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Laravel development

Secure, maintainable Laravel applications, upgrades and rescues, from a team that has written PHP since 2008.

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In short

We build and look after Laravel applications: new SaaS products and internal tools, version-by-version upgrades of old Laravel and PHP apps, rescues of code a previous developer left behind, and ChatGPT or Claude features added to apps that already work. Every engagement starts with a one-week code review and a written list of risks.

Laravel apps that are a pleasure to maintain.

Laravel is still one of the fastest ways to build a solid web application, and a lot of the world's business software runs on it. We've written PHP since 2008 and Laravel since its early versions, from multi-tenant SaaS products to internal tools and APIs.

We build new Laravel apps, take over existing ones, upgrade old versions to current Laravel and PHP, and add AI features like document search, assistants and automation to products that already work.

Our Laravel code follows the framework's conventions closely, with tests, queues done properly and clean separation, so any Laravel developer can pick it up after us.

Is this for you?

You'll get the most out of this if

  • You run a Laravel product and need senior help to move faster
  • Your app is stuck on an old Laravel or PHP version
  • You want to add ChatGPT or Claude features to an existing Laravel app
  • You need a multi-tenant SaaS or admin-heavy business app
  • A previous developer left and nobody understands the code

Deliverables

What you walk away with

  1. 01

    A Laravel app built properly

    Eloquent models, policies, form requests, queues and events used the way the framework intends.

  2. 02

    Upgrades without drama

    Step-by-step upgrades to current Laravel and PHP with tests in place first, so nothing breaks silently.

  3. 03

    AI features in your Laravel product

    LLM-powered search, assistants and automations added to your existing app using Laravel's queues and HTTP client.

  4. 04

    Tests and CI

    Pest or PHPUnit tests and a CI pipeline, so every change is checked before it ships.

Timeline

How the project runs

Typical timings for a first live version. We confirm yours in writing after discovery.

  1. Week 1

    Review

    Code and infrastructure review with a written list of risks and quick wins.

  2. Weeks 2 to 3

    Stabilise

    Tests around critical paths, fixes for the worst issues, CI set up.

  3. Weeks 3+

    Build

    New features or the upgrade path, released in small steps.

  4. Ongoing

    Support

    A monthly retainer for fixes, updates and features.

Usual stackLaravel, PHP 8, Livewire, Inertia, Vue.js, React, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Horizon, Pest, Forge, AWS

Why a small studio

The person who scopes your project is the one who builds it, and the one who picks up when it breaks at 2am.

The founder is on your project
Hussain leads every build himself. You won't brief an account manager who briefs a developer who briefs someone else.
Three people, the output of ten
We build with Claude, Codex and our own agent tooling every day. A small senior team now covers what used to need a department.
We stay after launch
Evals before every release, a log of each AI decision, cost limits and someone on call. Month six matters more to us than demo day.
Your repo, your cloud
The code sits in your GitHub and runs in your AWS, GCP or Azure account from the first commit, on tools your next hire already knows.
Projects shipped
115
since 2014
Clients served
53
US, UK, EU, Middle East, APAC
Average rating
5.0
113 of 113 rated jobs
Years shipping software
18
the founder, since 2008

Case studies

Where we've done this before

FAQ

Questions people ask

Can you upgrade our old Laravel app?

Yes. We add tests around critical flows first, then upgrade version by version, fixing deprecations as we go. Most upgrades ship without users noticing.

Livewire, Inertia or a separate front end?

Livewire for admin-heavy apps and small teams, Inertia with Vue or React for richer interfaces, and a separate Next.js front end when you need top SEO or a mobile app sharing the API.

Do you also work with CodeIgniter or plain PHP?

Yes, we maintain older PHP codebases and can plan a gradual move to Laravel when it makes sense.

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Let's scope yours.

Send a few lines about the workflow or product. You'll hear back from Hussain within a working day with questions, a rough shape and a ballpark.

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