How We Build

Reliable software,
built to last

How we keep your product secure, your data safe, your costs low, and your business connected to the tools it depends on.

What matters to you

The stuff that keeps founders up at night

Before the tech decisions, we address the business concerns. Here's how we handle the things that actually matter.

Your data is protected

Every application we build encrypts data in storage and in transit. We follow the same security standards used by banks and government — not because we have to, but because your customers deserve it. Login systems include multi-factor authentication, brute-force protection, and session management that meets international security benchmarks.

Automated daily backups

Your database is backed up automatically every day, with point-in-time recovery that lets us restore to any moment in the last 30 days. Backups are stored in a separate location from your live system, so even a catastrophic failure can't touch them. We test restores regularly — a backup you can't recover from isn't a backup.

Scales with your growth

Whether you have 100 users or 100,000, the infrastructure adjusts automatically. During a quiet Tuesday night, you're running minimal resources and paying almost nothing. When your marketing campaign goes viral, the system scales up in seconds — no downtime, no panicked phone calls.

Cost-efficient by design

We design systems that only consume resources when they're needed. Most of our projects run on less than $50/month in cloud costs during early stages. As you grow, costs scale proportionally — not exponentially. We regularly audit infrastructure bills and eliminate waste.

99.9% uptime, monitored 24/7

Automated health checks run every minute. If something goes wrong at 3am, our monitoring systems alert us before your users notice. We use rolling deployments, so updates go live without any downtime — your customers never see a maintenance page.

No vendor lock-in

We use industry-standard, open-source technologies wherever possible. Your code, your data, your intellectual property — all of it is yours. If you ever want to bring development in-house or switch providers, everything is documented, version-controlled, and transferable.

Cloud Hosting

Your app runs on the same cloud as Netflix, Airbnb, and Slack

We build exclusively on Amazon Web Services (AWS) — the world's most reliable cloud platform. Three hosting models, matched to your stage and budget.

Pay-per-use

Best for: MVPs & early-stage

Your app only runs when someone uses it. No traffic? No bill. Perfect for startups validating an idea — you can launch a full backend for under $5/month and scale to thousands of users without changing a thing.

From ~$5/month

Always-on managed

Best for: Growing businesses

Dedicated compute that auto-scales with demand. No servers to manage, no operating systems to patch. We handle the infrastructure so you can focus on your product. Most of our production apps run on this model.

From ~$30/month

Global edge delivery

Best for: Marketing sites & SPAs

Your website or web app is cached at data centres around the world. Users in Sydney, London, and New York all get sub-50ms load times. Includes SSL certificates, custom domains, and automatic cache updates.

From ~$1/month

99.9%

Uptime SLA

30 days

Backup retention

<200ms

Avg API response

24/7

Automated monitoring

Integrations

We connect your product to the tools your business already uses

Payments, payroll, accounting, POS terminals, CRMs — we've built 35+ integrations across every major business system category. If your vendor has an API, we can connect to it.

Payments & Billing

  • Stripe
  • PayPal
  • Google Pay
  • Apple Pay
  • Chargebee
  • Tyro
  • Braintree

Accounting & Finance

  • Xero
  • MYOB
  • FinPower Connect

HR & Payroll

  • Employment Hero
  • HumanForce
  • Deputy
  • Roubler
  • Beboz

POS Systems

  • Oolio
  • SwiftPOS
  • iDealPOS
  • OrderMate
  • Impos
  • Triniteq

CRM & Marketing

  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Creatio
  • Mailchimp

Workforce & Rostering

  • FoundU
  • Ready Workforce

Identity & Auth

  • Okta
  • Auth0
  • nauth-toolkit

Automation & APIs

  • Zapier
  • Google Maps
  • AWS SNS / SES
  • Twilio
  • SendGrid

Don't see your system? We've built custom connectors for dozens of proprietary APIs. Let's talk.

Under the hood

The technology behind it all

For the technically curious — here's what runs inside the products we build. Everything is open-source, battle-tested, and chosen for long-term maintainability.

Frontend

What your users see and touch

Angular for complex, data-driven web platforms — dashboards, portals, and marketplaces where real-time state management matters. Flutter for native-quality iOS and Android apps from a single codebase. Astro for content-first sites that load instantly.

Tailwind CSS for consistent, responsive design systems. Hugo for blazing-fast static sites and documentation portals. Ionic and Capacitor when a hybrid mobile approach fits the budget and timeline.

Angular

Angular

Enterprise-grade SPA framework

Astro

Astro

Static-first content sites

Hugo

Hugo

Fast static site generator

HTML5

HTML5

Semantic, accessible markup

Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS

Utility-first CSS framework

Flutter

Flutter

Cross-platform native apps

Ionic

Ionic

Hybrid mobile framework

Capacitor

Capacitor

Native runtime bridge

Node.js

Node.js

High-performance runtime

NestJS

NestJS

TypeScript-first API framework

Backend

The engine under the hood

Every backend runs on Node.js with NestJS — TypeScript end-to-end. Clean architecture with dependency injection, modules, and decorators that scales from a single API to distributed microservices without rewriting.

// typical project structure

src/
├── modules/         # feature modules
│   ├── users/       # controller + service + entity
│   ├── payments/    # Stripe integration
│   └── notifications/
├── common/          # guards, pipes, interceptors
├── config/          # env-based configuration
└── main.ts          # bootstrap

Data Layer

Storage, caching, and queues

Different data problems need different solutions. We pick based on data shape, query patterns, and performance requirements.

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

Primary storage

Relational data, transactions, complex joins. JSONB for hybrid document queries.

MongoDB

MongoDB

Document storage

Flexible schemas, rapid prototyping, nested data structures.

Redis

Redis

Cache & queues

Session cache, rate limiting, background job queues, real-time pub/sub.

MySQL

MySQL

Legacy & migrations

WordPress backends, legacy system migrations, simple relational use cases.

Infrastructure & DevOps

Automated pipelines, containerised deployments

AWS AWS
AWS Fargate AWS Fargate
AWS Lambda AWS Lambda
Docker Docker
Serverless Framework Serverless Framework
GitHub Actions GitHub Actions
Figma Figma

AWS services we deploy with

Lambda
Fargate
S3
CloudFront
RDS
DynamoDB
API Gateway
Cognito
SES
SNS
SQS
EventBridge
CloudWatch
Secrets Manager
Route 53
ACM
WAF
IAM

For Developers

How we work under the hood

Strict TypeScript

strict: true, no any. Shared types between frontend and backend via npm packages or monorepo imports.

API-first design

OpenAPI specs written before code. Auto-generated client SDKs. Contract testing between services.

Database migrations

TypeORM or Prisma migrations checked into git. Every schema change is versioned, reviewable, and reversible.

Environment parity

Docker Compose for local dev matching prod topology. Env vars via .env files locally, Secrets Manager in AWS.

Code review culture

Every PR reviewed. Linting enforced in CI. Conventional commits for automated changelogs.

OWASP Top 10

Injection prevention, XSS sanitisation, CSRF tokens, broken access control checks, security headers — baked into every sprint.

Need a specific technology?

Our team adapts fast. If your project calls for a tool not listed here, let's discuss it.

25+ Years Experience
5.0★ Google Rating
50+ Products Launched
100% Australian Owned