Service

Full Stack Development

Software is usually easy to start and expensive to keep. Ownership blurs, tests thin out, integrations accumulate, and the cost of the next change grows until delivery stalls.

Overview

What we deliver

We build and modernise applications with the boring parts done properly: typed interfaces, sensible data models, tested integration boundaries, observability and a deployment path — so the second year of the product is not harder than the first.

Software engineeringReactNode.jsPythonAPIsModernization

Who this is for

  • Founders and product teams building a first production system that has to survive growth.
  • Companies whose internal tooling has become a maintenance liability.
  • Teams integrating several systems — ERP, CRM, payments, data warehouse — into one workflow.
  • Organizations modernising a monolith without stopping feature delivery.
  • Engineering leaders needing extra capacity that will not create future rework.
Problems we solve

What usually brings teams to this work

Change cost grows every quarter

Untyped boundaries and missing tests make each change risky. We introduce contracts, tests and refactoring in the areas that change most.

Integrations are brittle

Direct coupling to third-party quirks. We isolate integrations behind adapters with retries, idempotency and observable failure handling.

Data model fights the domain

Schemas built for the first feature. We remodel incrementally with migrations that can be run and reversed safely.

No visibility into production

Errors reported by users. We add structured logging, tracing and alerting from the start.

Undocumented deployment

Releases depend on a person. We codify build, migration and deployment with rollback.

Rewrite temptation

Full rewrites usually take longer and deliver less than planned. We modernise behind stable interfaces so value ships continuously.

Capabilities

How the practice breaks down

Each capability below is a discrete piece of work with its own deliverables. Engagements usually combine several.

01

Web application engineering

The problem

Front ends drift into inconsistent state handling, accessibility gaps and slow pages under real data volumes.

What we implement

Typed React applications with server rendering where it helps, a component system, predictable data fetching, accessibility as a requirement and performance budgets.

How it works

The type system extends from the API contract into the UI, so a backend change surfaces at compile time rather than in production.

Expected outcome

Interfaces that stay fast and consistent as features accumulate and the team changes.

Typical deliverables

  • Typed application codebase with component library
  • Data fetching and state management conventions
  • Accessibility checklist and automated checks
  • Performance budgets and monitoring
  • Testing strategy across unit, component and end-to-end

Technologies

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsTanStackTailwind CSSPlaywright
02

API and backend services

The problem

APIs grow endpoint by endpoint until behavior, validation and error handling differ across the surface.

What we implement

Contract-first APIs with schema validation, consistent error semantics, authentication and authorisation, pagination, idempotency and versioning.

How it works

The contract is the source of truth: types, validation and client code derive from it, and breaking changes are visible in review.

Expected outcome

Consumers can integrate from documentation, and changes to the contract are deliberate rather than accidental.

Typical deliverables

  • OpenAPI or schema-first contract
  • Service implementation with validation and error handling
  • AuthN/AuthZ model and role definitions
  • Integration and contract tests
  • API documentation for consumers

Technologies

Node.jsTypeScriptPythonFastAPI.NETGraphQLOpenAPI
03

Data modeling and persistence

The problem

Schemas designed for the first release become the main constraint on later features.

What we implement

Domain-aligned relational modeling, migration discipline, indexing and query review, caching where measurements justify it, and clear transactional boundaries.

How it works

Migrations are versioned, reviewed and reversible, and slow queries are found through instrumentation rather than user reports.

Expected outcome

A data layer that supports new features rather than dictating awkward workarounds.

Typical deliverables

  • Data model and migration history
  • Indexing and query performance review
  • Caching strategy with invalidation rules
  • Backup and restore verification

Technologies

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedisPrismaSQLAlchemyEntity Framework
04

Systems integration

The problem

Each new third-party system adds coupling, partial failures and data that is nearly but not quite consistent.

What we implement

Adapter boundaries per external system, idempotent operations, retry with backoff, dead-letter handling, reconciliation jobs and event-driven propagation where appropriate.

How it works

External failure is treated as normal: operations are safe to retry, and mismatches are detected by reconciliation rather than discovered by finance.

Expected outcome

Integrations degrade visibly and recover automatically instead of failing silently.

Typical deliverables

  • Integration architecture and sequence diagrams
  • Adapter implementations with retry and idempotency
  • Dead-letter and reprocessing tooling
  • Reconciliation reports and alerting

Technologies

Node.jsPythonKafkaRabbitMQAzure Service BusAWS SQSWebhooks
05

Application modernization

The problem

A legacy system is too risky to change and too central to replace, so it slowly blocks everything.

What we implement

Incremental modernisation: characterise current behavior, place a stable interface in front of it, carve out capabilities one at a time and retire legacy paths as traffic moves.

How it works

Traffic shifts gradually with the ability to route back, and each carve-out ships value on its own rather than waiting for a final switch.

Expected outcome

The legacy system shrinks steadily while the business keeps receiving changes.

Typical deliverables

  • Current-state analysis and seam identification
  • Modernisation roadmap with sequencing
  • Facade or routing layer
  • Migrated capabilities with parity tests
  • Decommissioning plan for retired paths

Technologies

TypeScript.NETJavaPythonKubernetesPostgreSQL
06

Quality, testing and release engineering

The problem

Test suites that are slow or flaky get ignored, and release becomes the moment risk is discovered.

What we implement

A test pyramid matched to real risk, deterministic test data, contract tests at integration boundaries, and pipelines that build, migrate, deploy and roll back.

How it works

Feature flags separate deploy from release, so changes reach production early and are enabled deliberately.

Expected outcome

Releases become frequent and unremarkable, and regressions are caught by the suite rather than by users.

Typical deliverables

  • Test strategy and CI configuration
  • End-to-end suite for critical journeys
  • Feature flag and release process
  • Deployment and rollback runbook

Technologies

PlaywrightVitestpytestGitHub ActionsDockerOpenFeature
What you get

Concrete artifacts, not slide decks

Everything below lands in your repositories and your cloud accounts.

  • Application and service code in your repositories, with documented conventions
  • API contracts and consumer documentation
  • Data model, migrations and performance review notes
  • Automated test suites and CI configuration
  • Deployment pipeline, environment configuration and rollback procedure
  • Observability instrumentation and dashboards
  • Architecture decision records and handover sessions
Delivery approach

Five stages, with deliverables at each

We work in reviewable increments and keep a route back at every step.

01

Assess

Understand the domain, users, constraints and — for existing systems — where change currently hurts.

  • Domain and scope notes
  • Technical assessment
  • Prioritised backlog
02

Design

Agree architecture, contracts, data model and non-functional requirements before implementation scales.

  • Architecture and decision records
  • API contracts
  • Data model
03

Implement

Deliver in reviewable increments with tests and observability included in each slice.

  • Working increments
  • Test coverage
  • Deployed environments
04

Validate

Exercise critical journeys, load behavior, failure handling, accessibility and security review.

  • Test reports
  • Performance findings
  • Remediation list
05

Operate and optimize

Support the release, monitor real usage and transfer ownership with documentation and pairing.

  • Runbooks
  • Monitoring
  • Handover sessions
Technologies

What we engineer with

Technologies we work with on this practice. We are not a reseller and hold no partner status claims — tooling is chosen against your constraints.

Front end

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsTanStackTailwind CSS

Back end

Node.jsPythonFastAPI.NETGraphQLREST

Data

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedisPrismaKafka

Testing

PlaywrightVitestpytestContract testing

Delivery

DockerKubernetesGitHub ActionsTerraform
Use cases

Common engagements

First production platform

Take a validated concept to a maintainable production system with tests, CI and observability.

Internal operations tooling

Replace spreadsheet-and-email workflows with a role-aware application connected to source systems.

Customer portal

Self-service access to data and actions currently handled by support staff.

Monolith carve-out

Extract high-change capabilities behind a stable interface while the legacy system keeps running.

Integration layer

A reliable middle layer between ERP, CRM, billing and internal services with reconciliation.

Engineering capacity extension

Embed engineers into your team to deliver a workstream within your standards and review process.

Why Protogenies

How we work on this

Maintenance is a design input

We optimize for the cost of the tenth change, not the first — types, tests, documentation and clear boundaries.

Incremental over big-bang

Modernisation ships value continuously and keeps a route back, rather than converging on one risky switch.

Operational readiness included

Logging, tracing, alerting and deployment are part of the definition of done, not a later project.

Your standards, your repositories

We work inside your review process and conventions so the result is code your team recognises.

FAQ

Questions buyers ask us

Talk to an engineer about full stack development

Bring your current architecture and constraints. We will tell you what we would change first and why.