Bon Crowder has built custom Retool apps that make operations smoother, faster, and easier to trust since 2021. Her toolkit is Retool + Python + SQL, with a knack for stitching together whatever data you already have—spreadsheets, databases, or APIs—into tools your team actually uses.
She has worked with large and small organizations in a variety of industries including CPG/FMCG, non-profits and finance.
What She Does (in plain English)
- Turn processes into tools. She builds internal apps that eliminate manual work, reduce errors, and streamline day-to-day operations.
- Connect your data. She wires up clean select lists, smart filters, and transformer logic so users see human-friendly labels while queries run on the values your systems expect.
- Engineer for reliability. She sweats the edge cases—empty cells, time zones, refresh states, version quirks—so the app behaves when real people use it.
How Bon Works
- Practical & iterative. Bon ships something useful quickly, then refines it. You’ll see thoughtful UX touches like modals that fire on load, table views that never show “mystery blanks,” and filters that behave the way humans think about dates.
- Full-stack inside Retool. She combines SQL queries, JavaScript transformers, and component logic to deliver features Retool doesn’t offer out of the box—like lightweight presence/“someone else is in this app” alerts or tab-aware query behavior.
- Data-first wiring. Bon is comfortable mapping user-friendly UI to system-friendly values (e.g., state names → abbreviations) using the right Retool code component for the right job.
Selected Client Highlights
- Modal on page load (and on refresh). Bon has debugged and documented reliable patterns to show modals when users enter via dashboard, direct URL, or refresh.
- Table UX that tells the truth. She has replaced silent blanks with clear placeholders in a table, preserving booleans and readability.
- Human-friendly filters. She has built date pickers and table filters that handle date-vs-datetime and odd time-zone behavior without confusing users.
- Data selection done right. Bon has used label/value pairs to let users choose full state names while queries run on the two-letter codes.
- Performance-aware tabbing. She has triggered the right queries on tab switch while preventing unnecessary calls.
Wins
- Hours saved each week by removing manual steps
- Fewer support pings thanks to clearer UI states and messages
- Cleaner data flowing into downstream reports and analytics
Ready to Work?
Reach out to Bon to get your Retool project started. You can email her at Bon@RetoolBon.com or call/text +1-713-557-8048.