Service · Web applications

Web Application Design and Development

Full-stack web apps built on the modern Next.js stack.

We build production web applications that load fast, render on the server, and scale predictably. Marketing sites, SaaS dashboards, admin tools, and customer portals, engineered for the long run.

Engagement
Project · Retainer · Embedded
Cadence
Two-week shipping rhythm
Team
Senior engineers & designers
Source code
Yours from commit one
A deeper look

Everything to know about web applications.

A long-form view of what this service line actually means in practice, written for the people who buy it and the people who will live inside the product after launch.

01

Modern web application design and development on Next.js

We build production web applications that load fast, render on the server, and scale predictably. Marketing sites, SaaS dashboards, internal tools, and customer portals all live happily on the same modern stack. The default is Next.js with TypeScript and React on the front end, Node.js and Postgres on the back end, talking through a typed contract so the front end and the back end stay in lockstep. We reach for Prisma when the data model gets serious, tRPC where the API has a single consumer, and the boring well-supported tools everywhere else. The result is a web application your engineers can read on day one, not a sealed box.

02

Performance, accessibility, and SEO by default

A web application that is slow, inaccessible, or invisible to search engines is a leaky bucket. We treat the three as non-negotiables. Server rendering means content lives in the HTML before JavaScript runs, so Google and other crawlers see everything, and users see meaningful pixels faster. We aim for Core Web Vitals in the green and WCAG 2.2 AA on every project, with semantic markup, keyboard support, visible focus, and contrast all reviewed before launch. JSON-LD, sitemaps, canonical URLs, and dynamic metadata ship with the template, not as a follow-up ticket. Performance budgets sit in CI so regressions cannot quietly creep back in.

03

A deployment story your team can run forever

We hand over more than a working URL. Every web application development engagement includes preview deployments on every pull request, a CI pipeline that runs type checks and tests, infrastructure-as-code if your stack calls for it, and a one-click rollback for the moments you need it. We host on Vercel, Cloudflare, or AWS depending on the surface area and your team's existing accounts. Documentation, a design system in Storybook, and a small set of architecture decision records mean the next engineer who joins your team can ship a meaningful change in their first week, not their second month.

Built for

Teams who recognise themselves here.

If one of these sounds like your situation, the rest of this page is calibrated for you. If none does, send a note anyway: we will tell you whether we are the right partner.

  • Audience

    SaaS teams shipping their first revenue-ready surface

  • Audience

    Founders launching a v1 against a real deadline

  • Audience

    Internal platforms that outgrew dashboards built in a hackathon

What you get

Outcomes, not deliverables.

We measure success in shipped value, not Jira tickets closed. Every engagement is anchored to a small number of outcomes both sides can defend.

  1. 01

    Server-rendered, SEO-ready pages with Core Web Vitals in the green

  2. 02

    A typed, end-to-end TypeScript codebase that scales with the team

  3. 03

    Authentication, payments, and admin tooling that work out of the box

  4. 04

    A deployment pipeline that ships to production on every merge to main

  5. 05

    Documentation and design systems that survive turnover

What we deliver

Concrete artifacts, not slide decks.

These are the tangible things that land in your accounts at the end of an engagement. Everything lives in your repositories, your cloud, and your control from day one.

Ownership
  • Repositories, cloud, and domain stay yours
  • No proprietary tooling locks you in
  • Walk-away contract clause on every engagement
  1. Artifact

    Full-stack Next.js application committed to your repositories

  2. Artifact

    Authentication, role-based access, and tenant isolation where it applies

  3. Artifact

    Design system, component library, and Storybook documentation

  4. Artifact

    Performance budget, accessibility audit, and analytics wiring

  5. Artifact

    Production deployment with previews, CI, and one-click rollback

How we engage

Three shapes, one quality bar.

Match the engagement model to where your problem is today. The team, the cadence, and the standards do not change between shapes.

01 · Engagement

Project

Fixed scope · fixed price

Discover, design, build, launch, and hand over. One number, one date, one team accountable from kick-off to keys.

Best for: Clear brief, real deadline.

02 · Engagement

Retainer

Monthly · rolling backlog

A fixed senior allocation each month against a re-ranked backlog. Ship what matters every two weeks and review the plan together.

Best for: Priorities shift faster than annual plans.

03 · Engagement

Embedded

Per-engineer · monthly

We embed in your Slack, your repos, and your sprint board, on-camera daily, treated as your team for the duration.

Best for: In-house engineers who need senior horsepower.

Our process

Discover → Design → Build → Launch → Support.

The same playbook on every project. Boring, on purpose. Predictable, by design. The bead below traces the path we walk together, every time.

  1. 01Discover
  2. 02Design
  3. 03Build
  4. 04Launch
  5. 05Support
  1. 1

    Discover

    We turn business goals into user stories and a system architecture you can defend in a board meeting.

    Phase 01 / 05
  2. 2

    Design

    We design components, not screens. A design system is the deliverable, not a side effect.

    Phase 02 / 05
  3. 3

    Build

    We ship every two weeks against a typed contract: frontend, backend, and tests in the same PR.

    Phase 03 / 05
  4. 4

    Launch

    We migrate data, warm caches, and pick a quiet window. Rollback is a button, not a war room.

    Phase 04 / 05
  5. 5

    Support

    We watch error budgets, performance, and revenue. You get a monthly review with hard numbers.

    Phase 05 / 05
Our toolkit

Pragmatic tools. Senior judgement.

The 10 tools below are the everyday kit our team reaches for on this service line. None of them are sacred; every choice is justified against the problem in front of us.

Quality bar
  • Type-safe end-to-end, lint and format on CI
  • Automated tests, monitoring, and runbooks
  • Infrastructure-as-code, reproducible builds
  • 01VS Code
  • 02Figma
  • 03Storybook
  • 04GitHub
  • 05Vercel
  • 06Linear
  • 07Notion
  • 08ClickUp
  • 09Lighthouse
  • 10Cloudflare
Common questions

Things teams ask before signing.

Have a different one? Send a single email; we usually answer within a business day.

Why Next.js?

Server-side rendering means content is in the HTML before JavaScript runs, so Google and other crawlers see everything, and users see meaningful pixels faster. The ecosystem is large, the upgrades are smooth, and hiring is straightforward.

Can you work with our existing backend?

Yes. We integrate with REST, GraphQL, gRPC, or whatever you already run. We can also wrap legacy APIs in a typed gateway so the frontend gets a clean contract without touching the old code.

Will the site be accessible?

We aim for WCAG 2.2 AA on every project: semantic HTML, keyboard support, visible focus, alt text, and contrast. Accessibility audits ship with the launch checklist.

How do you guarantee performance?

We measure Lighthouse and field metrics (CrUX) before launch, fix the regressions, and add performance budgets to CI so they do not creep back in.

What about SEO?

Server rendering, semantic markup, JSON-LD, dynamic metadata, sitemaps, robots, and canonical URLs are part of the template. We hand over a launch checklist verified against Google's rich results test.

Ready for web applications?

Send the brief. We will take it from there.

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