Practical builds for business owners

Practical AI, automation, and app development for small businesses

I help business owners turn useful software ideas into working tools — from AI-powered website features and internal automations to small app prototypes.

Work out whether your idea is worth building

Prototypes, internal tools, and small app builds

Add practical AI features to an existing site or app

Tell me about your idea Book a consultation

Built by someone who runs businesses as well as writing code.

chris-vernon.js

// Practical builds for business owners
const chris = {
  name: 'Chris Vernon',
  helps: ['business owners', 'founders'],
  builds: [
    'AI & app idea consultations',
    'prototypes & MVPs',
    'internal tools & automation',
    'AI features for sites & apps'
  ],
  based: 'Glasgow, UK'
};

function turnIdeaIntoTool(idea) {
  const scope = clarify(idea);
  const v1 = prototype(scope);
  return ship(v1);
}

The hard part isn't the idea

Most good ideas don't need a huge project to get started

Lots of business owners now have ideas for how AI or software could help them. The tricky part is turning those ideas into something realistic, affordable, and actually usable.

Most software and AI ideas just need a clear problem, a sensible first version, and someone who can work out what is genuinely worth building. That is what I help with.

What I can help with

Three simple ways to work together

From quick feasibility advice to a working first version — practical, proportionate, and focused on building something useful.

AI & App Idea Consultation

Have an idea but are not sure if it is realistic, useful, or worth building? We talk it through, identify the risks, simplify the first version, and decide whether it is worth doing.

Talk through an idea

Prototype / MVP Build

Already have a clear idea? I build a first working version you can test with real users or use internally — an AI-powered tool, internal app, web app, or proof of concept.

Start a prototype

Existing Website / App Improvement

Already have a site, app, or workflow? I add AI features, connect systems together, replace manual admin, and build the missing functionality that makes it more useful.

Improve what you have

Why work with me

A practical partner, not a big agency

I run businesses too

I am a business owner, not just a developer, so I understand budgets, deadlines, and the difference between a nice idea and something worth paying for.

Plain English, no jargon

I can talk through a technical idea with non-technical people and explain what is realistic without the buzzwords.

From idea to scope to build

I can take a rough idea, shape a sensible first version, and actually build it — not just advise and hand you a document.

Lean and useful

I keep things small and proportionate. The aim is a working tool that earns its keep, not a big project for the sake of it.

Example ideas

Things I can help you build

A few examples to spark thinking — your idea doesn't need to be on this list.

AI enquiry assistant

Quote or proposal generator

Internal admin tool

Document summariser

Website chatbot trained on your content

CRM or email workflow assistant

Booking or scheduling tool

Customer support triage

Small SaaS prototype

AI-powered search for your site or app

Integration between existing tools

Have an idea you want to talk through?

Tell me what you are thinking about, what problem it solves, and what stage you are at. I will help you work out whether it is worth building and what the first practical version could look like.

Tell me about your idea