Services · Catalogue
Twelve services, one practice, and no attempt to be everything at once.
Each entry below describes what the service is, when it applies, what is produced, how we approach the work, and how security is treated throughout.
- 01Custom software development
- 02Web application development
- 03Frontend development
- 04Backend development
- 05API development and integration
- 06Cloud architecture
- 07Software modernisation
- 08Quality assurance and testing
- 09Cybersecurity improvements
- 10Database solutions
- 11Technical consulting
- 12Maintenance and ongoing support
Service · 01
Custom software development
Applications designed for the specifics of an operation. When general-purpose tools no longer fit, we build software that expresses the workflow, the vocabulary, and the constraints of the business precisely.
Internal operational systems, client platforms, replacement of aging in-house tools, automation of high-volume manual processes.
Working software delivered in short cycles, source code and infrastructure definitions, automated tests, deployment pipelines, written documentation.
Discovery, framing, iterative delivery in two-week rhythms with visible progress and reversible decisions.
Threat modelling early, least-privilege defaults, dependency hygiene, and audit-friendly logging by default.
Service · 02
Web application development
Web applications that behave well on the first visit and continue to behave well as they grow. We build for real network conditions, real devices, and the actual attention span of the people using them.
Customer portals, staff-facing dashboards, industry-specific SaaS products, complex forms and workflows.
Design system, typed frontend, backend services, deployment automation, monitoring, and browser test coverage of critical paths.
Progressive enhancement, accessibility by default, and clear separation of concerns between application shell and view logic.
Session hardening, sensible content security policies, and continuous dependency scanning integrated into the build.
Service · 03
Frontend development
Interfaces that respect the user's time. Fast to load, consistent to look at, and quiet where they need to be. We treat performance and accessibility as first-class design concerns.
Design system implementation, product surface builds, migration from legacy frameworks, performance recovery projects.
Component libraries, documented tokens, browser test suites, measurable improvements to Core Web Vitals.
Small components, typed props, minimal runtime dependencies, and rendering strategies chosen per screen rather than per framework fashion.
Careful handling of third-party scripts, strict CSP where feasible, and no analytics that leak personal data.
Service · 04
Backend development
Server-side systems designed for clarity. Predictable input, well-defined behaviour, and error states that are visible to the humans who have to respond to them.
Domain services, workflow engines, background processing, event-driven systems.
Typed services with documented contracts, integration tests, deployment pipelines, dashboards for the metrics that matter.
Boundaries around bounded contexts, explicit data models, transactional integrity where correctness is required.
Authentication, authorisation, and secret management treated as core concerns rather than middleware afterthoughts.
Service · 05
API development and integration
Application programming interfaces designed to be used — well-shaped resources, honest error messages, and documentation that describes what the API actually does.
Partner integrations, public APIs, internal service contracts, connecting SaaS platforms already in use.
OpenAPI specifications, generated client libraries where useful, integration adapters, and sandbox environments.
Contract-first design, backwards-compatible evolution, and rate limits and quotas defined from the outset.
Signed requests, key rotation, scoped tokens, and defensive validation on every boundary.
Service · 06
Cloud architecture
Environments sized to the workload rather than to the marketing category. We choose the smallest set of services that satisfies the requirements and can be reasoned about at three in the morning.
Green-field environments, migration from unmanaged servers, right-sizing of over-provisioned setups, disaster-recovery design.
Infrastructure as code, environment parity, cost dashboards, runbooks for the failure modes that actually occur.
Reproducible from source, no undocumented manual steps, small blast radius per service.
Identity and network boundaries defined in code, secrets stored in managed vaults, and audit logs retained centrally.
Service · 07
Software modernisation
Careful renewal of systems that have outgrown their foundations. We reshape without rewriting from scratch — replacing components in place, on a schedule the business can absorb.
Legacy monoliths, unsupported runtimes, brittle deployment processes, systems whose original authors have moved on.
A staged plan, refactored modules delivered incrementally, updated documentation, and safety nets that make each step reversible.
Strangler-fig replacement, feature parity before feature extension, and end-to-end tests that protect existing behaviour.
Bringing dependency, identity, and secret management up to current standards as part of the renewal.
Service · 08
Quality assurance and testing
Testing treated as a design activity rather than a phase. Automated coverage of the behaviour that matters, and human review focused on the questions machines cannot answer.
New product delivery, regression suites for critical workflows, browser and API test infrastructure, release confidence programmes.
Test strategies aligned to risk, automated suites integrated into CI, exploratory test notes, defect triage rhythm.
Tests written alongside code, deterministic environments, and clear ownership of flaky tests until they are fixed or removed.
Coverage of authentication, authorisation, and input-boundary behaviour on every release.
Service · 09
Cybersecurity improvements
Pragmatic security engineering. We review the systems you already run, prioritise the changes that materially reduce risk, and help you make them without stopping the business.
Application security reviews, dependency and secret hygiene, identity model reviews, response plan preparation.
Written assessment with prioritised recommendations, remediation work delivered iteratively, updated runbooks and playbooks.
Threat modelling based on how the system is actually used, and improvements sized to the risks that matter.
The whole engagement is a security engagement — findings are handled with appropriate confidentiality throughout.
Service · 10
Database solutions
Data models designed to age well. Sensible schemas, honest constraints, and query patterns that stay understandable as the volume grows.
New application data models, migration between engines, performance recovery, warehouse and analytics modelling.
Schema and migration scripts under version control, query performance analysis, backup and restore procedures verified end-to-end.
Constraints in the database rather than only in application code, indexed for the queries that actually run, and evolved through reviewed migrations.
Least-privilege database roles, encrypted connections, audited access to sensitive tables.
Service · 11
Technical consulting
Second opinions and short engagements when you need them. Architecture reviews, technology selection, hiring input, or a written assessment of an existing system.
Pre-investment technical due diligence, architecture reviews, technology and vendor selection, engineering hiring input.
Written report with observations, risks, and recommendations; optional working sessions with your team to walk through the findings.
Time-boxed engagement with clear scope, discovery interviews, code and infrastructure review where relevant, and a written outcome.
Confidential handling of everything reviewed; findings are shared only with the parties agreed at the outset.
Service · 12
Maintenance and ongoing support
Steady care for the systems we or others have built. Patching, refactoring, monitoring, and gentle evolution as the business around the software changes.
Post-launch stewardship, dependency and security updates, small enhancement backlogs, incident response readiness.
Regular maintenance notes, up-to-date runbooks, applied patches and improvements, and a person on the other side who knows the system.
A predictable rhythm of small, low-risk changes, with larger interventions planned and communicated in advance.
Continuous dependency review, timely application of security patches, and periodic access review.
Enquiries
For any service above, written correspondence to the studio email is the most direct route.
kathleensa58@gmail.com