Chrono X, Melbourne, Australia

One person · Melbourne

I'm Christian Murphy and I build custom software for small businesses.

Software built around how your business already works.

Mostly that's business systems, Windows apps, web tools and websites. I do all the work myself, which means the person you email is the one who builds it and looks after it later.

Business systems · Windows apps · Web toolsAbout Christian Murphy

A day in Ledgeline.

Ledgeline is one of my own products. It looks after bookings, deposits, invoices and reminders for a small business, and the screens below are from the first business running it.

  1. 01 / Booking

    A booking works out the price and deposit.

    Fill it in once and the deposit, balance and due dates are set, then the customer gets a link to check the details and pay.

    Ledgeline New booking screen with flight space, pet details and the price with a 25% deposit
    Price and deposit worked out
    Plate 01 / New booking
  2. 02 / Deposit invoice

    The deposit invoice comes from the booking.

    It stays linked to that booking for good, so you never have to match payments up by hand.

    Ledgeline Deposit invoice with payment and email controls
    Deposit on the invoice
    Plate 02 / Deposit invoice
  3. 03 / Reminder goes out

    Reminders go out without anyone sending them.

    Ledgeline lines them up when the booking is made and each one goes out on the right day.

    Ledgeline Outbox showing scheduled customer reminders
    Due today and queued
    Plate 03 / Outbox
  4. 04 / Run the day

    Staff run the day from their phones.

    Today shows the next jobs and anything that needs attention, and it keeps working when there's no signal.

    Ledgeline Today screen on a phone with a hot day alert and the next flightsAlerts and next jobs
    Plate 04 / Phone view

That business flies pets on charter aircraft and a courier version is next.

More about Ledgeline

Try a sample booking.

Change any of the details below and watch the booking, its deposit invoice and the reminder for the day before follow along.

01 / Booking

Service booking

Customer

Alex Taylor

8 November

Booking saved

02 / Invoice

Deposit invoice

Alex Taylor

A$80.00

Deposit for service on 8 November

Invoice created

03 / Reminder

Reminder queued

For Alex Taylor

7 November

Service on 8 November with a deposit of A$80.00

Queued for the day before

It's only a demo so nothing gets sent to anyone.

What happens when you get in touch.

First chat

You tell me how things run now and what you'd like to fix, and we work out what's worth building.

A written quote

Then I send a written quote so you know the cost before anything gets built.

Support afterwards

When it's finished I hand it over properly and I'm still around if anything needs looking at.

Other things I've built.

There's a Windows app for people who record games and a few free web tools you can use right now.

Point it at a folder of game recordings and it writes the captions and works out who's speaking. It also finds the loud moments and cuts clips for Discord, TikTok or Shorts. Everything runs on your own PC so the footage stays with you and nothing is charged by the minute.

Windows 117 days free · US$29 for the first 300 buyers
Substrike recording editor with captions and a voice timeline
Substrike / Editor view

Free web tools

Site Audit results for chronox.com.au, before and after fixes
This site, before and after

Site Audit

It opens a website at six screen sizes and presses every button to make sure it all works, and it's open source.

Redact showing names, numbers and an address highlighted for removal
Redact review screen

Redact

It strips names, phone numbers and addresses out of a piece of text without the text ever leaving your browser.

StoreGrades report for a Shopify store
StoreGrades report

StoreGrades

Paste in a Shopify store's address and it gives the store a report card.

Christian Murphy singing on stage, black and white
Live with Slightly Left of Centre

I'm Christian Murphy.

Chrono X is just me, working from Melbourne, so you deal with the same person from the first call right through to support.

When I'm not at the desk I sing in a band called Slightly Left of Centre and that's where the photo comes from.

Tell me how your business works.

Send me a note about how you do things now and what you'd like to make easier. A rough description is plenty to start with.

Tell me about your business