Our process - How we work

We believe in efficiency and maximizing our resources to provide the best value to our clients. The primary way we do that is by re-using the same five projects we’ve been developing for the past decade.

Discover

We work closely with our clients to understand their needs and goals, embedding ourselves in their daily operations like a friendly corporate parasite.

Our team of curious investigators politely stalks company directors for several weeks while our account managers perfect the art of professional dumpster diving. Our senior security experts then perform social engineering magic tricks to gain access to their business accounts — all in the name of thorough research, of course.

Once the full audit is complete, we report back with a comprehensive plan and, more importantly, a budget that will make your CFO's eye twitch.

Included in this phase

  • In-depth questionnaires
  • Feasibility studies
  • Complimentary coffee addiction
  • Employee surveys (and therapy)
  • Proofs-of-concept
  • Forensic accounting (no crimes, we promise)

Build

Based on the discovery phase, we develop a comprehensive roadmap for each product and start working towards delivery. The roadmap is an artfully crafted labyrinth of technical jargon, designed to impress and confuse in equal measure.

Each client is assigned a key account manager to keep lines of communication open and translate developer-speak into human language. They act as a buffer between the client's enthusiasm and the development team's coffee-fueled coding sessions.

Our account managers are trained in the ancient art of strategic email delays, reinforcing the illusion that we're incredibly busy (which we are, just maybe not always with your project).

Studio's progress updates were so regular, we started to wonder if they had cloned themselves. Turns out, coffee and coding can work miracles!

Debra Fiscal, CEO of Unseal

Deliver

Halfway through the Build phase, we might gently nudge the timeline by a few weeks due to a sudden epiphany about requirements. This allows us to fine-tune the project and possibly the budget. It's all part of the creative process!

While we do leverage pre-built components (because why reinvent the wheel?), the real magic often happens in the final stretch. Our developers enter a state of coding zen, fueled by caffeine and the looming deadline.

We ensure that the main pages of the site are fully functional at launch — the auxiliary pages will be works of minimalist art, gradually evolving as part of our ongoing maintenance partnership.

Included in this phase

  • Testing. Our projects always have 100% test coverage, which would be impressive if our tests weren't written by the same AI that writes dad jokes.
  • Infrastructure. We use only the finest cloud infrastructure that loose change can buy. It's not much, but it's honest work.
  • Support. We're not just handing over a product; we're starting a beautiful friendship. Our support team is always here for you (during business hours, terms and conditions apply).

Our values - Balancing reliability and innovation

We strive to stay at the forefront of emerging trends and technologies, while completely ignoring them and forking that old Rails project we feel comfortable using. We stand by our core values to justify that decision.

  • Meticulous. The first part of any partnership is getting our designer to put your logo in our template. The second step is getting them to do the colors.
  • Efficient. We pride ourselves on never missing a deadline which is easy because most of the work was done years ago.
  • Adaptable. Every business has unique needs and our greatest challenge is shoe-horning those needs into something we already built.
  • Honest. We are transparent about all of our processes, banking on the simple fact our clients never actually read anything.
  • Loyal. We foster long-term relationships with our clients that go beyond just delivering a product, allowing us to invoice them for decades.
  • Innovative. The technological landscape is always evolving and so are we. We are constantly on the lookout for new open source projects to clone.

Tell us about your project

Our offices

  • Singapore
    68 Circular Road #02-01
    049422, Singapore
  • Bali
    Bwork Jl. Nelayan No.9C
    Canggu, Kec. Kuta Utara
    Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361
    Indonesia