Web Application Development
Complex, data-driven applications built to handle real production loads. Full-stack development with clean APIs, sensible data models, and architecture that does not need rewriting at the first sign of growth.
The situation
Applications rarely fail because of the framework. They fail because early decisions — a data model that did not anticipate a second tenant, authentication bolted on late, business logic spread across controllers — become expensive to reverse once there are real users.
The cost shows up as feature velocity dropping over time: the same size change takes longer every quarter. Most of what we do is making the early decisions carefully and keeping the boundaries clean enough that later decisions stay cheap.
What’s included
- Full-stack development (React + Node.js)
- RESTful and GraphQL API design
- Database architecture (PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
- Authentication and authorization systems
- Real-time features (WebSockets, SSE)
- Third-party integrations and webhooks
What you get out of it
Scalable architecture from day one
Secure, well-documented APIs
Reduced technical debt over time
Faster feature iteration
How it runs
The engagement, step by step
- 01
Model the domain
Data model and access patterns first. Almost every painful migration later traces back to this step being rushed.
- 02
API contract
Endpoints and schemas agreed and documented before implementation, so frontend and backend can move in parallel.
- 03
Build in slices
Vertical slices that go all the way from UI to database, so there is something reviewable every week rather than a big reveal at the end.
- 04
Harden
Authorisation checks, input validation, rate limiting, and error handling — before launch, not after the first incident.
What we use
Common questions
Can you take over an application someone else built?
Yes. We start with a short audit — dependencies, test coverage, deployment process, and the parts of the codebase that carry the most risk — and give you an honest read on whether it is better to continue or rebuild. Continuing is usually the right answer.
Who owns the code?
You do, in your own repository, from the first commit.
Do you handle hosting and infrastructure too?
Yes — that overlaps with our cloud and DevOps work, and it is generally cheaper to have the same people do both than to hand off between two vendors.
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