.NET applications
Most of my career has been .NET: desktop and web applications, background services and APIs, and the databases behind them.
Software for small businesses, from someone who builds it for a living.
Harbor Desk Systems is run by Jake Young, a professional software developer since 2019. Most of that time has gone into .NET applications, with C++ along the way, building the kind of software people rely on all day to get their work done.
Why Harbor Desk
A lot of my friends run small businesses: agencies, shops and service businesses where a handful of people do everything. Again and again I saw the same thing. Good people were losing hours to work a computer should do, or paying monthly for big software built for companies a hundred times their size.
Harbor Desk is how I help. Each product solves one real problem well, runs on a computer the business already owns, and comes from someone you can actually talk to.
What I bring
C++ where it counts
Lower-level C++ for the parts of a system where speed and reliability matter most.
Connecting systems
Getting software to talk to the outside world: online stores, email and texting providers, payments, and the tools a business already uses.
Keeping older software alive
Moving older applications onto current frameworks without breaking the work that depends on them.
Tested, every time
Automated tests run on every change, so the software that runs your day keeps working after each update.
AI with guardrails
AI is used where it helps, such as drafting wording, with plain rules and checks deciding what actually happens.
How I work
- Your data stays with you
- The software runs on your computer, and your customers’ records stay there.
- Plain language
- No jargon in the software, the setup or the support.
- Small and focused
- Each product does one job well instead of trying to do everything.
- A real person behind it
- You talk to the person who built it, and I install and support what I sell.
Tools of the trade
- Languages
- C#, C++, TypeScript, SQL
- Platforms
- .NET, Angular, Microsoft Azure, Cloudflare
- Practice
- Automated testing, API design, Code modernization, Security reviews
What I’ve built so far
Relay follows up on every quote a business sends. Spoolhouse keeps a 3D-print shop’s stock right across its online stores. DataLens checks product catalogs for quality, safety and compliance. You can try them in your browser soon, or get in touch to talk about what your business needs.