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    Web Application & Platform Development

    Web Application Development - Platforms Built to Scale

    Web apps that hold up under real traffic, real load, and a real product roadmap - not a CRUD form bolted onto a database with no plan for month six.

    How we build web platforms
    1. 1
      Discovery
      ADRs, risks, walking skeleton
    2. 2
      Foundation
      Auth, infra, CI, observability
    3. 3
      Core flow
      First end-to-end user journey live
    4. 4
      Iterate
      Weekly demos, biweekly releases
    5. 5
      Harden
      Load test, security review, runbooks

    Foundation lands in weeks 2–4 - every later sprint ships against it.

    What you get

    Modern frontend (React, Next.js, Vue, or what your team will actually maintain) with SSR and Core Web Vitals tuned
    Backend in Node, Python, or Go, with proper boundaries - services that can scale independently of each other
    Data architecture: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB chosen for access patterns, not preference
    Identity, multi-tenant isolation, role/permission model, audit trail - the unsexy work most teams skip
    Observability from day one: logs, traces, metrics, and dashboards your on-call engineer can actually use
    CI/CD pipeline with preview environments, feature flags, and a rollback plan that's been rehearsed
    Security baseline: OWASP top 10, dependency scanning, secrets management, and headers that pass an audit

    When it fits

    • The product needs to evolve weekly - a no-code tool will hit a wall, and you can see it
    • You have or will hire someone to own the platform - a web app without an owner regresses
    • Performance, security, or compliance constraints make 'just buy SaaS' the wrong answer
    • You'd rather pay for the architecture once than rewrite it after the Series B

    When it doesn't

    • The product is genuinely a landing page or a brochure - a CMS solves that better
    • There's no budget past launch - platforms that ship and freeze become security liabilities
    • Requirements change weekly with no executive owner - discovery first, then a build

    Process

    Discovery (1–3 weeks) produces an architecture decision record, a phased delivery plan, and a shipped 'walking skeleton' - auth, deploy pipeline, and a minimal end-to-end path live in your staging environment. Build is sprint-based with weekly demos and a production release every 2–4 weeks.

    Full delivery process

    Pricing

    Fixed-price by milestone for MVPs ($80–300k). Dedicated team or pod on quarterly cycles for platform builds. Compliance work (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI) is scoped separately and runs alongside development.

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    Case studies

    E-Commerce & Retail

    Multi-Vendor E-Commerce Platform

    Scalable marketplace processing $10M+ monthly with AI recommendations and real-time inventory management.

    Human Resources & Recruitment

    AI-Powered Applicant Tracking System

    Comprehensive ATS solution with AI-driven candidate matching, automated resume parsing, and real-time recruiter-candidate communication serving 10K+ monthly candidates.

    How we'd build it

    Blueprints: example projects with the plan, the architecture and the targets we'd start from.

    Blueprint · Heat-pump & solar installers

    Field App for Heat-Pump & Solar Installers

    Offline-first site surveys, quotes, commissioning checklists and grant paperwork for heat-pump and solar crews, plus a portal for homeowners.

    Blueprint · Dental & physio clinic groups

    Dental Booking Platform With an AI Receptionist

    Online booking across clinics and chairs, reminders and recalls to cut no-shows, and an AI phone receptionist that hands off to your team.

    Blueprint · CNC & machine shops

    CNC Machine Monitoring & OEE for Job Shops

    Connect mixed-age CNC machines via MTConnect, OPC UA or retrofit sensors, and see OEE, downtime reasons and alarms live on the shop floor.

    Blueprint · Last-mile & courier companies

    Last-Mile Delivery App for Drivers & Dispatch

    An offline-first driver app with proof of delivery, live ETA links for recipients, and a dispatch dashboard for route changes and returns.

    FAQ

    Which stack do you use?
    Default is React or Next.js on the frontend, Node or Python on the backend, PostgreSQL for most data. We'll pick a stack your team can hire for and operate after we leave - choosing the most novel option is the easiest way to leave a client stranded.
    Can you take over an existing codebase?
    Often, yes - we run a code & risk audit first (1–2 weeks, fixed-fee) that gives you a frank read on technical debt, security posture, and rewrite vs. refactor recommendation. We've taken over codebases from offshore teams, in-house teams that lost the original engineers, and prior agencies.
    How do you handle scale?
    We design for the next order of magnitude, not the one after. Day-one is right-sized for your real traffic plus a comfortable buffer; we instrument the bottlenecks (DB connections, queue depths, p99 latencies) so the next scaling step is informed by data instead of speculation.
    What about SOC 2, HIPAA, or PCI compliance?
    Yes - we build to your SOC 2, HIPAA or PCI-DSS requirements. Compliance shapes architecture (encryption, audit logging, network segmentation, key management) and we'd rather have it inform decisions from week one than retrofit it later - retrofitting compliance has a way of costing more than the original build.
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    Pairing at the meeting table.

    Who builds it

    Our own team, working from our office in East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The engineers on your scoping call are the ones who build it.

    Meet the team

    Ready to talk web application & platform development?

    30-minute scoping call. No obligation, no hard sell.