Custom web application development

A web application is software that runs in the browser: no installation, on any device and always up to date. Unlike a website, it does more than inform – it maps your processes, from orders and jobs to approvals and reports. For many businesses, it is the most direct way to replace spreadsheets, endless email threads and isolated tools with a seamless digital process.

We develop web applications where off-the-shelf software does not fit, or only with costly customisation. Whether that applies to you is something we clarify honestly before the project starts – sometimes the better answer is a standard product with a good interface. How to tell the difference is explained in our article Off-the-shelf vs. custom software.

Customer and partner portals. Orders, delivery status, invoices and complaints in one place – with data taken directly from your ERP via a clean interface.

Internal business applications. Order management, scheduling, inspection reports or approvals that are currently stuck in spreadsheets and inboxes.

Platforms and SaaS products. Subscription-based applications with roles and permissions – like our own products Inventary and Stundenplan-Digital, which we develop and operate ourselves.

The admin side of an app. The web interface your office uses to manage the jobs, reports and master data of a mobile app.

Our standard stack is Ruby on Rails for the back end and business logic, PostgreSQL as the database, and React with TypeScript wherever an interface needs to be particularly interactive. We have used these tools in production for years – in client projects as well as in our own products.

A web application is not finished at go-live: it is extended over many years. That only works if the code stays easy to understand and automated tests safeguard every change. If your project has different requirements, we choose the technology to fit the problem – not the other way round.