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Custom Software

Scalable applications built to streamline your business operations.

Software for the specific thing your business does that no product off the shelf handles well. Usually that’s a workflow currently held together by a spreadsheet, an inbox and someone copying between tabs. We scope narrowly on purpose. The custom software projects that fail are almost always the ones scoped as a platform when the business needed a feature.

What this covers

  • Business automation
  • Database design
  • API development
  • Cloud deployment

How it works

  1. Scoping

    We work out what the one thing is. This is also where we tell you if an existing product covers 80% of it, because that’s usually the better buy.

  2. Data model

    The schema first, because it’s the part that’s expensive to change later.

  3. Build and iterate

    Working software in front of you early and often, not a big reveal at the end.

  4. Deploy and support

    Deployed, monitored and supported on the same infrastructure that runs our other client work.

Common questions

Custom Software we’ve delivered

2023 · LiveAssociates

Associates Platform

The platform behind every site we ship. One API serving member management, scheduling, calendar integration and transactional mail across all of our client builds.
NestJS
Next.js
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Drizzle ORM
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Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company #5 home page, with the department crest and the "What Ever It Takes." strapline.

Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company #5

A content-driven site for a volunteer fire company, with a roster, apparatus records, membership intake and EMS billing information.
Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
NestJS
PostgreSQL
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Unity Volunteer Fire Department Station 233 home page, showing a photograph of the station bay behind the "Community First" strapline with volunteer and donation calls to action.

Unity Volunteer Fire Department, Station 233

A larger department build for Plum Borough's Station 233: video hero, apparatus gallery, run statistics, donations, fire-safety education and membership intake.
Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
NestJS
PostgreSQL
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