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Services

A short list of things we do, done seriously.

We describe our services in the terms our clients would use to hire for them internally. Each engagement is scoped from the problem downward, and priced against the work — not the hours.

01

Custom software development

What it includes

End-to-end engineering of bespoke applications — from data model and services through to the interfaces used by the people who rely on them.

Problem addressed

Off-the-shelf software either does too little or too much. Every workaround adds cost, and eventually the workarounds become the business.

How we approach it

We start from the actual workflow, not a feature list. We build in slices small enough to ship weekly and large enough to change how a team works.

Outcome supported

A system that fits the way the business actually operates, owned by the client and readable by any competent engineer.

02

Web application development

What it includes

Interactive web products — dashboards, admin panels, customer-facing applications — with authentication, real data and production-grade infrastructure.

Problem addressed

A web application that is slow, brittle or confusing costs more in lost attention than in server bills. Users notice, even when they don't complain.

How we approach it

Modern React and TypeScript, server-rendered where it helps, typed APIs, careful state management, and instrumentation from the first release.

Outcome supported

Fast, accessible applications that behave the same on the fifth visit as on the first.

03

Corporate website development

What it includes

Marketing sites, editorial platforms and public-facing surfaces built with content editors, SEO and performance in mind.

Problem addressed

A corporate website is often the first working product a customer touches. Loading time, structure and clarity of copy change how the company itself is perceived.

How we approach it

Design and engineering treated as one discipline. Structured content, semantic HTML, real image handling, and copy written to be read.

Outcome supported

A site that loads quickly on modest connections, ranks honestly, and is easy for the team to update.

04

Front-end development

What it includes

Component libraries, design system implementation, interaction work, and the difficult last ten percent of interface polish.

Problem addressed

Interfaces decay under the weight of ad-hoc changes. Buttons drift, spacing multiplies, accessibility slips. Every screen becomes slightly different from every other.

How we approach it

Shared primitives, disciplined typography, deliberate colour tokens, keyboard-first interaction, and reviews that catch the drift before it ships.

Outcome supported

Interfaces that stay coherent as the product grows, and that a small team can extend without fear.

05

Back-end development

What it includes

Application servers, background workers, scheduled jobs, event-driven flows, and the data layer behind them.

Problem addressed

Back-ends carry the weight of correctness. A missed edge case in business logic can quietly compound for months before anyone notices.

How we approach it

Typed interfaces at every boundary, database as the source of truth, transactional writes, well-scoped services, and tests aimed at behaviour rather than implementation.

Outcome supported

Systems whose failure modes are known, whose data can be trusted, and whose operations run predictably at whatever scale the business reaches.

06

API development & integration

What it includes

Public and internal APIs, third-party integrations, webhooks, and the plumbing that lets separate systems agree on what happened.

Problem addressed

Integrations are where systems disagree. A payment succeeds in one place and fails in another; a webhook fires twice; a customer sees two versions of the same order.

How we approach it

Idempotent handlers, retries with backoff, well-defined contracts, versioning discipline, and observability aimed at the boundaries between systems.

Outcome supported

Integrations that survive the small failures that happen every day without becoming visible to end users.

07

UI & UX design

What it includes

Product design across research, information architecture, interaction, visual system, and hands-on collaboration with engineering.

Problem addressed

Design that stops at a static mockup rarely survives contact with implementation. Details slip, edge cases surface late, and the intent is lost in translation.

How we approach it

Design is delivered as working prototypes and clear rationale, not files. Designers stay in the room while the work is built.

Outcome supported

Products that feel considered — where interactions are predictable, hierarchy is obvious, and users get through their task without noticing the design at all.

08

Quality assurance & software testing

What it includes

Test strategy, automated coverage, exploratory testing, accessibility review and release verification.

Problem addressed

Every team eventually reaches the point where changes feel risky. Once shipping becomes scary, velocity collapses and confidence follows.

How we approach it

Tests that reflect real use, kept fast enough to run on every change; manual review focused where automation is weakest; release checklists that people actually use.

Outcome supported

A team that can ship on a Friday afternoon and still enjoy the weekend.

09

Technical consulting

What it includes

Architecture review, technology selection, engineering process, hiring guidance and second opinions on in-flight decisions.

Problem addressed

Some decisions are hard to undo — a database choice, a framework commitment, an organisational structure. Getting them wrong is expensive; getting them right is undramatic.

How we approach it

We listen first, read the code, and produce written recommendations with the reasoning made explicit and the alternatives named.

Outcome supported

Fewer regrettable decisions, and better arguments for the decisions that are made.

10

Product discovery & planning

What it includes

Structured discovery work — interviews, workflow mapping, prioritisation, scope shaping and delivery planning.

Problem addressed

A product built from a wish list serves nobody in particular. Without a clear understanding of the user and the constraint, teams build features that never quite land.

How we approach it

We frame the problem, talk to the people affected, sketch the smallest solution that could plausibly work, and plan the delivery around that.

Outcome supported

A plan a team can actually execute against, and a shared understanding of what success will look like when they do.

11

Software maintenance

What it includes

Ongoing support of production systems — bug fixes, dependency updates, incremental improvements and light feature work.

Problem addressed

Software that is not maintained is software that is quietly becoming a liability. Security patches queue up, dependencies drift, and small paper cuts accumulate into rewrites.

How we approach it

Predictable maintenance windows, transparent tracking of work in progress, and a preference for many small changes over rare large ones.

Outcome supported

Systems that stay healthy year over year, without ever reaching the point where a full rewrite feels like the only option.

12

Performance & security improvements

What it includes

Targeted work on load time, response time, database performance, security posture and reliability of existing systems.

Problem addressed

Performance and security are both easier to protect than to recover. A site that has become slow, or a system that has drifted from its original assumptions, rarely fixes itself.

How we approach it

Measure first, change the smallest thing that moves the number, verify, and continue. Security work follows the same discipline — clear threat model, clear scope, verified fix.

Outcome supported

Measurable, defensible improvements to the systems that matter, without the theatre of a full rebuild.

Enquiries

Every engagement starts with a written brief and a conversation. Reach us at dellaortiz129@gmail.com.