Systems built around the work
One application for the way your business operates — owned by you, hosted here, supported by the people who built it.
Rented software is shaped for someone else's business
Every subscription is another login, another copy of the customer record and another bill that never ends. The real cost is the re-keying between them. We build one application around your workflow instead: your data model, your rules, your code, in a repository registered to your company. LiftHub replaced eight subscriptions this way and cut software operating costs by 90%. If you ever leave, the application goes with you.
What goes into the application
Every build is different. These are the parts we build most often, and they are designed to sit in one system rather than six.
Customer and account records
One record per customer, shared by sales, delivery and finance. Structured for your business, not a CRM vendor's template.
Talk to an engineerQuoting and sales pipeline
Quotes, approvals and deal stages that follow your actual process, with Xero or your accounting system kept in sync.
Talk to an engineerJobs and projects
Scheduling, allocation and delivery tracking in the same system as the customer and the invoice.
Talk to an engineerReporting
Dashboards and scheduled reports built from live data. Nothing is exported to a spreadsheet to be re-typed.
Talk to an engineerAutomation
Rules that run when records change: notifications, document generation, reconciliation, follow-ups.
Talk to an engineerPortals and mobile
Customer, supplier or field portals, and native iOS and Android apps, on the same data as the office.
Talk to an engineerFour stages, working software every fortnight
Assess
We map the software you pay for, the workflows it serves and the gaps between them, then put a number on what the current arrangement costs. You get the assessment in writing whether or not you build.
Design
Data model first, then architecture, then interface. Fixed scope, fixed price, fixed timeline, agreed before a line of code.
Build
Fortnight sprints with a working demo at the end of each. Deployed to production infrastructure from the first sprint, so launch is a formality.
Run
Deployed to the region you choose, data migrated, team trained. We keep operating it under a managed plan, or hand it over documented.
From the case studies
lower software operating costs after eight subscriptions became one owned platform
productivity increase measured by the client after the move
from kick-off to a live web platform and native iOS app
What the applications are built on
Questions about applications
Isn't custom software expensive?
It is a capital cost rather than rent, so it depends what you compare it with. Builds are fixed-price. Against the subscription stack they replace, clients typically recover the cost inside 12 to 18 months. The assessment puts your own numbers on it before you commit.
How long does it take?
Eight to sixteen weeks for most platforms. TechnicalTalent's web platform and iOS app took fourteen. You see working software in the first fortnight and a demo every fortnight after.
Do we have to replace everything at once?
No. Most builds start with the workflow that costs the most and integrate with the tools worth keeping — Xero, Microsoft 365, whatever earns its place. Subscriptions are retired when the application makes them redundant.
What is it built with?
Svelte for the interface, Rust where performance matters, PostgreSQL for the data, deployed on Oracle Cloud regions we administer behind our firewall. All mainstream, all documented, all readable by any competent developer you hire later.
What happens if we leave?
You keep everything: source code, database, cloud accounts, documentation. Take it in-house or to another developer. There is no licence, no hosting lock and nothing to negotiate.
Who runs it after launch?
Your choice. Most clients keep it on a managed plan — hosting, monitoring, patching, support and a roadmap of improvements for a fixed monthly fee. Others take it in-house. Either way it is documented and built on mainstream technology.
Start with what it costs you now
An assessment maps your software spend and the work it causes, and tells you in writing whether building makes sense.