How wework
The short version: we agree what we are building before we build it, we use current tools where they earn their place, we test what we ship, and we quote dates we believe. The longer version is below.
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Requirements, written down and agreed
We write down what the thing has to do before anyone opens a design file, then read it back to you until it is right. Scope that lives only in a chat thread turns into an argument later.
When a requirement changes mid-build, it gets written down too, along with what it changes about the timeline and the cost. You should never be surprised by an invoice.
- 02
Design verified with you, not presented to you
Layout, flows and copy get reviewed with you while they are still cheap to change. Hands on means you are in the room for the decisions, not shown the result of them.
You see the design before it is built and the build while it is being built. Nothing arrives as a surprise at the end, because by then a surprise is expensive.
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Current tools, chosen against the brief
We build on the current generation of the stack rather than the one we learned first, and we keep up with it deliberately: new runtimes, new framework versions, new platform features as they land.
The choice still gets made against what the project needs. The newest tool when it earns its place, the proven one when it does not, and we will tell you which is which.
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Security tested before and after it ships
Everything we build gets tested before it goes live, and again after changes. A site is only as secure as its last deploy, so this is part of the build rather than a line item you can decline.
We test our own sites the same way, including this one. If we find something in yours we tell you what it is, what it exposes, and what it takes to close.
- 05
Timelines we actually believe
You get a date we think is real, not a date that wins the pitch. Estimates come with the assumptions they rest on, so you can see what would move them.
If something slips you hear it when we know, not when the deadline arrives. A schedule that is wrong early can be recovered; one that is wrong late cannot.
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Quality that survives handover
Code someone else could pick up: a structure that explains itself, current tooling, and no cleverness that exists to keep us necessary.
It gets reviewed before it ships, and it gets tested where a test is worth more than the time it costs to write.
- 07
The right option, at the right price
We recommend what fits, including when that is the cheaper option, an off-the-shelf product, or nothing at all.
If a template or an existing tool does the job, we will say so rather than bill for building it from scratch. The work we want is the work that needed doing.
- 08
You own all of it
Code, domains, hosting and third-party accounts go in your name from the start, not ours.
Nothing is held hostage. If you want to take the project elsewhere, it costs you the decision and nothing else.
What gets tested
Not a certificate on a wall. A pass over the things that actually break, repeated after every meaningful change, with anything found written up in plain language rather than handed over as a scanner dump.
- 01Input handling and injection
- 02Authentication and sessions
- 03Access control between accounts
- 04Dependencies and what they pull in
- 05Transport and response headers
- 06Secrets and configuration