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We build backends & APIs.
And you see every step.

The APIs, databases and integrations your product runs on — Laravel, Python, Node and Java, since 2012. Work with us fixed-price, hourly, or with our engineer inside your team. Below: exactly how it goes, from first message to a system that stays quiet.

Send the first message or email us — a human replies the same day. book a 30-min call →

How it works

Step by step, straight from the logs.

Backends live in logs — so each step of a typical project comes with its own small window of proof. Plain English in between, so you never need to read code to follow along.

day-0.log — the first message
09:41MSG"Our API times out when traffic spikes — and the developer who built it left."
09:52MSGreply: "That's rescueable. Free call today — blunt questions only."

It starts as a conversation — no intake form, no discovery-workshop invoice. You describe the problem in your own words. Then one choice: how do you want to work?

Fixed price

Defined scope, defined end. A one-page plan you can read over coffee. Surprises are our problem, not a change request.

Hourly

Evolving scope, you steer. Transparent hours, itemised weekly. Scale up, scale down, pause or stop.

Dedicated developer

Our senior engineer, dedicated to you. Works inside your team — your board, your sprints, your system.

Whichever you pick, the standards don't change. From here the project runs the same way for everyone:

weekly.log — progress you can call
Wk 1 · FriDEPLOYfirst endpoints live on staging — documentation updated as we build
Wk 2 · FriDEPLOYsign-in + payments connected — Friday demo: you try the API yourself

Working endpoints every week — not status reports about them. One senior engineer owns the system, and you always know who to call.

incident.log — the part nobody advertises
02:14ALERThigh error rate on /checkout
02:31RESOLVEDfixed, deployed, incident note written — you read it over breakfast, not at 2 AM

Yes, backends break — ours are watched. Monitoring is wired in from day one, and most incidents are fixed before your users ever mention them. You get the honest incident note, not silence.

launch.log — and everything after
CutoverLIVEold system retired — zero downtime, nothing lost
+1 hourDOCSrunbook + API documentation handed over — nothing is one person's secret

A good backend is boring — that's the whole job. After launch the cycle keeps turning: monitor → tune → deploy → stable. Traffic grows, updates ship quietly, and the system stays boring while your business gets louder.

Where you can start

Whatever state your system is in, there's an entry point.

New API buildsScaling & performanceRescues & takeoversPayment, shipping & ERP integrationsLong-term care

Departed developer? No documentation? Server that falls over every time marketing succeeds? Rescues follow the same steps — they just start with an honest audit of what's salvageable.

Go deeper

The tech behind it — with the receipts.

The technologies we build this service on — and our own team's articles about them, so you can judge our depth before you ever talk to us.

TypeScriptGuides & articles from our team → Node.jsGuides & articles from our team →
Pythonarticles coming soon
Laravel & PHParticles coming soon
Javaarticles coming soon

Stack honesty

What we use. What we won't.

We build with
  • Laravel & PHP
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • Java, C# & serverless (AWS Lambda)
  • REST APIs — Postman collection included
  • Payment, shipping & ERP integrations

The architecture recommendation follows your product and your traffic — with reasons, on the first call.

We don't do
  • Microservices for the CV
  • No-code backend platforms
  • Undocumented handovers
  • "Cheapest possible" builds — on purpose

If your system runs on something in this column, we'll say so on the first call — and point you to someone good.

Proof you can check

Haandvaerker — nobody has to think about it.

The situation. Denmark's platform for connecting homeowners with vetted craftsmen — a two-sided marketplace where every job posting, quote and vetting check runs through the backend.

What we did. Built the machinery under it: the APIs and data layer that match homeowners to the right craftsmen and keep both sides of the marketplace in sync.

Today. Live and running a real marketplace in a market that doesn't forgive sloppy software. The best compliment a backend gets is that nobody ever has to think about it — this one earns it. More of the work →

The whole point, in one screen.

Your turn

The 2 AM alerts can stop.

Fixed price, hourly, or an engineer inside your team — step one is always the same: one message, one call, honest advice. And if you don't need us, we'll say so.