A software studioest. 2026 · remote

Custom software,
built the way it should be.

What we do

We build production software for companies whose operations don't fit off-the-shelf tools. Bespoke internal systems, data platforms, and line-of-business apps — engineered to last.

Who we work with

Operations, finance, and product leaders at established companies — the people who know the problem exactly, but need a serious engineering team to make it real.

01 — Practice

There are plenty of people who can ship a prototype. We're who you call when it has to survive production.

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Internal platforms

Operations tools, admin consoles, workflow engines. The software your team uses every day to run the business — built around how you actually work, not how the SaaS vendor thinks you should.

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02

Data & integrations

Pipelines that move data between the systems you already have. ETLs, APIs, sync layers, reporting surfaces. Built to be boring, observable, and correct.

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03

Product engineering

Customer-facing applications with real uptime, real auth, real observability. When a prototype needs to become something your customers can rely on.

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02 — Process

A small team, the full distance.

We don't hand work off between designers, juniors, and account managers. The people who scope the project are the ones who write the code and own the outcome.

Discovery

Week 0

Two calls, sometimes three. We learn the business, the constraints, the existing stack. You get a written scope with an honest cost and timeline — or an honest "this isn't the right fit for us" and a referral.

Foundations

Week 1–2

Architecture, data model, deployment pipeline. We build the thin slice that proves the shape is right. You see running code, not slides.

Weekly increments

Ongoing

Every week ends with something deployed. Short written update, short loom, working URL. No surprise invoices, no surprise delays — and if something is off-track, you hear it from us first.

Yours to keep

Handover

Your repo, your cloud, your domain. Full documentation, onboarding for your team. We stay on retainer if you want ongoing work, but you're never locked in.

03 — Principles

What we believe, and what it means for your project.

Boring is a feature

We choose proven stacks. Postgres, not the latest database. Server-rendered when it can be. Your software should still run, unchanged, in five years.

Ship weekly, ship small

Big-bang releases hide risk. Short increments expose it. You see progress every week, and course-correct before it's expensive.

Own the whole stack

We write the app, the infrastructure, the migrations, the observability. One team, one set of tradeoffs, one person to call when something breaks.

No lock-in, ever

Your code, your cloud, your domain. We write for the next engineer — yours or ours — to pick up without a tour guide.

04 — Engagements

Two ways to start.

Fixed scopeFrom $24k

A defined project, shipped

You know what you need. We scope it, price it, and deliver it — typically 6 to 14 weeks end-to-end. One price, one timeline, no hourly creep.

  • Written spec & fixed fee
  • Weekly demos
  • Full handover + 30 days support
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RetainerFrom $14k / month

An embedded team, monthly

You have ongoing work — a roadmap, not a single project. We become the engineering function for that scope, with predictable capacity and no per-ticket haggling.

  • Dedicated hours per week
  • Direct Slack / calls
  • Rolling monthly terms
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A paragraph is enough. We reply within a business day with either a call invite or an honest “not for us” and a referral to someone better suited.