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We build software for coaches

High5 Labs designs, builds, and operates tools for independent operators — the people who coach the team, keep the books, answer the parents, and lock up at night. A few times a year, we build for clients too. Choose your slot wisely.

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The floor

Different markets, one player: someone doing a big job with a small team. Usually a team of one. Every cabinet is running.

The Rostr coach dashboard: this week’s requests beside a package ledger showing sessions remaining per family Rostr Coach’s ledger · Booking ▶ Insert coin The Seymour reader: a cleaned-up article with a listen control, beside a sidebar of queue, favorites, highlights and archive Seymour Read later · Listen ▶ Insert coin The Earshot home page: “Every episode, minus the parts you skip anyway” over feature cards Earshot Podcasts · Transcripts ▶ Insert coin The smrtr question-type reference: a parallel-structure multiple choice rendered on graph paper smrtr Adaptive practice · Trainer ▶ Insert coin The Snug home page: the Snug wordmark over “Your menu bar, only what you want” Snug macOS · Menu bar ▶ Insert coin Operator’s shop view: counts for appointments booked and calls handled after hours, and the day’s book Operator AI receptionist · Voice + SMS ▶ Insert coin The Queueist home page: “Built for barbershops, not adapted from one” Queueist Booking · Barber first ▶ Insert coin The TTRD family home screen in retro letterpress style: the next lesson, upcoming sessions, and a shared token wallet TTRD Live tutoring · Co-op ▶ Insert coin The Vibe site: “Ship before the idea fades” in oversized type over a dark grid Vibe Product studio · Rapid builds ▶ Insert coin The Sideline home page in dark athletic style, beside a week of booked sessions and payouts Sideline Storefront · Payments ▶ Insert coin The CompScout home page: “Never stalk a competitor’s Instagram again” CompScout Market intel · Recon ▶ Insert coin The Hearth home page: “A loaf that finishes in your kitchen” over a warm close-up of an open crumb Hearth Sourdough · Live ▶ Now serving A vaporwave gig card for Robots Arent People, live rock covers in the Triangle Robots Arent People House band · Rhythm ▶ Insert coin Whistlestop: a league schedule where a rained-out field’s games cascade to new slots and families are notified Whistlestop Season ops · Concept ▶ In the lab Ledgerline: a client account with invoices, payments, and a running balance, plus a politely drafted nudge Ledgerline Client accounts · Concept ▶ In the lab A phosphor-green terminal readout from Vigil devices monitoring a sourdough jar, a greenhouse bed, and a tomato plant Vigil Sensors · On the bench ▶ In the lab

NOW PLAYING — every cabinet on the floor LOCATION — Research Triangle Park, NC CREDITS — free play, always

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What we believe

Small teams ship better software.

Every product on our floor is run by fewer people than a sensible company would assign to its logo. This is not a constraint. It is the entire strategy.

Boring technology is a feature.

We pick the dullest thing that will still be running in five years. Our stack fits on an index card, which leaves the other side free for the roadmap.

Good tools collect fees, not attention.

Software for working people should be glanced at, trusted, and closed. If a customer spends an evening in one of our apps, we treat it as a bug report.

Every product must survive a real Tuesday.

Demos are Saturdays. We build for the rainout, the refund, the double-booked field, and the parent who replies-all.

If it isn’t worth a high five, it doesn’t ship.

Company policy since day one. Also the origin of the name, the logo, and an unusually athletic release ritual.

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We also build for you

The same crew that runs the floor takes on a handful of client engagements a year — new product builds, and a productized service we call Code Rescue for the app your last developer left behind.

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Two-sentence emails welcome. We respond to every serious inquiry, and to an impressive percentage of the unserious ones.

Or write us the old way: hello@high5labs.com