- Technology selection
- Infrastructure & hosting
- System design & data flow
- Security architecture
- Scalability planning
- Technology selection
Every project has a set of technologies that are a good fit and a longer list that technically could work but would create problems down the line. We choose based on what your project actually needs: performance requirements, team familiarity if you have internal developers, integration demands, long-term maintainability, and cost.
We're not tied to a single stack. We work across modern web technologies and pick the right tool for the job rather than defaulting to whatever we used last time.
- Infrastructure & hosting
Where and how your application runs has a direct impact on performance, cost, and reliability. We design infrastructure that matches the actual demands of your project, whether that's a straightforward cloud setup or something more complex with specific compliance or data residency requirements.
We have deep experience with AWS and design hosting environments that balance performance with cost – so you're not overpaying for capacity you don't need, but you're also not caught out when traffic spikes or your user base grows.
- System design & data flow
We map out how the different parts of your system communicate – how data moves between your application, your database, any third-party services, and your users. This is where complexity tends to hide, particularly in applications that need to integrate with existing systems or handle significant volumes of data.
Getting this right upfront means fewer surprises during development and a system that's easier to debug, extend, and maintain once it's live.
- Security architecture
Security isn't something we add at the end. It's built into the architecture from the start – authentication, authorisation, data encryption, secure API design, and compliance with whatever standards your industry requires.
We design systems that protect sensitive data by default, not as an afterthought. If your project handles personal data, financial information, or anything subject to regulatory requirements, the architecture accounts for that before a single line of code is written.
- Scalability planning
Not every application needs to handle millions of users on day one. But the architecture should allow for growth without requiring a rebuild. We design systems that can scale when they need to, without over-engineering for scenarios that may never happen.
This means making sensible decisions about database design, caching strategies, and infrastructure that can grow incrementally rather than requiring a big-bang migration when you outgrow the original setup.
