Rust Belt Standards

EST. 2026 · Medina, OH

Software that respects your time and your budget.

Built for the person using it, not the person selling it.

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Entity
Rust Belt Standards LLC
Based
Medina, Ohio · USA
Products
Coastward · ChuckEd
Status
In active development
Contact
support@rustbeltstandards.com

Two products, two problems solved.

Both replace an improvisation that people are already stuck with — a spreadsheet and a group text, or a whiteboard on a shop floor — with a system built for that job specifically. Neither one is enterprise software scaled down.

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Coastward

Group trip planning, without the group text spiral.

Coastward helps groups of any size agree on dates, vote on destinations, split lodging costs, and coordinate everything from meals to activities — in one shared space instead of a scattered mess of texts, spreadsheets, and half-remembered decisions.

  • Propose trip dates and settle them with simple yes / maybe / no voting
  • Compare lodging options on cost, photos, and amenities, then rate them
  • Split expenses fairly, per traveler or per household group
  • One shared dashboard for activities, meals, and shopping lists
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ChuckEd

The upgrade you can actually afford.

Job routing, scheduling, and tooling management built for small-to-mid machine shops — the affordable step up from spreadsheets, without the cost, complexity, or implementation timeline of a full ERP system.

  • See what is routed where, across the whole floor, at a glance
  • Catch at-risk jobs before they run late
  • Manage tooling alongside the schedule, not in a separate binder
  • Deliberately scoped: no invoicing or financials, hands off cleanly to your ERP
In development Built on a working shop floor

Six things every release has to pass.

Not a mission statement. These are the checks a feature actually has to clear before it ships.

01 Easy If it needs a training session, it isn't finished.
02 Functionality It has to do the actual job, not demo well.
03 Affordable Priced for the shop or the family, not a procurement department.
04 Built for the user The person using it every day outranks everyone else.
05 Intentional Every feature earns its place. Nothing ships to fill a grid.
06 Clean Clear layouts, plain language, no dark patterns, no upsell traps.

Made on purpose, priced on purpose.

Get in touch.

Questions about a product, a support request, or something you'd like us to build — email is the fastest way to reach us, and it reaches a person, not a ticket queue.

Email support@rustbeltstandards.com
Company Rust Belt Standards LLC
Location Medina, Ohio, United States
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