SEC · SYSTEMS · COSTA RICA
Custom software for operations that can’t go down
Internal dashboards, automation, and systems shaped around how your team actually works — not a template. Built in Costa Rica, shipped to production, and still here when it’s taking real payments or dispatching real orders.
What a custom system includes
This isn’t “an app.” It’s the software that holds the day together: users, data, integrations, and the dashboard your team opens every morning.
Discovery and documented architecture
Before we write code, we map the real flow: who does what, what breaks today, what cannot fail. You leave with a technical plan, not a wish list.
Auth, roles, and dashboards
Who sees what. Who approves. A panel your operation can use at 7am on a Monday — not a mockup for investors.
APIs and integrations with what you already have
E-invoicing, payment gateways, the Excel file that “is the system,” WhatsApp, inventory. We talk to what exists instead of asking you to throw it out.
Database design and migration
Designed to grow from day one. If we have to pull data out of a legacy system, we treat that as real work — because it almost never is copy and paste.
Cloud, CI/CD, and monitoring
Automated deploys, visible errors, rollback. If it goes down at 11pm, we hear about it — not your customer.
Support after launch
We don’t vanish on ship day. Ongoing sprints or a support retainer, depending on what the system needs.
Who it’s for (and who it isn’t)
This is for when the spreadsheet, the WhatsApp thread, or the generic SaaS is already costing you time or money. Not for when the idea is still a sketch.
// YES, IF
- You have a process done by hand every day and it already hurts (quoting, dispatch, stock, shifts).
- More than one person uses “the system” — and today that system is a file or three tools that don’t talk.
- You operate in Costa Rica (or from here) and the software has to survive real business hours, not a weekend pilot.
- You want the code in your repo, with no monthly license holding you hostage the day you want to switch vendors.
// PICK ANOTHER PATH IF
- You need a 5-section site so people can email you: that’s Websites, and that’s the right product.
- You want a store that charges online: that’s E-commerce.
- You don’t know which problem you’re solving yet. Next step is a short discovery, not an 8-week system.
How we build it
A pipeline you can follow. You always know what stage the system is in — just like a real deploy.
Discovery
We sit with the people who run the process, not only the people who pay for it. We leave with scope, risks, and a cut of v1.
STAGE: PLANNINGArchitecture
Stack, data model, integrations, and a sprint plan. No “we’ll figure out the database later.”
STAGE: DESIGNBuild
Visible deliveries every week. Within the first weeks there’s something you can open, try, and break.
STAGE: BUILDDeploy and iterate
Production with monitoring. Then we iterate on real use — not a 40-page document.
STAGE: LIVEWhat it costs, with no invented ceiling
Scope sets the number. These are ranges from systems we’ve already shipped — not a catalog rate.
Custom software
TIMELINE: from 8 weeks
// INCLUDES
- Discovery and documented architecture
- Authentication, roles, and dashboards
- APIs and integrations with your current systems
- Database design and migration
- Cloud, CI/CD, and error monitoring
- Deliveries every sprint, not just at the end
- Ongoing support and iteration under contract
What moves the number: how many systems we have to talk to, whether legacy data has to move, and whether this has to hold 200 users or 200,000. We tell you in discovery, not halfway through.
Systems already in production
● LIVEQuote Master
A parts quoting tool with API integrations and smart search. -40% search time.
● LIVEParqueo La Catedral
Parking management system for 200+ vehicles a day. -50% manual monitoring with live dashboards.
Questions we get before we start
How long does custom software take?
A first usable version usually starts at around 8 weeks. You’ll have something in the browser much earlier. More integrations and a data migration take longer — and that shows up in discovery, not as a surprise.
Do we own the code?
Yes. Your repo, no lock-in. If you want another team to maintain it later, they can walk in. That’s part of the price, not a hidden extra.
Can you work with a legacy system “nobody can touch”?
Almost always we can talk to it: API, files, database, even the Excel that’s the source of truth. Migration hurts more than a greenfield build; we estimate it separately instead of burying it in “and the rest.”
What happens after launch?
We don’t cut the cable. You can stay on evolution sprints or a support retainer. An internal system nobody maintains rots; we’ve seen it.