Discovery & architecture
Workshops to map the current process, the data model and the constraints, before a line of production code is written.
Software
Custom systems built around how you work
Web applications, internal tools and integrations — architected properly, documented, and handed over in a state your next developer will thank you for.
01 Overview
Software Development
Off-the-shelf software covers the common ninety per cent. The last ten per cent is usually where your margin lives, and it is where spreadsheets, manual re-keying and workarounds quietly accumulate.
We build the systems that close that gap: portals, dashboards, internal tools and the integrations that make your existing platforms talk to each other. Tested, documented, and yours.
What you get
- Technical specification and architecture
- Source code in your repository
- Staging and production environments
- Automated test suite and CI pipeline
- Technical and user documentation
- Support agreement with defined response times
02 What's included
The work itself,
in plain terms.
Scope is built from your diagnosis — you will not pay for the parts that do not apply to you.
Web applications
Customer portals, booking systems and dashboards built on a modern stack with authentication and permissions done properly.
API & integrations
Connecting CRMs, ERPs, payment providers and third-party services, with retries and error handling that survive real traffic.
Database design
Schemas modelled for how the business will grow, with migrations, backups and a restore procedure that has been tested.
QA & automated testing
Test coverage on the paths that matter, plus CI so a broken build never reaches your users.
Maintenance & support
Dependency updates, monitoring and a support agreement with response times written down rather than implied.
03 How it runs
Four stages, and you know
where we are in them.
Every engagement follows the same shape, so there is never a month where nobody can say what is happening.
- 01
Scope and estimate
A discovery phase that produces a specification, an architecture outline and a costed plan — deliverables you own even if you build elsewhere.
- 02
Design the system
Data model, API contracts and interface designs agreed up front, so integration surprises happen on paper rather than in production.
- 03
Build in increments
Two-week cycles with working software on a staging environment at the end of each, and a demo you attend.
- 04
Deploy and hand over
Production release, monitoring, documentation and a walkthrough with your team. Source in your repository from day one.
04 Questions
Before you ask.
The things clients want to know before the first call. If yours is not here, just ask.
Discovery is a fixed fee. After that we quote a fixed price for a defined scope, or work on a monthly retainer for ongoing development. We do not quote blind on a paragraph brief.
Typically TypeScript across the stack with PostgreSQL, chosen because they are boring, well documented and easy to hire for. We adapt to your existing environment where one exists.
Yes. We start with an audit — dependencies, test coverage, security and technical debt — and give you an honest assessment of whether to continue or rebuild.
Everything is in your repository and documented as we go, specifically so that is possible. Handover should be a formality, not a hostage negotiation.
05 Also worth a look
Works well
alongside this.
Channels perform better when they share data. These are the services most often run next to Software.