About
We write the code and we run the server
Most software projects get handed over twice. Once from whoever designed it to whoever builds it, and again from the developer to whoever ends up holding the hosting login. Things get lost at both handovers, and when something breaks a year later nobody is quite sure whose job it is to fix it.
OneZera is a software development company that also does server management. We do not hand over. The people who scope your project write it, deploy it and get the alert when it stops. That is unusual for a development company, and it is the main reason clients stay with us after launch.
Principles
What we hold ourselves to
Fixed scope, fixed price
You know the number before we start. If the scope changes we price the change, and you decide whether it is worth it.
You own everything
Source code, servers, domains and store accounts are in your name and handed over with documentation.
Quiet about clients
We do not publish names, logos or screenshots. What we build for you stays yours to talk about.
Ordinary tools
We use widely known technology, so your software can still be maintained in five years by us or by whoever you hire next.
The unprofitable answer
If what you need is smaller than you think, or not worth building at all, we say so on the first call instead of quoting for it.
The same people throughout
Whoever scopes your project writes it, deploys it and picks up the alert when it stops.
Every layer, one owner
A business does not experience an app, a database and a server. It experiences whether the order went through. We take responsibility for the whole path.
Mobile app
Flutter, one codebase for Android and iOS
Web storefront
Next.js, fast to load and properly indexed
Application & API
Laravel and PostgreSQL, built to your rules
Server
Dedicated hardware or cloud, set up by us
Keeping it up
Backups, monitoring, updates, someone to call
Stack
What we build with
Mobile
Flutter for Android and iOS
Web
Next.js and React
Backend
Laravel, PHP, PostgreSQL and MySQL
Commerce
Shopify and WooCommerce
Cloud
AWS: EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM and CloudWatch
Infrastructure
Bare metal and cloud, Linux, Caddy and nginx
Delivery
Play Store and App Store releases, deploys, backups
The difference
What changes when one team owns it
A typical arrangement
When the site goes down
The developer blames the host and the host blames the developer.
What you are quoted
A day rate, and an estimate that moves as the work does.
Who owns the work
Their platform, their hosting account, their licence.
After launch
A support address, and a quote for anything that changes.
With OneZera
When the site goes down
You call us. We wrote the code and we built the server.
What you are quoted
A fixed price against a written scope. Changes are quoted before they're done.
Who owns the work
Your repository, your servers, your store accounts.
After launch
A monthly agreement that lists what is covered.