Services
Six ways we help businesses ship real software.
Most of what we do falls into one of six buckets. Some projects start in one and end up in three. The scope is yours to shape — these are just the shapes we know well.
Custom Software Development
When off-the-shelf tools don't fit your process — or you're stitching five of them together with spreadsheets and duct tape — we build something designed around how you actually work. Most of our projects start here.
- Discovery + scoping with you, not at you
- Full-stack build (frontend, backend, database)
- Role-aware access and permissions where it matters
- Ongoing support after launch on retainer
Management System Development
If your team is keeping the business running on notebooks, WhatsApp, and five linked spreadsheets that only one person understands — that's where we come in. We replace it with a single system your whole team can use.
- Inventory, jobs, orders, or whatever your shape is
- Dashboards for the people who need the numbers
- Mobile-friendly for the team on the floor
- Export everything — never locked in
Web Application Development
Modern web applications — not brochure sites. We build things your team or your users log into and use to get real work done. Fast to load, friendly to use, honest about the edge cases.
- Responsive across desktop, tablet, and phone
- Authentication and accounts
- Real-time features where they make sense
- Deployment, hosting, and CI handled end-to-end
Database Design & Management
The database is where a system either ages gracefully or turns into technical debt. We design schemas around the queries your app actually runs — and migrate you off whatever brittle thing you're on now without losing data.
- Schema design that reflects your real entities
- Migrations from Excel, Access, or legacy databases
- Backups, monitoring, and recovery plans
- Available as a standalone engagement or part of a larger project
Software Maintenance & Support
Inherited a codebase that's falling over? Need a team to keep an existing product running while you focus on the business? We take over maintenance of working software built by us or anyone else.
- Monthly retainer with defined SLA
- Bug fixes, dependency upgrades, security patches
- Performance tuning when things get slow
- Feature additions at a steady cadence
Personal Portfolio Development
A portfolio should look like the person. A template can't do that. We build custom personal sites for photographers, writers, consultants, and designers — one person at a time, designed around their actual work.
- Site designed around your work, not a layout
- Fast, responsive, accessible by default
- You (or we, on retainer) can keep updating it
- Turnaround in weeks, not months
How we work
Four steps, no surprises.
Every engagement follows the same shape. The specifics flex, the sequence doesn't.
- Step 01
Discovery
A proper conversation, not a discovery call. We listen to the problem, map what you already have, and surface the constraints most proposals miss.
- Step 02
Scope
We write down what we'll build, what we won't, and what it costs. One document. No surprises later.
- Step 03
Build
We ship in small slices with a live staging link from week one. You see progress weekly — not a month of silence followed by a reveal.
- Step 04
Support
After launch we stay on to fix, extend, and operate. Most clients move onto a retainer; we don't hand you a codebase and disappear.
Engagement
Three ways to work with us.
Pick the shape that fits the problem. We'll tell you if you're looking at the wrong one.
Fixed scope
Known outcome, defined price.
A one-off project with a clear deliverable, a written scope, and a delivery window in weeks-to-months. Most custom-software and portal work fits here.
Best for
New builds with a clear finish line.
Monthly retainer
Ongoing team capacity.
A standing block of engineering time each month — for feature work, maintenance, and support on a product we or you already built. Defined SLA, one point of contact.
Best for
Live products that need continuous care.
Hourly advisory
Audits, fixes, second opinions.
Small engagements: an architecture review, a performance audit, a migration plan, a tricky bug in someone else's codebase. Billed by the hour, no retainer.
Best for
Specific technical questions or quick fixes.
Stack
What we build with.
We're opinionated but not dogmatic. These are the tools we reach for first because we know them well enough to debug them at 2am.
Frontend
Backend
Mobile
Infra & Ops
FAQ
Questions we get a lot.
If yours isn't here, ask on the contact form — we answer every one personally.
How long does a typical project take?
Most custom builds land between six and twelve weeks from kickoff to first release. Smaller tools can ship in three to four; larger platforms stretch to a few months. We'll give you a written estimate in the scope phase.
Fixed-price or hourly?
For new builds with a clear deliverable, we quote fixed. For ongoing work on a live product, we move to a monthly retainer. One-off audits and advisory go hourly.
What happens after launch?
We offer a monthly retainer that covers bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and a steady cadence of feature work. If you'd rather take it in-house, we hand over cleanly with documentation and a walkthrough.
Can you take over a codebase someone else wrote?
Yes — and we do this often. We start with a short paid audit to understand the code, call out risks, and agree on what's safe to change. After that, maintenance and new features on a retainer.
Can we see examples before committing?
Of course. Browse the portfolio, or ask on the contact form and we'll send targeted case studies that match your use case — including what went wrong, not just the highlight reel.