Custom software development
Software built around how your business really runs.
Off-the-shelf tools cover the common case. When your process is the thing that sets you apart, or the thing slowing you down, custom software can fit it exactly.
The problem
When off-the-shelf stops fitting
Most growing businesses run on a mix of spreadsheets, messaging groups and two or three SaaS tools that don't quite talk to each other. It works, until the person who understands the spreadsheet goes on leave.
Custom software makes sense when a workflow is specific to you, when data is being re-typed between systems, or when an older application has become risky to change. It doesn't make sense for everything, and we'll tell you when a ready-made tool is the better answer.
Our approach
How we tackle it.
Start with the workflow, not the screens
We map how work moves today, who touches it and where it breaks, before we design anything.
Ship a small, useful first version
The first release solves the most painful part of the problem and goes in front of real users early.
Integrate rather than replace
We connect to the tools you already rely on (accounting, payments, messaging) through their APIs, so people aren't asked to abandon what works.
Modernise in steps
For legacy systems, we move piece by piece behind stable interfaces, so the business keeps running during the change.
What you get
Deliverables
- Workflow map and scoped requirements
- Architecture and data model
- Web application, with mobile where it's needed
- Integrations with your existing tools
- Admin and reporting views
- Documentation and handover
Where it helps
Use cases
- Operations platforms
- Order, job or case tracking for teams who currently coordinate over chat and spreadsheets.
- Internal tools
- Approval flows, inventory views and back-office dashboards your staff use every day.
- Integration layers
- Services that sync data between payment gateways, accounting software and your own systems.
- Legacy modernisation
- Rebuilding an ageing application on a maintainable stack without a risky big-bang switch-over.
Technical capabilities
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- React
- Node.js
- Python
- Django
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- REST APIs
- Webhooks
Delivery
What working with us looks like.
- 1
Discovery
Interviews with the people who do the work, and a written summary of what we heard.
- 2
Scope and architecture
A first-release scope, a data model and an estimate you can plan around.
- 3
Build in short cycles
Working software every one to two weeks, reviewed with you.
- 4
Launch and handover
Deployment, data migration where needed, and documentation your team can use.
Questions
Common questions.
After a short discovery we scope a first release and estimate it. We prefer fixed-scope phases for well-understood work and time-and-materials for exploratory work, and we'll explain which suits your project.
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Let's talk about your project.
Share what you're trying to achieve. You'll hear back from an engineer, not a sales script.