Custom Software

Custom software is the right answer far less often than software companies suggest. The first thing we do is try to talk you out of it, because if an existing product covers eighty per cent of the need, that is usually the cheaper decision.

When building actually wins

When the workaround has become a job. When three tools are being reconciled by hand every week. When the process is genuinely your competitive advantage and no vendor models it. When per seat licensing has quietly outgrown the cost of owning the thing.

How we build

Two week sprints, a working demo at the end of each, and a shared board you can open at any time. We build on boring, well supported technology, because someone other than us has to maintain it in three years.

Integration is usually the hard part

Most internal tools live or die on how well they talk to the systems already in place: the accounting package, the CRM, the warehouse system, the payment provider. We plan that integration first, because it is where the surprises are.

You own everything

Source code, infrastructure, credentials and documentation are yours from the first commit, in your repository and your cloud account. No hosting lock in, and no licence you have to keep paying us for.

What you get

• Process mapping and an honest build or buy recommendation
• Technical architecture and data modelling
• Web application build with role based access
• Third party integrations and API work
• Migration from the spreadsheets or the legacy system
• Automated testing and a deployment pipeline
• Documentation and team training
• Ongoing maintenance, if you want it