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How we engineer

Software you can keep changing safely

Shipping fast is easy once. Shipping fast every two weeks for years takes review, tests, automation, and documentation. These are the practices we bring to every project, whether it is a four-week MVP or a multi-month modernisation.

How we engineer

The unglamorous work done properly

Review, tests, pipelines, monitoring, and documentation are part of every project — not extras you have to ask for.

  • Architecture written down first

    Data model, API design, and infrastructure plan agreed in a written specification before code is written.

  • Every change reviewed

    Pull requests are peer-reviewed and pass automated checks before they reach the main branch.

  • Automated tests

    Unit and integration tests on business logic and APIs, plus manual testing on real devices for mobile.

  • CI/CD from the first sprint

    Lint, test, build, and deploy pipelines (usually GitHub Actions), so releases are routine rather than events.

  • Security by checklist

    An OWASP-based review, dependency auditing, secrets kept out of code, and least-privilege access to your systems.

  • Monitoring & alerting

    Error tracking, uptime checks, and dashboards set up before launch, not after the first incident.

  • Reproducible infrastructure

    Containerised deployments and infrastructure as code where the project warrants it, on AWS, GCP, Azure, or Vercel.

  • Documentation & handover

    READMEs, architecture decision records, and runbooks so your team — or the next one — can own the system.

What we do not claim

We do not advertise compliance certifications such as ISO 27001 or SOC 2 (and HIPAA has no certifying body at all). For regulated work we design with those frameworks in mind — access control, audit logging, encryption in transit and at rest, and documented processes — so your own compliance and audit work is easier. Where you need an independent penetration test, we will work with the provider you choose.

See it in our own product

Repo Dive

The same practices in a product we run ourselves: row-level security with column-level grants, encrypted credentials, idempotent scheduled jobs, versioned migrations, and a tested core that runs without a database.

Read the case study

How we work

Five stages, from first call to live system

The same sequence runs on an MVP and on an enterprise platform. Only the length of each stage changes.

  1. 01

    Discovery Call

    A free 30-minute consultation to scope requirements, define success metrics, and estimate timeline and cost.

    30 minutes · free

  2. 02

    Architecture & Design

    Database schema, API design, component hierarchy, and infrastructure plan, delivered as a written specification.

    Written spec

  3. 03

    Sprint Development

    Two-week sprints with working demos. You see real software every 14 days, not just status reports.

    2-week sprints

  4. 04

    QA & Security Audit

    Automated tests, manual testing on real devices, an OWASP security checklist, and performance profiling.

    OWASP checklist

  5. 05

    Deployment & Support

    CI/CD pipeline setup, cloud deployment on AWS, GCP or Vercel, monitoring, and a 30-day post-launch support window.

    30-day support

Technology

A stack we support, not just a list

We keep our toolset deliberately narrow so every engineer can review every part of the system. If a project genuinely needs something else, we say so upfront.

  • Frontend

    • React
    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • React Native
    • Angular
  • Backend

    • Node.js
    • Python
    • Django
    • FastAPI
    • NestJS
  • Data

    • PostgreSQL
    • MongoDB
    • Redis
    • Celery
  • AI

    • OpenAI
    • Anthropic Claude
    • Gemini
    • RAG / vector search
  • Cloud & DevOps

    • AWS
    • GCP
    • Docker
    • GitHub Actions
    • Vercel

Next step

Tell us what you are building.

A free 30-minute discovery call, then a written scope and a fixed-price quote — before you commit to anything.