<p>Most <a target="_blank" href="https://blog.flank.cloud/a-taxonomy-of-internal-tools">internal tools</a> are simple enough to be explained in one sentence.</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose an Employee ID from a dropdown to apply an employee discount</li>
<li>Query failed payments, click "approve" or "deny" for each of them</li>
<li>Choose a Loan ID from a dropdown, click submit, cancel loan via internal API</li>
<li>Query weekly payroll, export to Excel, make manual adjustments, upload CSV to payroll service</li>
<li>Pull yesterday's sales, append that to a table, send results in an email</li>
</ul>
<p>So why do most internal tools <a target="_blank" href="https://blog.flank.cloud/most-internal-tools-have-a-turnaround-time-of-never">never get built</a>?</p>


Most [internal tools](https://blog.flank.cloud/a-taxonomy-of-internal-tools) are simple enough to be explained in one sentence.

- Choose an Employee ID from a dropdown to apply an employee discount
- Query failed payments, click "approve" or "deny" for each of them
- Choose a Loan ID from a dropdown, click submit, cancel loan via internal API
- Query weekly payroll, export to Excel, make manual adjustments, upload CSV to payroll service
- Pull yesterday's sales, append that to a table, send results in an email

So why do most internal tools [never get built](https://blog.flank.cloud/most-internal-tools-have-a-turnaround-time-of-never)?

Internal Tools Are Simple