Tech for the Common Good

An independent product studio. Principles first, built to last.

Most software is built to serve one stakeholder: the shareholder. Attention gets harvested, data gets sold, and the people using the product carry the hidden cost. It works in the short term. It doesn't build anything that lasts.

We think trust is the better business model. Products that genuinely help people keep them longer, spread by word of mouth, and earn revenue people are glad to pay. That's how a company creates durable value for its users, its partners and the people who work on it, not just its shareholders.

Tech for the Common Good is the studio we built to prove it. Scannibal is our first product.

How We Build

• Useful or it doesn't ship. Every feature has to solve a real problem for a real person.
• Honest about limits. Our AI tells you plainly what it can't be sure of. Scannibal never calls a dish "safe"; it shows what it found and tells you to confirm with staff.
• Motivate, never manipulate. Goals, progress and reminders are there to help you stick with what matters to you. You can always switch them off, and we never use them to sell your attention.
• Your data stays yours. No account required. Profiles live on your phone and are used only to answer your scan. We don't sell data or run ad tracking.
• Clear prices. Scannibal is free to download, and the core allergy checks will always have a free tier. Paid features are priced up front and easy to cancel.

What We Won't Do

• Dark patterns: fake urgency, hard-to-cancel subscriptions, consent screens designed to be clicked through.
• Selling or renting your data.
• Engagement for its own sake: designing to maximize time in the app instead of getting you what you came for.
• Hidden costs or surprise renewals.

The Test We Use

Before anything ships, we ask: would you still want this if you knew exactly why we built it?

Why This Works as a Business

Trust compounds. Users who feel respected come back, recommend the product, and pay for what's worth paying for. It costs less to grow, and the business is sturdier when it doesn't depend on harvesting attention. We'd rather build a smaller number of products people rely on than a large number they resent.