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Software for the part of your business no product fits.
Applications, APIs and integrations — plus the automation that removes work nobody should still be doing by hand.
Custom software is a cost. It is worth paying only where the alternative costs more.
Most companies do not need custom software. They need three integrations and one script.
We will tell you which one you are. If an off-the-shelf product plus a well-built integration solves the problem, that is what we will recommend — it is cheaper for you and cheaper for us to maintain.
Where custom is genuinely warranted — a workflow that is your actual competitive advantage, a system no vendor serves, data that cannot leave your estate — we build it, document it, and hand over the repository.
Where we are useful.
- Web applications — front-end and back-end, built to be maintained by someone other than us
- REST APIs — designed, versioned, documented (OpenAPI)
- System integrations — connecting the tools you already pay for
- Automation & scripting — Python, Bash, PowerShell
- Internal tools & dashboards — for work currently done in spreadsheets
- Database design — schema, indexing, query optimization
- CI/CD pipelines — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI; tested builds, reproducible deploys
- Legacy maintenance — taking over code whose author has left
- Technical documentation — so the next engineer is not guessing
- Code review & second opinion — on work done by others
Five commitments, not a methodology brochure.
Scope honestly
If you do not need it, we say so. A short written scope beats a long contract.
Build in the open
Your repository, your account, from day one. No black boxes.
Test what breaks
Automated tests on the paths that carry money or data.
Document as we go
Written for the engineer who inherits it, not for the invoice.
Hand over cleanly
Credentials, runbooks, deployment. You can leave us at any time.
What we reach for.
Application security is built in, not bolted on: input validation, parameterized queries, secrets kept out of source, dependencies scanned in CI, and testing against OWASP ASVS on anything that carries money or personal data. See penetration testing.
Describe the workflow that is costing you.
We will tell you whether it needs software, an integration, or ten lines of script.
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