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Web & App
Development

Most developers stop at the code. Most infrastructure shops stop at the server. We do both — web consulting, websites, purpose-built business apps, custom databases, and integrations, engineered with the same discipline we bring to mission-critical infrastructure.

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A developer who has never tuned a SQL Server, sized a storage array, or traced a packet writes code that works on a laptop and struggles in production. An infrastructure team that doesn't write code hosts whatever it's handed and blames the app. We cut our teeth on the hardware — storage, virtualization, the network stack — and we write the software that runs on top of it. So when a page is slow or an app falls over, we can tell you whether it's the query, the cache, the CDN, or the DNS, and fix whichever it is.

That's what we bring to web consulting and development: websites and funnels that capture leads, purpose-built apps like point-of-sale and contact-capture systems, custom databases, client portals, and native mobile apps — each designed around your actual workflow, not a template. André leads the web practice with an industrial engineer's eye for removing wasted steps; the infrastructure side of the team makes sure everything we build is fast, secure, backed up, and monitored from day one.

  • Web consulting: platform choices, architecture reviews, and honest audits of the site you already have
  • Custom websites and site funnels built to capture and convert leads
  • Purpose-built business apps — point-of-sale, contact capture, booking, and internal tools
  • Custom databases designed around how your business actually works
  • In-house app design: user interfaces and front ends built around how your staff actually work
  • Reporting dashboards and data warehouses that pull accounting, sales, and operations into one view
  • Web apps, client portals, and native iOS and Android apps
  • APIs, CRM integrations, and workflow automation that end manual re-entry
Discuss Your Project →
Web & App Stack
Web Consulting & UXAndré
Websites & FunnelsLead Capture
Web & Mobile AppsPOS · Portals · iOS · Android
Databases & APIsCRM · Automation
Infrastructure UnderneathStorage · Network · Cloud
Hosting & SupportFreighters

The process for this engagement.

01

Discovery & consulting

We map how your business actually runs — how leads come in, what your team re-types between systems, where data lives — and tell you honestly whether you need a new build, a fix, or nothing at all.

02

Architecture & data design

The database, the application, the hosting, and the integrations are designed together. The code and the infrastructure are one decision, not two vendors' problems.

03

Build & review

We build in stages you can see and click through on a private preview before anything goes live — so feedback shapes the product while it's still cheap to change.

04

Launch, hosting & support

We launch on our high-speed hosting, then keep it secure, updated, and monitored — the same engineering discipline we apply to infrastructure clients, applied to your site or app.

Real engineers, not a ticket queue.

The people on this page are the people who do the work. No account managers in between, no hand-offs to a help desk.

Meet the team →
Robert Hanson, Principal & Senior Systems Engineer
Robert Hanson
Principal & Senior Systems Engineer
André Rocha, Systems Engineer & Web Solutions
André Rocha
Systems Engineer & Web Solutions
Jenni Hanson, Director of Operations & Accounting
Jenni Hanson
Director of Operations & Accounting
Wevertom Silva, Web Sales & Design Consulting
Wevertom Silva
Web Sales & Design Consulting

About web & app development.

Why does infrastructure experience matter for a website or app?

Because most performance and reliability problems live in the seams between code and infrastructure — a slow database query, a missing cache, a misconfigured DNS record. A team that understands both layers finds and fixes those quickly, instead of trading blame between a developer and a host.

Do you build mobile apps, or just websites?

Both. We build websites and site funnels, web apps and client portals, purpose-built tools like point-of-sale and contact-capture systems, custom databases, and native iOS and Android apps — whatever the workflow actually calls for.

Will we be able to update the site ourselves?

Yes, for websites. We build so your team can handle routine text and image changes without us. We're here for the engineering work, not to gatekeep simple edits.

Can you take over a site or app someone else built?

Often, yes. We start with an audit of the code, hosting, and data, then give you a straight recommendation: keep and improve it, migrate it, or rebuild it — whichever genuinely costs you less over time.

See it in practice.

Web & App DevelopmentReal Estate Brokerage · 22 Agents
Outdated brokerage website replaced with a lead-generating platform in 6 weeks.
3.2×Lead Conversion Increase
Read the case study →

The rest of the stack.

Let's scope your web & app development.

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Web & App Development — Freighters IT Consulting