About

A small studio near Cape Town that takes software seriously.

One or two people, working in the open, building things we'd want to use ourselves. Since 2011, shipping products that give time and attention back to the people who use them.

Who

Jaco Swarts is the person behind the work. A christian, husband, father, and web developer with 20+ years of experience building software. As someone who values both technology and faith, he creates things that help others connect and be productive in meaningful ways.

Productive.me is dedicated to creating useful tools that help people. The mission: to be fruitful and multiply good habits through thoughtful technology. The Blueprint is the long form of how he thinks about building companies that don't burn out the people inside them.

How we work

Design up-front. Simplicity over features. Tracer bullets. Two-week cycles. And we don't rebuild generic tools.

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Where we are

Location

Yzerfontein near Cape Town, South Africa

Time zone

SAST (UTC+2)

Languages

English, Afrikaans

Reach us

hello@productive.me

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