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Custom Software
When a process only exists inside your company, generic software makes it worse. We design and engineer applications that match how the work actually happens, then run them in production.
When this applies
Reasons companies call us about this.
If more than one of these is true, this is probably the right starting point.
- Your team runs the business out of spreadsheets
- You pay for five tools that each do part of the job
- A vendor product almost fits, and the gap is expensive
- An internal tool was built once and nobody can maintain it
Scope
What the engagement includes.
Scope is written down and approved before engineering begins. Anything outside it is quoted, not assumed.
Deliverables
- Product and technical discovery
- System architecture and data model
- Application engineering, front end through API
- Authentication, roles, and permissions
- Automated testing and QA
- Deployment, monitoring, and handoff
Technology
- TypeScript
- Next.js and React
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- REST and GraphQL APIs
- CI/CD pipelines
How we work
The phases for this work.
- 01
Discover
Understand the company, the users, the business model, the technical environment, and the objective.
- 02
Define
Set product scope, architecture, priorities, and the technical requirements that follow from them.
- 03
Design
Build the user experience, interface system, prototypes, and product flows.
- 04
Build
Engineer the application on an architecture meant to survive its second year.
- 05
Validate
Test functionality, responsive behavior, performance, accessibility, and integrations.
- 06
Launch
Deploy, instrument, monitor, and support the product in production.
Related
Capabilities that usually pair with this.
Start a project
Have a custom software project?
Send the problem, the constraints, and the timeline. We will come back with scope, approach, and a number.
Custom product engagements typically begin at $10k.