next build.
We also design and build for founders, small businesses, and teams. One studio, from the first useful question to a working product.
Tell us what you have in mind ↗You don’t need a perfect brief.Apps & digital products
Useful experiences, considered interfaces, and a focused first release.
Business websites
A clear story, a strong first impression, and an obvious next step.
Prototypes & MVPs
Make the idea tangible. Test the important part before building the rest.
Custom tools
Practical software for the workflow that never quite fits a template.
03 / One of our working products
From a feature list
to a useful first step.
Product Lens is our public AI-assisted planning tool. It helps someone with a rough idea decide what is worth building first.
Try Product Lens ↗A saved demonstration · Fictional workshop
01 / The starting idea
“An app with bookings, member chat, inventory and AI advice.”
02 / The focused direction
Excerpted from a completed synthetic test. No customer results or live analysis shown.Prevent double-booked workshop sessions.
Try a shared calendar or spreadsheet with overlap checks before building a custom app. Leave AI out of the first version.
- The problem
- A long feature list can hide the one problem that matters.
- The decisions
- Ask up to three useful questions. Separate facts from assumptions. Get permission before sending input for AI analysis.
- The working result
- A focused report and concrete next actions, with an optional email brief the user reviews before sending.
The original motivation.Sawyer & Cowboy
Why Hardly Notable exists
The work is technology.
The reason is personal.
Hardly Notable was founded in memory of family whose lives continue to shape the standards behind the work: show up, make something meaningful, and leave more behind than you found.
Sawyer and Cowboy are a big part of why I started Hardly Notable. They inspired me to build a life with more freedom—one where I could give them the very best, be present for the ordinary moments, and spend more time with the ones who matter most. They are not what we build; they are part of the reason I chose to build something of my own.
Small beginnings welcome.