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Humans building machines for humansEst. 2018
Get things done with little machines

Your work deservesa friendly machine.

We build focused tools for real work. Our products are useful from the first click and work for you every step of the way.

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How we build
Friendly UnitReady to help
BuildFriendlyMachines

01 / Product bay

Machines with useful jobs.

Each of our tools begins with a real piece of work and earns its place in our ranks through workshopping, field testing, and user feedback.

Product / GLM–01Workshop

A dedicated assistant for your livestream

The Friendly Chatbot

The user-friendly way to drive interaction and engagement during your livestream.

Follow its progress

Have an idea?

Tell us what you wish worked better. It could be the start of our next useful machine.

02 / Operating standard

Designed to be useful. Built to last.

Well-built software should be useful and respect the user. Our standard is simple: build tools to help without malicious, manipulative retention tactics.

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Focused

Our software does what it says. No wading through bloat to get your work done.

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Clear

We build understandable software that doesn't require a PhD to use. Get in, do your work, and go live your life.

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Maintained

We don't launch software we don't intend to keep around. Good machines are stable and dependable.

03 / Latest evidence

Field Notes

Build notes, release reports, and field test results, all kept open so that you can learn as we learn.

First entry forthcoming
Notebook status00 entries

Nothing logged—yet

The notebook is open.

We haven't logged any Field Notes just yet. Check back soon; notes will start appearing when we've got something worth sharing.

Next entry / in the worksCheck back soon
04 / About the workshop
IndependentSince 2018

Industries may change. Our standards do not.

Good Little Machines creates useful software for the work people actually do.

We choose focused problems and build the tools that we would want to use to solve them. We test, tinker, and keep the ideas that stand the test of time.

05 / Service panelComing soon

Doing work that could use a better machine?

We're getting the workshop inbox ready for your ideas. Soon, you'll reach a person—not an endless maze of support tickets.

GOOD LITTLE MACHINES

Every job deserves a friendly machine.

Good Little Machines / 2018Because machines should be friendly.