Two humans in Manchester. We write the software, wire up the hardware, and quite often replace the bit of your stack that has been "nearly working" for three years.
…and the awkward integrations between all of them.
a partial list
Lighting is one thing we do. It is not the only thing.
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Custom middleware and small platforms that end the integration headache.
The half-working SaaS stack that's been costing you money for years. The widget that shows last month's events. The form that should hit your CRM but doesn't. The spreadsheet nobody's allowed to touch. We work out what you actually need, then build a small piece of software you own. It retires three subscriptions and the recurring meeting about them.
our favourite kind of work ✎
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Software
iOS, macOS, web, desktop. Native where it matters, fast everywhere else. Written from your brief.
iOS / iPadOS apps
Bespoke web apps
Admin dashboards
Internal tools
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Infrastructure
Networks, hosting, monitoring, mail. Built by people who have been the on-call number at 3am.
Managed hosting
Mail servers
Monitoring & alerting
Qtesius™ platform
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Hardware integration
The bits with cables, screws and code. AV. DMX rigs. Payment hardware. Custom peripherals.
Intelligent lighting
DMX & sACN
Payment terminals
Sensor & IoT rigs
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Operations & growth
Sitting with a small business, working out how it actually runs, then rebuilding it so it can scale. See Marple.
Process design
Membership systems
Reporting
Bookings & invoicing
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Security
The unglamorous, expensive-to-skip kind. We work to current industry standards, not last decade's.
PCI-DSS aware
OWASP top 10
Payment auditing
Secure public Wi-Fi
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Data & APIs
Making messy datasets behave. From open-data ingest to internal APIs the rest of your business can rely on.
Public APIs
Data ingestion
Reporting pipelines
Single source of truth
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Websites & CMS
Custom sites with a backend the client can actually use, without us being on speed dial each time.
Marketing sites
Member portals
Custom CMSs
E-commerce
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Consulting
Sometimes you don't need a build, you need a second opinion before someone else's quote turns into a problem.
Technical review
Vendor selection
Architecture sketches
Honest second opinions
a back-of-napkin example
"It's been like this for years." Has it though? Let's fix it.
The conversation usually starts the same way. "This thing is supposed to sync with that thing, and they don't, and someone's job is now updating both by hand." Or "we pay for four tools when really we just need one piece of software that owns the data." The honest answer, most of the time, is that a small custom platform would replace three subscriptions, and the recurring meeting about them, with one thing you own.
The person you brief is the person who writes the code, takes the call, climbs the ladder, and remembers what you said in the kickoff. We don't hand off, we don't account-manage. It's just us, and we're answering.
Yannick McCabe-Costa
Managing Director & Co-Founder
The one up the ladder. Codes stuff, makes it work, breaks it, fixes it. Will not be talked out of stapling CAT6 to brickwork.
If something's been "nearly working" for too long…
…just tell us. We'll look at it. If it's a small thing, we'll say so. If it actually wants a small custom platform of its own (software, the connecting bit, maybe a piece of hardware), we'll be honest about that too. We answer our own email, and there's no funnel.
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