My Services

    I build end-to-end digital products, intelligent agents, and automated systems.

    Tom Cohen

    Your app needs a backend that won't fall over at 1,000 users

    Most backend problems come from over-engineering or under-engineering. We build what you actually need—reliable, maintainable, and ready to grow when you are.

    What we build

    Build

    New backends for apps that don't exist yet

    Right-sized architecture—not over-engineered. Auth, APIs, databases, hosting—handled. We build what fits your stage, not what looks impressive on an architecture diagram.

    • VAuthentication & authorization
    • VAPI design & implementation
    • VDatabase architecture
    • VDeployment & hosting

    Fix

    Rescue projects: slow, broken, or unmaintainable backends

    Performance optimization, refactoring, modernization. Your last agency left a mess. We've seen it before. We untangle it, document it, make it maintainable again.

    • VPerformance optimization
    • VCode refactoring
    • VArchitecture modernization
    • VTechnical debt cleanup

    The stuff you shouldn't have to think about

    Authentication

    Login, signup, password reset, OAuth, sessions. Done right so you don't get hacked.

    Database design

    Schema that makes sense now and doesn't require a rewrite in 6 months.

    API structure

    Endpoints your frontend team will actually enjoy using.

    Error handling

    When things break (they will), you'll know why and where.

    Deployment

    CI/CD, staging environments, production. Push code, it goes live.

    Monitoring

    Know when something's wrong before your users tell you.

    How we build backends

    1
    Understand

    Understand what you're building

    We don't start with architecture diagrams. We start with: What does your product do? Who uses it? What happens when it works? Only then do we design the backend.

    2
    Build

    Build in working increments

    You see progress weekly, not after 3 months. Each piece works in isolation before we connect it. You can test as we go.

    3
    Hand off

    Hand off or stay on

    Full documentation, clean code, deployment scripts. Your next developer won't curse us. Or we stick around for maintenance—your call.

    What we build

    Mobile app backend

    REST/GraphQL API, user auth, push notifications, file storage

    SaaS product

    Multi-tenant database, subscription billing, admin dashboard API

    Partner integrations

    Public API with docs, rate limiting, API keys, webhooks

    Legacy rescue

    Audit, document, refactor. Make it maintainable again.

    Why build backends with us

    Right-sized

    We'll tell you if you don't need microservices. Most startups don't. We build what fits your stage, not what looks impressive on an architecture diagram.

    Speed

    Working API in week one. We ship fast because we've built this before—auth, CRUD, file uploads, payments. It's not our first time.

    Maintainability

    Code that the next developer can actually understand. Comments, documentation, sensible structure. No job security through obscurity.

    Full-stack context

    We build frontends too, so our APIs make sense from the consumer side. No 'works on my machine' energy.

    Our tools

    We typically work with: Node.js, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Firebase, AWS, Docker. But we're pragmatic. If your project needs something else, we'll tell you—or learn it.

    Node.js
    Python
    PostgreSQL
    Firebase
    Supabase
    AWS
    Google Cloud
    Docker

    Ready to build your backend?

    Let's talk about what your app actually needs—not what looks impressive on a slide deck.