Childcare management software built around daily logging, attendance, parent updates, and safer pickups.
Founder / Developer
Kieran OldfieldProduct engineering, dependable systems, and practical software built with Django.
01 // PRODUCT_STUDIO
SaaS products, labs, and practical product engineering.
Hi, I'm Kieran Oldfield. KOWD is where I build and grow practical software products with strong backend foundations, clear interfaces, and room to improve over time.
Here you'll find the SaaS work: childcare tools, workflow software, useful automations, and the technical notes that come from building real products in public. If you enjoy the technical side, you can explore the blog for practical thoughts on Django, Ubuntu, Python, JavaScript, and more.
Alongside the active products, I keep smaller labs and tools visible because they often become the seed of better product ideas.
SaaS products
Multi-tenant apps, subscriptions, portals, and daily-use software.
Product operations
Hosting, monitoring, deployment, support, and iterative improvement.
Product conversations
Useful feedback, partnerships, and ideas around software people use repeatedly.
02 // PRODUCTS_LABS_TOOLS
Products, labs, and tools.
A simple view of active SaaS products, smaller utilities, and earlier builds that feed into the way KOWD approaches product work.
02A // SAAS_PRODUCTS
Active SaaS Products
Long-term products KOWD is building, improving, and supporting as real hosted software.
02B // LABS_AND_TOOLS
Labs & Tools
Smaller utilities, experiments, and learning builds that sit alongside the active SaaS product line.
02C // EARLIER_BUILDS
Earlier Builds
A small archive of earlier builds and prototypes that helped shape the product work.
03 // PRODUCT_FOCUS
What KOWD is building now.
The commercial focus is SaaS: software that can be used repeatedly, improved over time, and shaped by real operational problems.
ACTIVE / CHILDCARE
ChildLogs
A childcare management platform for daily logs, attendance, parent updates, staff roles, exports, subscriptions, and safer pickup workflows.
- Built around real childcare admin and EYFS record keeping
- Designed for repeat use by childminders, nurseries, and parents
- Focused on clarity, trust, and dependable daily operation
PRODUCT / WORKFLOWS
Workflow Software
Product ideas that turn repeated admin, handovers, updates, reminders, and document-heavy work into smoother hosted tools.
- Dashboards and portals for teams that repeat the same tasks
- Simple data models that stay useful after the first launch
- Automations that remove friction without hiding control
PRODUCT / INFRASTRUCTURE
SaaS Foundations
The backend pieces that make products viable: accounts, billing, permissions, emails, exports, observability, and deployment.
- Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Stripe, and reliable Linux hosting
- Practical support for subscriptions and customer operations
- Security and maintainability treated as product features
PRODUCT / AI
Useful AI Features
AI where it belongs: summarising, drafting, searching, classifying, and reducing admin inside a product people already need.
- OpenAI integrations tied to clear user workflows
- Guardrails around sensitive data and product expectations
- Small, useful features over novelty demos
04 // THE_TECH_STACK
The Stack Behind The Work
Reliable infrastructure, modern frameworks, and practical integrations chosen for SaaS products that need to keep running.
Nginx
Ubuntu
AWS
Hetzner
Cloudflare
Django
Stripe
OpenAI
PostgreSQL
Redis
Infrastructure & Ops
VPS Deployment
SSL/TLS
Certbot
DNS & Domains
Linux Administration
05 // PRODUCT_CONTACT
Talk SaaS, products, or useful software.
If you want to discuss ChildLogs, a SaaS partnership, a product idea, or technical collaboration around practical software, send a message.
- Based in Stoke-on-Trent, building products for local and remote users.
- Best fit for SaaS, childcare technology, workflow tools, and product partnerships.
- Interested in product feedback, useful integrations, and practical software ideas.