01 / Custom web applications
Custom web applications, built to be maintained.
Client portals, internal tools, platforms and APIs on Laravel or Next.js, architected so they keep working long after launch.
What you get
02 / Website vs application threshold
The line between a website and an application.
Agencies usually meet this line halfway through a website project, when the brief quietly crosses over.
Still a website
A CMS handles this well.
A brochure or marketing site, a blog and content pages, contact and enquiry forms, or a standard ecommerce catalogue. Content in, content out.
Now an application
This needs architecture.
Accounts, roles and permissions. Workflows, approvals and states. Data processed or calculated, not just displayed. Live integrations with business systems. Billing, usage or pricing logic.
03 / Five decisions blueprint
Five decisions that decide the next five years.
Applications rarely fail at launch. They fail two years later, because of decisions made in the first week.
04 / Three build shapes
Three shapes this usually takes.
Different users, same discipline: model the data properly, then build the thing on top of it.
A logged-in area for your client's customers
Where they see their data, documents, orders or progress without emailing anyone.
Usually replaces email threads and spreadsheetsThe operations system a business actually runs on
Jobs, approvals, stock, scheduling or reporting, in one place your team actually uses.
Usually replaces a spreadsheet nobody dares touchA product or service with its own users and API
Billing, integrations and traffic handled properly, built to carry real load from day one.
Usually replaces a prototype that outgrew itself05 / Handover kit
Built so someone else can take it over.
An application you cannot hand to another developer is a liability with a login screen.
The handover kit · delivered at launch
- Repository access, with full history
- Environment setup guide, local through to production
- Runbook for deploy, restore and rollback
- API documentation with endpoints and auth
- Admin accounts handed to your client
- Support window agreed at launch
06 / Stack and proof
Proven frameworks, chosen for who maintains them.
Laravel
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Node.js
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Docker
GitHubAWAWSCase study · Prop trading firm
A 30 GB platform re-architected, not rebuilt.
Migrated with zero data loss, and anomaly detection moved from up to 90 days to the next morning.
Read the case study07 / Partner proof
What agencies say.
Faraz showed us the real problem was the single server, not the platform.
“Faraz showed us the real problem was the single server, not the platform. We migrated over 30 GB with no data loss and near-zero downtime.”
08 / FAQ
Questions agencies ask first.
If the platform itself is sound, re-architecting is usually faster and safer. The prop trading case study is exactly that: a 30 GB platform fixed without a rebuild.
09 / Related services
Often combined with this.
Most engagements mix one way of working with one or two things I build.