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A software studio for things that need to actually work

We make the boring parts brilliantly reliable.

Senior software studio for teams that need things built right. Software, staff augmentation, mobile, UI/UX, AI, and cloud — minus the theatrics.

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Founded
2025
Apps shipped
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Industries
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$ stack --agnostic — we've shipped on

TypeScript React Next.js Astro Vue Node.js NestJS PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis AWS Docker Terraform Stripe React Native Flutter SwiftUI Tailwind GraphQL Socket.IO Elasticsearch OpenAI Anthropic Mapbox TypeScript React Next.js Astro Vue Node.js NestJS PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis AWS Docker Terraform Stripe React Native Flutter SwiftUI Tailwind GraphQL Socket.IO Elasticsearch OpenAI Anthropic Mapbox
// what we do

Software services for teams that measure twice before they cut.

Software development, staff augmentation, mobile, cloud, AI, payments, and the unglamorous maintenance work that keeps it all running.

Software Development

Senior engineers, end-to-end.

Staff Augmentation

Embedded engineers your team will actually keep.

Web Development

Marketing sites, dashboards, web apps.

Mobile Development

iOS, Android, and cross-platform.

Cloud & DevOps

AWS infrastructure that does not surprise you.

AI & ML Integration

LLMs in your product, without the demo-ware.

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We work the way you wish your last agency had.

We've been on both sides of the engagement. We know what makes them fail. We built our studio specifically not to do those things.

  • Senior, not stacked

    Every engagement starts and stays with a senior engineer. No silent rotations onto junior teams.

  • Boring on purpose

    We pick the option that compounds the least debt — even when a flashier choice would feel better in the moment.

  • Direct, not relayed

    Talk to the engineer doing the work. No account-manager telephone game. You own the relationship.

  • Outcome, not seat-time

    Engagements are scoped to outcomes. We make more money when you ship, not when we bill.

// industries we build for

What we ship, by problem space.

Selected client engagements are protected by NDA — so we describe the work by industry, with the outcomes we’ve delivered. References on request.

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  1. NDA
    B2B SaaS · regulated industry · UK & EU operators

    Construction & Field-Ops Tech

    Capture-driven tools for crews who work where Wi-Fi doesn’t.

    300+
    Live sites
    97%
    First-time approval
    ~1,000
    Approvals / month
    See the playbook
  2. NDA
    B2C · marketplaces · subscription products · fintech MVPs

    Payments, Billing & Marketplaces

    Stripe engineering for products where money has to move correctly the first time.

    40%
    Manual ops removed
    25%
    Payment errors gone
    Hybrid
    POS + online
    See the playbook
  3. NDA
    Editorial · public-interest · spike traffic

    Civic Tech, Polling & Media

    High-volume opinion data with city- and topic-level granularity.

    36k+
    Leaders polled
    4
    Districts
    City
    Granularity
    See the playbook
// from the desk

Field notes from real engagements.

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engineering-culture

What "boring" engineering actually means

Boring is not slow, simple, or unambitious. Boring is the dial we turn up when reliability matters more than novelty — which is most of the time.

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stripe

Stripe Connect: the playbook we wish we had

Five years of shipping Stripe Connect — marketplaces, payouts, dispute handling, and the edges that turn a working demo into a robust production system.

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staff-augmentation

Staff augmentation done right: five anti-patterns to avoid

Staff aug fails for predictable reasons. Here are the five most common, and what to do instead — from someone who has seen both sides of the engagement.

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