A site that cannot be edited without a developer
Marketing waits on engineering for every headline. We put content in a shape editors can own without opening a pull request for a typo.
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The web is still the most honest surface a product has. We treat it as software, not a brochure that expires.
What we do
We build public sites, authenticated applications, dashboards, marketplaces, and customer portals. TypeScript, modern frameworks, and a deployment story are the default. The work includes performance, accessibility, content modeling, and the awkward screens — empty, error, permission denied — that decide whether the product feels finished.
Problems we solve
Marketing waits on engineering for every headline. We put content in a shape editors can own without opening a pull request for a typo.
Implementation drifted. There is no system. Every new page invents a date picker. We rebuild with components that match how the product actually behaves.
Hero videos, unoptimized images, and a client bundle that downloaded the whole design system to show a price. We cut the path to first paint.
Clever frameworks, no tests, no environments. We prefer boring structure, typed boundaries, and a README that tells the truth.
Capabilities
Editorial, campaign, and company sites with SEO, CMS, and a performance budget.
Multi-tenant product UIs with auth, billing states, and the settings people actually use.
Dense operational interfaces — tables, filters, charts — that remain usable at 1 a.m.
Two-sided flows, search, trust surfaces, and the edge cases of money and messaging.
Self-serve for invoices, tickets, assets, and the documents support currently emails.
Admin and ops consoles that respect permissions and the real schema.
Catalog, cart, checkout, and merchandising — integrated with the systems that already run stock.
When motion and narrative are the product, with a plan for reduced motion and mobile.
Typical projects
Approach
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URL structure is product structure. We decide what is a page, what is an app, and what is a document before picking animation.
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Render on the server when the alternative is a spinner. Keep JavaScript for interaction, not for delivering paragraphs.
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Tokens, components, and states live next to the product, not in a file that diverges the week after handoff.
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Preview deploys on every change. Stakeholders click a link, not a screenshot of last Thursday.
Technology
Architecture
Edge / CDN
Cache, TLS, and the first byte. Geography should not be a surprise.
Technology matrix
| Frontend | Backend | Database | Infrastructure | Analytics | Payments | Authentication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| React | Node.js | PostgreSQL | AWS | PostHog | Stripe | SSO |
| Next.js | TypeScript | MySQL | Cloudflare | Google Analytics | Sessions | |
| Astro | Go | MongoDB | Vercel | Magic links | ||
| TypeScript | Express | Redis | Docker | MFA | ||
| Tailwind CSS | Prisma | Kubernetes | ||||
| Vite | Supabase | GitHub Actions |
Columns are a planning device, not a promise that every project uses every cell. The team who will maintain the repo gets a vote.
Deliverables
Routing, data fetching, and the boundary between public and authenticated surfaces.
Fields, validation, and previews so publishing is not a deploy.
Lint, typecheck, tests that matter, and Lighthouse or equivalent budgets on the paths that sell.
Voices
“We needed a storefront our merchandisers could run on a Sunday. The admin is the product we actually live in. Placeholder — swap for a client voice.”
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“Preview URLs ended the screenshot theatre. Design, QA, and engineering finally looked at the same thing. Placeholder for a founder.”
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“I can publish without opening a ticket for a headline. The site still feels like a magazine, not a theme. Placeholder editor quote.”
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FAQ
Yes. We start by reading how the app actually runs — scripts, environments, the parts everyone is afraid to touch — then change it in slices.
No. Next.js is a frequent fit for product and content sites. Astro is often better for content-heavy marketing. The constraint is the team who will maintain it, not our preference.
If editors need to publish, we wire a CMS or a structured content layer. If the surface is a product UI, the 'content' is the application state — different problem, different tool.
Start
Tell us what you are trying to ship. We will come back with questions, a shape, and whether we are the right studio for it.