01Service · 01 of 09

Custom software
built around your business.

We design and build software systems that do exactly what your business needs and nothing it doesn't. From internal tools to customer products, built to last a decade.

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01Overview

Software that fits your business not the other way around.

Most off-the-shelf software forces your team to bend around its assumptions. Custom software does the opposite: we sit with your operations, learn how the work actually happens, and build a system that mirrors it.

We build the kind of internal tools, customer-facing apps, and back-office systems that companies quietly depend on for a decade. They run every day, get updated every month, and grow alongside the business.

02What's included

Everything from the back-end to the people using it.

01

Discovery & shaping

A week of structured workshops to turn business goals into a concrete plan, before any code is written.

02

Product design

Interface design grounded in how your team and customers actually use the system day-to-day.

03

Engineering

Back-end, front-end, integrations written by senior engineers, reviewed by senior engineers.

04

Data & integrations

Connecting your new system to the tools you already use accounting, payments, email, CRMs.

05

Security & access

Role-based access, audit trails, encryption, and the boring-but-important things auditors ask for.

06

Hosting & ops

Set up on cloud infrastructure that scales with you, with monitoring and backups by default.

07

Training & handover

Documentation, recorded walkthroughs, and a quiet two weeks of support after launch.

08

Ongoing support

Optional monthly support and roadmap work same team, predictable cost.

03How we work

A small senior team, two-week cycles, working software every fortnight.

  1. Week 0
    01

    Shaping

    A paid week of workshops with your leadership and operators. We leave with a written plan, scope, and budget and you owe us nothing if you do not like it.

  2. Week 1–2
    02

    Foundations

    Architecture, design system, the first working screens. You see real software at the end of week two.

  3. Week 3+
    03

    Sprints

    Two-week cycles. Every fortnight: a demo, a shipped increment, a recap, and the priorities for the next two weeks.

  4. Launch
    04

    Go-live

    A staged rollout your team first, then a controlled group, then everyone. Trained, documented, monitored.

  5. After
    05

    Steady state

    You either take over, hand over to your in-house team, or keep us on a monthly engagement. Your call.

04What it looks like

A recent build internal ops system for a mid-sized importer.

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Origin
Shenzhen
ETA
3 days
Value
$184,200
Journey
Shenzhen warehouse14 days ago
Loaded · Yantian12 days ago
At sea7 days ago
Cleared customs checktoday
Inland depotin 3 days
76%
fewer manual emails between ops and accounts
11 h
saved per week per ops staff
0
lost shipments since launch
05Tools behind it

Boring tools, picked on purpose.

We pick stacks that are well-understood, well-staffed, and well-supported so the engineer who picks up your codebase in 2030 will not need a tour.

Web
ReactNext.jsAngularTypeScript
Mobile
FlutterReact Native
Server
.NETNode.jsPythonGo
Data
PostgreSQLMySQLRedis
Cloud
AWSAzureGoogle CloudDockerKubernetes
06Commercials

Two ways to engage. No surprise invoices.

Option A

Fixed-scope build

For projects with a clear shape.

  • A fixed price agreed up front, after the shaping week.
  • Milestone payments tied to working software.
  • Six weeks of warranty support after launch.
Typical: 8–16 weeks · £40K–£180K
Option B

Embedded team

For ongoing product development.

  • A senior team (2–5 people) working alongside yours.
  • Monthly fee, fixed for the quarter.
  • Stop or scale at the end of any quarter.
Typical: 3+ months · from £24K / month
07Common questions

What founders ask us before signing.

Will we own the code?
Yes. The repository, the infrastructure, the design files, the documentation all in your accounts, in your name, from day one.
What if we already have an in-house team?
Even better. We work alongside them, write code in your style, and review their PRs the same way we review our own.
How do you handle scope changes?
In two-week cycles. New priorities go to the top of the next cycle's plan and something else moves down. We do not silently expand scope.
Can you help us hire engineers later?
Yes. We have helped several clients transition from 'Byteware-built' to 'Byteware-supported, in-house-led' including writing job specs and sitting on interview panels.
What happens if you're hit by a bus?
No project depends on one engineer. Everything is in your accounts, everything is documented, and at least two people on our side know each codebase well.
08Next

Tell us about the
thing you want built.

A 30-minute call. We listen, ask sharp questions, and tell you whether custom software is the right answer even when the answer is no.