Build, buy or connect
Which needs an off-the-shelf product covers, which need custom software, and which only need your existing systems to talk to each other.
§ 00 / services / software consulting
Software consulting. Custom software built the way you work.
A software consultant and architect in Quebec City with more than 20 years of shipping. I help you decide what to build, what to buy and what to connect, then I design it, develop it and keep it running. One contract, one person accountable from the first call to the last update.
- what it is
- software consulting and custom development
- pricing
- on quote
- experience
- 20+ years, 14 industries
- stack
- React · TypeScript · PHP · AWS · Azure · GCP
- where
- Quebec City · remote · French and English
- AI
- built in when it earns its place
§ 01 / the advice
Decide before you spend.
The expensive mistakes are made before the first line of code. An outside architect costs less than a rewrite.
Architecture and roadmap
The right technology, sequenced the right way, with the failure modes already mapped. Written down so any developer can follow it.
Second opinion and rescue
A review of an existing system, a supplier proposal or a stalled project: what is sound, what is at risk, what to do first.
§ 02 / what I build
Software that fits, and lasts.
Boring tools, sharp choices: technology that will still be around in five years.
Custom web applications
Business applications and internal tools shaped around your process, with roles, audit trail and an API from day one.
APIs and integrations
REST, GraphQL and webhooks between your ERP, CRM, accounting and online store, so nobody types the same thing twice.
Process automation
Quotes, invoices, data entry and reports moved from people to software.
E-commerce
Shopify storefronts and the connections between the store, stock and accounting.
Hosting and maintenance
Managed hosting, encrypted off-site backups and updates, by the person who wrote the code.
Security built in
Access rules, logging and dependency checks from the start, and a written security audit on request.
§ 03 / how it works
No surprises on the invoice.
- 1 · brief
- you describe the problem in plain words; I reply within one business day
- 2 · scope
- what will be built, what it costs and when, in writing before anything starts
- 3 · build
- working software early, shown often, on your real data
- 4 · run
- hosted, documented and maintained, and yours to keep
§ 04 / related
Faster, because the foundation exists.
Every application I build starts on GoatCheese, my schema-driven build engine: the database, the admin interface, the API, the access rules and an MCP server for AI assistants are generated from one description of your data. The project budget goes to what is specific to your business.
Not sure software is the answer? Start with business analysis. Want AI inside the application? See AI consulting. Worried about what is already running? Ask for a security audit.
§ 05 / next step
Tell me the problem. I'll tell you what it takes.
Scope and price in writing before anything starts.