HoBo Runtime · Independent software studio
Software with somewhere to go.
We build useful software for the road, the web, intelligent tools and privacy. Then we follow the next worthwhile problem to wherever it happens to live.
Each product has its own name, its own job and its own users. HoBo Runtime is the engineering studio that connects them.
Products
What we build
Three very different products, one studio behind them. Each one is a real thing you can go and look at.
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Mobile / Transportation
LastWagon
A trucking-focused mobile platform built around the work of professional drivers. It puts the road first and the rest of the phone second.
- Truck-aware navigation
- Nationwide truck-stop discovery
- Weather awareness
- Driver tools and other road-focused features
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WordPress / Assistance
Ask Adam
An AI-powered WordPress platform that goes beyond a simple chatbot. It helps with your website and keeps learning how to manage more of it.
- Website assistance
- Increasingly capable site-management tools
- AI tools for WordPress
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Privacy / Messaging
Zitrone
A privacy-first encrypted messenger built for conversations that aren’t meant to last. The server never sees your plaintext, by design.
- End-to-end encryption
- Disappearing messages and burn-on-read
- Identity-free communication
- Zero-knowledge architecture that keeps plaintext off the server
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Next
More projects in progress
This slot is waiting for whatever problem we take on next.
Character
Independent by design
We answer to the problem in front of us, not to a category someone picked earlier.
Independence gives us room to experiment and move quickly. It lets us follow unusual ideas across industries without asking permission first.
It also keeps us honest. We build around actual problems instead of forcing every project into the same business shape.
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Experiment
Try the odd idea early, while it is still cheap to be wrong.
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Move quickly
Small team, short path from decision to working code.
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Cross industries
Trucking, WordPress and private messaging have more in common than you would think.
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Build around real problems
Start with something that could work better, then build the software to match.
Engineering
How we build
Every product sits on the same stack of habits. Here is what that stack looks like.
Interfaces
- Mobile applications
- Web applications
- WordPress
Systems
- APIs and backend systems
- Automation
- Privacy-focused systems
- AI-assisted engineering
Practice
- Real-world problem solving
- Continuous iteration
Studio
Why HoBo Runtime exists
We build things because useful ideas deserve to become working software.
Some projects solve practical everyday problems, like finding a truck stop before the weather turns. Others explore unusual technical ideas that we simply wanted to see work.
The common thread is simple. Build the real thing, test it, improve it and ship it. Then do it again.
Next
Follow what we build next
Look at the software we have shipped, and keep an eye on what is coming.