We build custom web applications on React, Node, Express, and MongoDB for UK and US businesses. Real software with tests, documentation, and an architecture that still makes sense when your user count multiplies.
The code usually is not the problem. The problem is a build that was never designed for what the business became.
Fine with 100 users, unusable at 10,000. Queries that were never indexed, no caching layer, and no plan for what happens under load.
No tests, no documentation, and one developer who understands it. Every change is a gamble and every estimate is a guess.
Technical debt compounds quietly. What took a week last year takes a month now, and nobody can point to when it changed.
From a first version that proves the idea to a platform that carries the business.
The application itself, built to be extended.
We design the data model, the API surface, and the scaling path before writing features. That is the cheapest hour you will ever spend on the project.
Component-driven interfaces with real state management, built to stay fast as the app grows.
Typed, tested, and documented services that other teams can build against without guesswork.
Schemas designed for how you actually query, with indexes and aggregation pipelines that hold up under real traffic.
For applications that are already live and already hurting.
We stabilize first, then refactor in slices while the product stays live. No eighteen-month rewrite with nothing to show halfway through.
Profiling, query tuning, and caching to fix apps that have slowed to a crawl.
We audit what exists, document it, and give you an honest assessment of repair versus rebuild.
Dependency audits, access control review, and the hardening required before enterprise customers sign.
How the work actually gets done.
A senior engineer, a designer, and a lead assigned to you, not rotated between five accounts.
You see working software every week. No status reports describing progress you cannot verify.
Documentation, runbooks, and onboarding for your own engineers. Our best outcome is you not needing us.
Everything here is widely adopted and well documented, so hiring for it later is easy and your project never depends on one person.
A fixed plan and a weekly demo. You always know what is happening and why.
Users, goals, constraints, and success metrics.
Data model, API design, and scaling plan.
Prototypes and a component library.
Two-week cycles with working demos.
Third-party systems, payments, and data.
Load testing, security, and monitoring.
Deploy, train, then ongoing support.
Replace these with real projects and verified numbers before launch.
Five legacy internal tools consolidated into one audited operations platform.
Document intelligence workspace with a full audit trail and role-based access.
Marketplace platform rebuilt from a failing prototype, now serving 40,000 users.
We quote a fixed price after discovery, so you are never signing a blank check. Replace the figures below with your real pricing.
Architecture, scope, and a costed roadmap.
A first version real users can use.
An ongoing squad for continuous delivery.
The questions we get asked on almost every first call.
An MVP typically starts around [$35,000] and a full platform runs considerably higher. The honest answer is that scope drives cost far more than technology does, which is why we run a paid discovery sprint first and give you a fixed quote before the build.
JavaScript across the whole stack means one language, a large hiring pool, and a huge ecosystem. That said, we use PostgreSQL over MongoDB when the data is genuinely relational. We pick per project rather than forcing one answer.
Yes, and it is common. We audit the codebase, document what exists, and give you an honest read on whether to repair or rebuild. We will tell you when a rebuild is not justified.
We design for the load you realistically expect within 24 months, not for hypothetical millions. That means sensible indexing, caching, and stateless services, plus a documented path to scale further when you need it.
Completely. You own the repositories, the infrastructure accounts, and the intellectual property. We hand over documentation and onboard your engineers.
A discovery sprint takes 2 weeks and an MVP typically 10 to 14 weeks. You see working software every two weeks throughout, so you are never waiting months to find out whether it is on track.
Most clients move to a support arrangement or a dedicated team for continued development. Some take it fully in house, which we plan for from the start. Either way you are never stuck with us by default.
Book a free strategy call. Tell us what you are trying to build and we will give you an honest view of scope, cost, and the risks worth planning for, usually within 24 hours.