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Custom database systems for growing businesses.
Most teams outgrow spreadsheets before they realise it. Shared docs lose history. Tabs multiply. Numbers stop matching. We rebuild that mess as a real database with permissions, validation, search, exports, and a clean web interface the whole team can use from day one.
Who this is for
Three patterns we see most often. If one of these sounds like your team, this service likely fits.
Operations teams in spreadsheet hell
You have 8 to 20 spreadsheets that all reference each other. Updates break things. Nobody is sure which file is the source of truth.
Growing companies past 10 employees
Shared Google Sheets stopped scaling. You need user roles, audit history, and a real interface for non-technical staff.
Specialist teams with custom workflows
Logistics, recruiting, healthcare admin, legal — your work doesn't fit any off-the-shelf SaaS, so you've built it in Excel.
What you get
- Schema designed from your actual workflow — not a generic CRM template
- Web app with role-based access for admins, staff, and read-only viewers
- Search, filter, sort, and CSV/Excel export on every list view
- Validation and history so bad data and accidental changes can be undone
- REST or GraphQL API in case you want to integrate other tools later
- Documentation and a 60-minute team training session before handoff
Our approach
How a typical custom databases project moves from first call to live in production.
- 01
Discovery
We map your current spreadsheets, the people who touch them, and the decisions made from them. One week.
- 02
Schema design
We turn that map into a database schema you approve before we write any application code.
- 03
Build
Weekly demos. You watch the app come together and steer it as we go, not at the end.
- 04
Ship and train
Deploy to production, migrate your existing data, train the team. We stay on hand for the first month.
Stack we use
Boring, proven tools that other senior developers can maintain. No exotic choices that lock you in.
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Laravel
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
Ready to start?
Get a scoped estimate within 24 hours, or book a 15-minute call to talk through your project.
Common questions
The questions clients ask most before starting a custom databases project.
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