IT Pal

The Itch That Started It

IT Pal came out of a genuine frustration at work. I was in the middle of checking a Service Level Agreement (SLA) calculation for a project and something didn't add up. Rather than trust someone else's spreadsheet or end up Googling it every time, I thought — why not build something clean and reliable that I can carry around in my pocket?

One Feature Became Four

Once the SLA calculator was working, it made sense to add a Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) subnet calculator, since that's the kind of thing you need on the fly when you're in the field or deep in a network conversation. From there, HTTP status codes — a quick reference every developer reaches for at some point — and a download time estimator rounded things out into something genuinely useful day-to-day.

Flutter Getting Easier

The app was built with Flutter, which I'd been getting steadily more comfortable with. This was one of those projects that confirmed I was on the right track with it. Nothing too complex, but it came together quickly and cleanly. Publishing to both iOS and Android was becoming less of a mystery with each project, and IT Pal helped solidify that process.

A Useful Tool

It's a small app, but it scratches a real itch. If you work in IT, these are the kinds of calculations you reach for regularly — and having them all in one place, offline, without ads or nonsense, is just practical. Sometimes the best apps are the ones that solve your own problems first.