What we’re building
Each one started as a problem one of us had. The ones you can use today come first.
Life Abroad
For people who have moved abroad, or are about to. Starting in Greece, with more places to come.
The problem
The water’s off tomorrow, and the notice is in a language I can’t read yet.
Our workaround
City AlertsYour new town’s notices, in English.
Local notices, translated and sent to the people who moved there.
LivePilot running in one city. Join on Telegram
The problem
I’m moving abroad and every website says something different.
Our workaround
One-Way TicketMoving abroad, from someone who just did it.
The whole move, in order, with every fact dated. First edition: Greece, for every kind of visa.
BuildingLaunching January 2027. Get it first
The problem
We want a medical spa in the hotel. Where does the pampering end and the medicine begin?
Our workaround
Spa RxA nurse-drawn plan for a resort spa with a medical aesthetics unit: the rooms, the staff, the safety rules, the patient data, and a clear line between wellness and medicine.
BuildingIn development with a resort client. See the method
The problem
Four orders, three shops, two lockers, and I can’t remember what’s coming where.
Our workaround
Pickup LineEvery package, one list, before the locker sends it back. It tracks your orders across shops, couriers, and lockers, then tells you where to collect each one, with the code.
BuildingBeing tested by its founder. Tell me when it’s ready
Everyday Life
For the small hassles that eat your week, wherever you live.
The problem
I go out with ten good thoughts and come home with none of them.
Our workaround
BreadcrumbsChat while you wander. When you sit back down, it hands you what to do, what to ask, and the ideas you had.
LiveIn daily use by its founder. Get early access
The problem
My shelf is full and I can never remember which bottle I liked.
Our workaround
PourhoundA nose for good whiskey.
Hear when a hard-to-find bottle turns up on a shelf near you, and rate what you taste and where.
BuildingPilot opens 13 November 2026. Join the interest list
The problem
Creams, serums, collagen, supplements: which ones actually work, and who paid for the review?
Our workaround
Gracefully-ishAn independent guide to fighting aging, from skincare and supplements to surgery. Gentlest step first, every claim graded by published research, and no sponsors or ads.
Buildinggracefullyish.com. Join the waitlist
On the drawing board
Thought through and written up, not built yet.
Everyday Life
LatchkeyI live alone. If something happened to me, who would know?
If you go quiet, the people you chose find out, in the order you chose.
ConceptTell me when it’s ready
Everyday Life
Adult SupervisionDenials, bills, portals. Grown-up paperwork is a second job.
A chief of staff for life admin that does the boring parts and stops at the human ones.
ConceptTell me when it’s ready
How we work
Live the problem
Every tool starts as something we needed ourselves, and one that wastes people’s time or money.
Build the workaround
Small, practical, and working within days. AI does the legwork; builders we know and trust do the engineering.
Share what works
If it helped us, it can help the next person, so it gets cleaned up and opened to them.
- Built for real life.A phone in one hand, a busy day, patchy signal, a language you don’t read yet.
- Safety is checked, not assumed.A nurse’s habit: verify before you trust it. Test cases on every AI we build or review.
- Your data stays yours.Private things stay private. Never in a public repo, never sold.
- Plain language.If it needs a manual or jargon, it isn’t finished.
One rule sits above the rest: a person always decides. Our tools do the legwork, but nothing gets sent, spent, signed, or posted without your OK.
Hi, I’m Jami.
I’m a mom of six, a teacher, and a registered nurse since 2006, mostly in the ER. I’ve taught everything from CPR to new-nurse orientation, and I spent the last few years on the tech side of healthcare, testing AI before it reached hospitals. I’m divorced and part of a large, loud extended family, so I know a thing or two about juggling.
Right in the middle of my personal midlife crisis, I landed in a professional one too, so I did what I always do: I went looking for solutions. I tend to build things to stay busy when I’m bored, and tech was moving so fast that I started using it to run my own life: alerts I could actually read, a guide to moving abroad, a check-in so my family knows I’m OK. Along the way, I realized other people could use these too.
Caring for people is what I’ve always done. Building things that care for people is the same job with new tools. Tech is supposed to help us, not get in the way. Every problem has a workaround, and Workaround Studio is where I build them.
I build things for my own life, and keep the ones other people need.
Jami Davis, RN, founder. Connect with me on LinkedIn
Why “Workaround”?
Every caregiver knows workarounds. Moms, teachers, and nurses live by them: the scanner won’t read the wristband, so you find a way that still keeps everyone safe. If people need a workaround, the tool failed them. We build technology that fits real life, so the workaround becomes the product, not a daily fight.
For hospitals and health plans
Healthcare AI safety consulting, the advisory side of Workaround Studio
For twenty years nurses have invented workarounds for technology that didn’t fit the shift. Now we make sure the AI hospitals and health plans buy helps the people at the bedside, instead of handing them new problems to work around.
Chief Complaint
So, what’s bugging you?
It’s the first question on every ER chart, and it’s how every Workaround Studio project starts. Tell us what keeps getting in your way. We read every one, group it with others like it, and judge it: how many people have it, how much it hurts, and what you’ve already paid to fix it. The ones that matter most become our next workarounds, and you’ll hear about it first.
We only use your email to reply. Ideas are never published with your name.
By sending an idea, you agree we can use it freely, with no payment or credit owed. Please don’t send anything confidential.
Rather write to us directly?
Workaround Studio, 5900 Balcones Dr STE 100, Austin, TX 78731