We develop Backends

Backends are the foundation that handle the business logic behind the scenes. They manage data processing, storage, and communication between the server and client with precision. We develop reliable systems that ensure your websites and apps function smoothly and are easy to maintain. Our approach emphasizes clean code, testability, and modular architecture, utilizing best practices to enhance performance and facilitate future updates.

We connect things

We connect your site’s reliable and scalable backend components: durable storage, predictable server behaviour, and dependable integrations with external services. We prioritise practical data models, testable server logic, and resilient API connections to ensure secure, auditable, and extensible everyday operations.

  1. Databases

    Systems that store users, products, orders, and content. They offer structured queries, transactional guarantees, flexible schemas, access controls, and backup/restore capabilities for reliable data read, write, and recovery.

    • PostgreSQL
    • MariaDB
    • MySQL

  2. Server Logic

    Backend code that enforces business rules and executes processes like payments, signups, order state changes, and scheduled jobs. It defines APIs, workflows, validation, and error handling that determine the application’s behaviour in normal and edge cases.

    • Queues
    • Tasks
    • Data evaluation

  3. API Integration

    External services for payments, shipping, customer records, analytics, and notifications. These interfaces expose endpoints for data exchange, real-time events (webhooks), and workflow coordination with authentication and status semantics.

    • REST
    • GraphQL
    • Webhooks

If you need a secure, maintainable, and real-world-constrained backend for your business, contact me and let's build a tailored solution for your goals.

We also do Infrastructure

Every backend needs clear, scalable, and reproducible infrastructure for predictable deployments and smooth system growth. We set up infrastructure-as-code, automated deployments, and basic monitoring tailored to your budget and team, ensuring repeatable environments and easier incident resolution.

We develop Infrastructure

Languages and Ecosystems

Programming environments shape how a backend is built, deployed, and maintained. The language and its ecosystem influence developer productivity, available libraries, hosting and deployment options, performance characteristics, and long‑term support. Choosing the right environment means matching technical needs, team skills, and business priorities so you get predictable delivery and a codebase that’s easy to evolve.

  1. PHP

    PHP has a vast ecosystem of frameworks, libraries, and plugins, supports various databases and web servers, and offers simple, widely available hosting options, making it a cost-effective choice for building and running backends.

    More about how we use PHP

    • Tempest
    • Laravel
    • Composer
    • LAMP
    • Managed Hosting

  2. Rust

    Rust offers high performance with low overhead, strong compile-time memory safety to prevent bugs, and robust concurrency support for building fast, reliable, and scalable services.

    More about how we use Rust

    • Performance
    • Safety
    • Concurrency
    • Tokio
    • Axum

We prefer PHP for easy hosting and broad platform support, and Rust for performance and low-level control. However, we’ve also built many successful production systems in Node.js, Deno, TypeScript, and even Elixir. Contact me to discuss which approach suits your project.

We also do Frontends

If you have a solid backend, we can enhance it by creating a user-friendly application or website that seamlessly connects to it. We build the front-end experience on top of your backend, ensuring your users get the full value of your system, whether it’s a mobile app or a web app.

We develop Websites

Data Storage

Almost every backend requires storage for state, user data, logs, and assets, which impacts performance, reliability, and development speed. Choosing the right option can determine between an inefficient and an efficient backend.

  1. SQL

    SQL is ideal for ensuring strong consistency and transactional integrity, thanks to its schemas, constraints, and ACID transactions. This ensures the correctness of critical workflows, while joins and mature tooling support complex queries and reporting.

    • PostgreSQL
    • MariaDB
    • MySQL

  2. NoSQL

    NoSQL databases are ideal for flexibility, efficient high-traffic management, adapting to changing data without major migrations, and specialised options for relationship analysis or storing time-series data.

    • Redis
    • CouchDB
    • MongoDB

  3. Object Store

    Filesystem and object storage are perfect for media and large binaries: they efficiently store bulky data, simplify management with simple APIs and lifecycle policies, and integrate with CDNs for fast delivery while keeping databases lean.

    • Plain Files
    • MinIO
    • Amazon S3
    • Cloudflare R2

Contact us if you’re unsure about the storage approach for your product or want a hybrid strategy. We’ll help you design a storage architecture that suits your performance, scalability, and reliability needs.

Let’s build your backend

Whether you’re building a new backend, replacing an existing system, or dealing with a codebase that has become difficult to maintain, we’re happy to hear what you have in mind.

Tell us a little about your system, what you’re trying to achieve, and where you’re currently facing challenges. We’ll take the time to understand your needs and find a practical way forward.

Tell us about your backend

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