Custom Software and Integrations, built around how you work
We connect your existing systems so data moves once. When nothing off the shelf fits, we build a Laravel application. You have one point of contact.
What it covers
Software that fits the work, with a clear owner
Six kinds of work. Start with the one job that is typed in twice today.
Custom applications
A Laravel application built around the way your people work, when nothing off the shelf fits.
Internal systems
Quotes, jobs, stock or bookings kept in one place, with the access each role needs and nothing more.
API integrations
The systems you already pay for connected, so a record is typed once and moves on by itself.
Workflow automation
Routine hand-offs moved automatically, with a person approving anything that matters.
Moving your data
Records moved from spreadsheets or an old system, and checked against the source before you switch.
Tests and a staging copy
Automated tests and a separate copy for every change, so the system you use keeps working.
How the work runs
From first call to handover, in five steps
You know what happens next, and nothing is built before you have agreed to it.
Each step finishes before the next one starts
- 01
A conversation
Tell us which job wastes time today, or which tools do not talk to each other. No technical brief needed.
- 02
A map of the workflow
We follow one piece of work from start to end and write down where the data is typed twice.
- 03
A written scope
What is included, what is not, the access we need, and the cost. You approve it first.
- 04
The build
Built in steps on a separate copy with tests, and shown to you as each part works.
- 05
The handover
The code, the data and the notes are handed to you, with the running costs written down.
What you own afterwards
Your software stays yours
Nothing is locked behind our name. If you ever move on, the next developer starts from the same code and notes we use.
What you hold when the work is done
Written down, checked with you, and yours to keep.
Your software does not depend on us
The code lives in your repository, and the notes let another developer carry on where we stopped.
A real workflow
From a free check to an enquiry, without retyping
This website has a small integration we built. It shows the pattern we use for any hand-off between two systems.
One result, typed by nobody
The free tools give a result on screen. The integration carries it into an enquiry, so nobody retypes it.
- Check
- You run a check, and the result is worked out in your browser.
- Codes
- Review the result in a prefilled enquiry, add your own message and send it when you are ready.
- Words
- The site converts the codes into a message using predefined wording. This prevents a manipulated link from inserting other text.
- Send
- You read the message, change it if you like, and it reaches us with the context in it.
Nothing moves until you choose to send
AI and automation
AI prepares, automation moves, a person approves
We start with one hand-off that wastes time today, show you what the AI would prepare and what you still check, and write down the data it uses.
Workflow automation: AI Compose
An open-source Outlook add-in from Rizonesoft, our open-source division. It drafts, summarises and translates email inside Outlook.
- Does
- Drafts a reply, summarises a long thread or translates a message, in the email you have open.
- Touches
- The open email's text, subject and sender, sent to an external AI service with your own key, which stays on your machine.
- Check
- The draft opens in a normal compose window. You edit it and you send it; the add-in never sends an email itself.
- Data
- Before it is switched on, we write down what is sent where and who can see it, as POPIA asks, and you approve that record.
The AI prepares, and you decide what is sent
Development automation
AI coding agents, with the engineering that keeps them useful
We use version control and a staging copy for an agent's work. Automated tests and a review check each change before it is accepted.
The delivered example: this website
AI coding agents work on this website under the same rules we would use for a client's software.
- Touches
- They work on the site's code and content on a staging copy. They do not write to the live site.
- Check
- Every change must pass automated tests and an independent review by a second AI model before it is complete.
- Decides
- After the checks pass, Derick decides what goes live.
Nothing reaches the live site unchecked
Questions answered
Before you get in touch
The questions people ask us most about custom software.
Ask us something elseIs custom software needed, or will a product do?
Often a product does. If one fits, we say so and connect it to your other systems instead of building something new.
Can you connect the systems a business already uses?
Usually, yes. Most business systems can exchange data, and the map of your workflow shows where a connection saves the most typing.
Is it allowed to send customer email to an AI service?
Under POPIA it is processing personal information. Before anything is switched on, we check the provider's terms and your privacy duties, then write down what is sent, where it goes, who can see it and how long it is kept, and you approve that record.
Who owns the code?
You own the code we write for you. It lives in your repository, and the hosting and any paid services are in your business's name. Open-source parts keep their own licences.
What does it cost?
The cost depends on the scope of your project. You get the scope and cost in writing before any work starts, and nothing is owed until you approve it.
Where do you work?
From George, Western Cape. Software work is done remotely for businesses across South Africa, and we meet you in person in George.
Related guides
Read before you decide
Guides by Derick on the questions this service answers.
Guide
Custom Laravel & Multi-Tenant SaaS: When a Business Has Outgrown Off-the-Shelf
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How to Budget for Custom Software (and Avoid 3 Expensive Mistakes)
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Custom Laravel development: when your business needs more than a website
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POPIA Compliance for Small Businesses: A Practical Website & Data Checklist
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