Web and software development · York

Web design and software development in York

Sites, shops and booking systems for York businesses, including the ones where most of the year's money arrives in a few busy months.

What it costs

No "contact us for a quote". These are the bands we work in, and the proposal names one number inside them.

What you wantPriceTypical time
Custom business site£1,500 to £4,0001 to 2 weeks
Online shop£2,500 to £6,0002 to 3 weeks
Internal tool or customer portal£3,000 to £12,0002 to 4 weeks
Care plan after launch£75 to £250 a monthongoing
Rescue teardown of an existing buildfree, 30 minutessame week

Bands, not a quote. The proposal names one number and one date, and the contract carries both.

Working with York businesses

Seasonal businesses have a particular problem: the website has to work hardest exactly when nobody has time to fix it. Build for that up front, with booking, availability and payment handled properly, and the busy months stop being a scramble.

Tourism and hospitality aside, York has a steady run of professional and specialist firms that need a credible site and a way to handle enquiries without a full CRM.

How we build, in full

The machine does

First drafts of screens, markup and logic. The repetitive 80%: forms, lists, plumbing, the fifth variation of the same page.

The human does

Scope, architecture, security, data protection, and the decision about what not to build. Every line reviewed and signed off by name.

Every project gets a build log: what was asked for, what it cost, how long it took, what the machine did and what the human did. Published, not summarised.

The honest bit

Booking and payments usually mean a third party service, and those carry their own monthly fees. We'll tell you what they cost before you commit, because they're your bills, not ours.

Questions people actually ask

Is AI writing my software actually safe?

The risk with AI generated code is real and well documented: more bugs, more security holes, when nobody reviews it. That's why review is the product here. A senior engineer reads everything, security and UK GDPR are deliverables rather than extras, and their name goes on it.

Are you actually in York?

We're based in Leeds. We'll come to York to scope the work and for anything that needs a room, and build remotely, which is part of why the price is what it is.

Why are you cheaper than the quote I already have?

Because the typing got faster and we passed that on. The thinking, the review and the testing didn't get faster, which is why we're cheaper than an agency but not as cheap as a DIY tool. Anyone charging pre-AI day rates for AI-assisted work is pocketing the difference.

Do I own it?

Yes. Code, repository, hosting and accounts, all in your name, no lock in. You can take it to any other developer the day after launch.