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Platform & infrastructure

For engineering teams who keep rebuilding the same things

The problem

Past a certain size, teams spend more time on plumbing than on product. Three services each with their own slightly different logging. Four versions of the same button. A release process that only one person fully understands, and they are on leave.

None of it is urgent enough to fix, which is exactly why it compounds.

How we approach it

  1. 01

    We start by finding what is genuinely shared. Not everything should be: a premature abstraction across teams is worse than the duplication it replaced.

  2. 02

    Then we build the shared layer as real, versioned, released packages with their own tests and changelogs, rather than a folder everyone copies from. If it cannot be versioned it cannot be adopted incrementally.

  3. 03

    Adoption is part of the work. A platform nobody migrates onto is a hobby, so we do the first migrations with your team rather than handing over a README.

What you get

  • Versioned, released internal packages with tests and changelogs
  • A component library with a running catalogue
  • CI pipelines, release automation and environment configuration
  • The first services migrated onto it, with your team
  • Documented conventions so the next person follows the same path

Engagement

Shape
A platform build, or an audit and incremental improvement plan
Duration
Typically 4 to 12 weeks, often ongoing afterwards

Every engagement is scoped and priced after we understand what you need. We will tell you if the work is smaller than you think.

Where we have done this

Our own released framework

We maintain an internal framework as private published packages: a component library, shared utilities and common backend building blocks, each versioned and released through its own pipeline. Every project we run starts on top of it, which is why our client work does not start from zero.

Tell us what you are trying to build

If we are the wrong people for it, we will say so and point you somewhere better.

What else we do