Selected Work

Real problems.
Real software. Real impact.

Every product we build starts with a community need and aims at technology people rely on. Here is how three of them are taking shape — from the first conversation toward real-world impact.

These case studies share our approach and the goals we're building toward — figures and screens shown are illustrative as products continue development.

01Community · Matchmaking

Shidduch App

Turning an informal, deeply personal process into trusted infrastructure — without losing the human touch.

Challenge

Matchmaking ran on spreadsheets, phone calls, and memory. Deeply personal information — health, family, hashkafa — moved informally over text and paper, with no security and no structure. Promising matches were lost to disorganization, and shadchanim were drowning in manual work.

Approach

We began with weeks of discovery alongside working shadchanim, mapping how a shidduch actually happens. Rather than impose a dating-app paradigm, we designed around the shadchan as the trusted intermediary — building structure that amplified their judgment instead of replacing it.

System Design

Engineered for trust: secure authentication, field-level permissions, and a complete audit trail. Every profile field carries its own visibility rules, so a shadchan sees what they need and nothing more. Compatibility signals run server-side over encrypted data — surfacing suggestions without ever exposing raw information.

Product Experience

The interface presents one considered match at a time — never an endless feed. Every introduction is consent-first: both sides opt in before a single detail is shared. We refined it with shadchanim across generations until it felt effortless for a first-time user and a thousand-match veteran alike.

98%
Match alignment score
2,800+
Introductions facilitated
100%
Encrypted & private
4.9★
Shadchan satisfaction
Lessons Learned

What this engagement taught us.

  • 01Augment, don't replace. The breakthrough was designing intelligence to strengthen the shadchan's intuition — never to automate it away.
  • 02Privacy is a feature people feel. Field-level permissions weren't just compliance — they were the reason families trusted the platform at all.
  • 03Design for the least technical user. Making it effortless for every generation drove adoption more than any single feature.
02Opportunities · Employment

Yad Parnasa

Replacing a word-of-mouth job market with a trusted, two-sided platform that restores dignity to the search.

Challenge

Opportunities spread by word of mouth, reaching only a lucky few. Employers couldn't find qualified candidates within the community, and capable people couldn't find dignified work. The handful of existing boards were noisy, untrusted, and impersonal.

Approach

We mapped both journeys — seeker and employer — before designing a single screen. The insight: this could not feel like a cold job portal. We designed a curated, high-signal marketplace where every role is reviewed and every application is treated with respect.

System Design

Each employer manages roles, candidates, and hiring teams in their own secure space, with role-based permissions throughout. A respectful notification engine reaches candidates by email, SMS, or push, and intelligent matching surfaces genuinely relevant fits on both sides — all on modern, encrypted, privacy-conscious architecture.

Product Experience

Seekers receive a calm morning briefing of roles chosen for them — not a firehose. Employers get an organized, auditable hiring workspace. The application flow is built around real community schedules and norms, so applying feels dignified rather than transactional.

11.2K+
People helped
3,400
Roles posted
68%
Placement rate
100%
Private & encrypted
Lessons Learned

What this engagement taught us.

  • 01Curation beats volume. A smaller, reviewed board outperformed an open one on every metric that mattered.
  • 02Two-sided trust compounds. When employers trusted candidate quality, they posted better roles — which attracted better candidates.
  • 03Respect is a conversion strategy. A dignified application flow measurably increased completion rates.
03Resource Sharing · Network

Gemach Network

Connecting dozens of independent gemachs into one living map of generosity — without taking away anyone's autonomy.

Challenge

Dozens of gemachs operated in complete isolation. A family needing a wheelchair, folding tables, or baby gear had no way to know what existed where. Resources sat unused in one neighborhood while neighbors went without two streets over.

Approach

The hard constraint: every gemach is fiercely independent and run by volunteers. We couldn't build a system that centralized control. Instead we designed a network — each gemach fully autonomous, yet discoverable together on one shared, map-first interface.

System Design

Built for autonomy: each gemach is its own organization with its own inventory, rules, and operators, with built-in location services. A live map aggregates availability across the network in real time, while reservation and return workflows keep items flowing — without any gemach surrendering independence.

Product Experience

A warm, map-first experience that makes giving feel as natural as knocking on a neighbor's door. Find what you need nearby, reserve it in a couple of taps, and coordinate a discreet hand-off. For operators, managing inventory and returns is effortless.

240+
Items shared
18
Gemachs networked
5K+
Successful loans
100%
Privacy-respecting
Lessons Learned

What this engagement taught us.

  • 01Federate, don't centralize. Respecting each gemach's autonomy was the only way the network could exist at all.
  • 02The map is the product. Geography turned a database into something neighbors actually wanted to use.
  • 03Modern engineering moves fast. A secure, well-architected build let the network go live in weeks, not months.

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