The terminal is open. The pixels are glowing. Herr Systems is live at herrsystems.com.
We’re excited to introduce a new home for web design, development, and practical technology services local to Union, Missouri. The site brings a little retro-web energy to a very current problem: helping people figure out what they need, what a project could look like, and who to talk to next.
This launch is close to home: Herr Systems and Burn.Blue are both run by Emily Herr, so we’re especially excited to share the new site.
A website with a personality
Herr Systems leads with a simple idea: “Technology Should Be Fun.”
The new site follows through with pixel-style headings, a dark terminal-inspired look, ASCII artwork, and an interactive terminal on the homepage. It has a playful side without making visitors solve a puzzle to find the services or contact page. Ordinary navigation and a services link remain available alongside the terminal.
That balance matters. A distinctive website should still make the useful parts easy to reach.
What you can find on the new site
The Herr Systems services directory brings together six areas of work:
- Web design: pages with a clear purpose and a visual identity that fits the business.
- Development: custom functionality built around what a project actually needs.
- Hosting: a maintained home for a website, with backup and support information.
- Agentic setups: practical AI helpers for repeat tasks, with people still in charge.
- Consulting: technical advice and a plan for the next step.
- Contract work: extra design and development capacity for an existing team.
There’s also a pricing section with an estimate builder, so visitors have somewhere concrete to start the scope-and-budget conversation. The focus is on explaining the work rather than hiding everything behind “let’s hop on a call.”
Real projects, with the context included
The work section is worth a look if you prefer examples to a wall of service descriptions. Current case studies cover Septagon, Burn.Blue, and St. Louis Water Damage Help, with project context and explanations of the work.
Yes, that includes this very site. The Burn.Blue case study on Herr Systems walks through our services website and AI-assisted publishing workflow: researching, writing, building, publishing, and checking the result. AI assistance is part of the process, not a replacement for reviewing what actually shipped.
Go have a look
If you’re in Union or elsewhere in Franklin County—or you’re looking for remote help with a website or development project—take a look around Herr Systems. Explore the work, try the terminal, and use the contact page if there’s a project you’d like to discuss.
And if this launch has you thinking about your own website, lead intake, or a repetitive task that needs a better system, talk through it with Burn.Blue.
Here’s to useful websites with a little more personality. And fewer buttons that lead absolutely nowhere.