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Service — Custom software and appsDesign and code, same hands

Custom software that does one thing well

Internal tools, platforms and web and mobile apps built for the way you work, when no off-the-shelf tool fits. Designed and engineered by the same team, with the code in your repository from day one.

Terms

Scope
Fixed in writing before we start, including what's out.
Pace
Weekly deliveries. You use it from the early ones, not at the end.
Code
Yours, in your repository, from day one.
Tell us the project

Custom software makes sense in one case: when what the company does is exactly what sets it apart, and off-the-shelf tools force it to work like everyone else. For everything else there's usually something to buy, and the diagnosis says so.

When building is the right call, the risk lies in the handover: one agency designs, another company codes, and everything that wasn't drawn gets lost on the way. There's no handover here because there aren't two companies. And we deliver weekly, so decisions are made looking at something that works, not a slide deck.

Who it's for

  • Companies whose key process lives in spreadsheets that can no longer take the volume.
  • Teams paying for three tools and using part of each.
  • Projects that need a portal for customers, suppliers or distributors.
  • Founders launching their own digital product who need design and engineering at once.

What we build

Internal tools

The tool for your process. Dashboards, order management, planning, quality control: what lives in spreadsheets and emails today, in an app with permissions and an audit trail.

Portals

For customers, suppliers or sales networks. With their own access, documents, orders and the status of each, connected to your ERP.

Web and mobile apps

Where they're used. An installable web app when that's enough, which is nearly always, and native when the case needs what only the phone provides.

Platforms and product

Your own digital product, from research and interface design to engineering and launch. SaaS included.

Integrations and APIs

Fitting what's already there, instead of becoming one more island: ERP, CRM, payment gateways, email and any service with an API.

Security

By design. Permissions, encryption, backups, up-to-date dependencies and security headers. Not a review bolted on at the end.

What you get

  • All the code in your repository, from day one.
  • The application in production, on the infrastructure you choose.
  • Technical documentation and a handover session.
  • A three-month warranty on functional defects.

Where it shows

SecureConverter

SecureConverter: a complete digital product —design, engineering and launch— that processes files with AI in the browser, without sending them to the server. Read the case →

What people ask us

Custom software or an off-the-shelf tool?
Off-the-shelf whenever it fits: it's cheaper and maintains itself. Custom when the process is what sets you apart, when you pay for three tools to cover one job, or when the packaged tool makes you work worse. The diagnosis decides with numbers.
Who owns the code?
You do, and it's in your repository from day one, not when the last invoice is paid. Any other vendor can pick it up with the documentation we deliver.
How long does custom development take?
It depends on the scope, which is fixed in writing before we start. What doesn't depend on anything is the pace: there are weekly deliveries, and the first useful piece is usually in use long before the project ends.
Do you build mobile apps?
Yes. An installable web app covers most cases —it works on any phone, updates without app stores and costs less— and we go native when something only the operating system provides is needed: sensors, demanding offline use or deep integration.

How it's bought

Every service follows the same path: a short diagnosis, the build with weekly deliveries and, if you want it, ongoing maintenance.

Let's talk

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