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Build connected web and mobile products, with the APIs, data and permissions behind the screens.
Our software engineering work ↗
Article · Software engineering · 6 min read
What Awaab’s Law asks of the systems social landlords use to log, investigate and repair hazards, and the records they need to keep.
Article · Software engineering · 6 min read
How to choose between Firebase, Supabase and a custom back end by data shape, access rules, cost, exit paths and skills.
Article · Software engineering · 7 min read
How to plan a mobile app that keeps working without signal, and what to settle before the first line of sync code.
Article · Software engineering · 5 min read
Lessons on sharing code, drawing with Skia and handling phone, tablet and desktop layouts from one Expo codebase.
Article · Software engineering · 6 min read
When each customer gets its own PostgreSQL database, and what that means for migrations, connections and running costs.
Article · Software engineering · 6 min read
How to decide between rewriting a legacy system and replacing it piece by piece, and how to move data safely.
Our productMaking care coordination visible to everyone involved.
A connected platform for UK home-care providers. Coordinators plan and roster visits, carers work from a mobile app, and families can follow visits and raise requests, all from the same live record.
Built with React, Go, React Native & Expo, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform
Our productA training monitor built for decisions in the moment.
A rhythm and defibrillator simulator with ECG, capnography, vital signs and resuscitation controls in one teaching interface. Educators can load a scenario, change the rhythm and adjust the monitor as a session unfolds.
Built with TypeScript, React Native & Expo
Workflow map · In development
One clearer route from request to resolution.
An operational platform in development that connects customer requests, inspections, dispatch and payments across a property-maintenance workflow.
What’s changing
Dates that affect software engineering work, checked against the official sources.
August 2026
New apps and updates for phones and tablets must target API level 36. Extensions can be requested until 1 November 2026.
April 2026
The Node.js project stopped security fixes for version 20 on 30 April 2026, so services still on it need a move to 22 or 24.
April 2026
Since 28 April 2026, uploads must be built with Xcode 26. Apps can still support older iOS versions; only the build tools changed.