“Who built this?” Gerald whispered.

That was the tipping point. Within a month, GreenLeaf had twenty-two “citizen developers.” A floor manager built a shift-scheduling app. The HR intern built a digital onboarding checklist. The head of refrigeration built a temperature-logger that saved them $40,000 in spoiled dairy.

The next Saturday, while his family watched cartoons, Arjun opened Betty Blocks. He didn’t code —he drew . He pulled a blue block labeled “Data Source” and connected it to his Excel sheet on SharePoint. He pulled a yellow block labeled “Logic” and typed: Stock on Hand minus Daily Sales . He pulled a red block labeled “Action” and chose: Send SMS .

On Monday, he didn’t submit a ticket. He walked to Gerald’s desk, phone in hand. “I fixed the low-stock problem.”

Arjun walked up. “I just need a simple app. Three fields. An alert button.”