Tinderbox Labs

Services

Custom applications, built fast and built to last.

We design, architect, build, and deploy software end-to-end. Nearly 40 years of systems experience and an AI-augmented practice let us move from inception to MVP in days without cutting the corners that matter.

01

Custom Application Development

Web, mobile, desktop, and backend software shaped around how your business actually works.

  • Web & mobile applications
  • Internal tools & dashboards
  • APIs & third-party integrations
02

Systems Architecture & Design

The decisions that are expensive to change later, made carefully and early by people who've made them many times.

  • Architecture design & review
  • Data modeling
  • Scalability & performance
03

MVP Sprints

From a raw idea to a working, deployed minimum viable product in days, ready for real users.

  • Scoping workshop
  • Deployable MVP
  • Roadmap to version one
04

AI Integration

Bringing language models and intelligent automation into your product, with guardrails and measurable results.

  • LLM-powered features & assistants
  • Workflow automation
  • Evaluation & guardrails
05

Legacy Modernization

Moving critical older systems onto modern platforms incrementally, without betting the business on a big-bang rewrite.

  • Incremental migration
  • Re-platforming & refactoring
  • Capturing tribal knowledge
06

Deployment & DevOps

Software that isn't running in production isn't finished. We take it all the way there and keep it healthy.

  • Cloud infrastructure
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Monitoring & observability

AI-augmented development

Senior judgment at machine speed.

AI is a power tool, and like any power tool it's only as good as the hands holding it. Here's how the work divides in our practice.

Experienced engineers own

  • Product, architecture & technology decisions
  • Security, privacy & compliance
  • Review of every change that ships
  • Trade-offs, priorities & talking with you

AI accelerates

  • Scaffolding, boilerplate & repetitive code
  • Test generation & coverage
  • Documentation & refactoring
  • Exploring alternatives quickly

AI makes us fast. Four decades of experience make fast safe.

Ways to work together

Pick the fire that fits.

Every engagement starts with a conversation. These are the shapes they usually take.

Days

MVP Sprint

For new ideas. A focused, fixed-scope sprint that ends with a working, deployed MVP and a clear plan for what comes next.

Ask about a sprint
Ongoing

Build Partner

For growing products. We become your engineering team, or extend the one you have, shipping continuously alongside you.

Ask about partnering
Focused

Architecture Review

For existing systems. An experienced outside look at your architecture, code, and deployment, with a prioritized plan to act on.

Ask about a review

Start a project

Ready to see your idea running?

Send us a few lines about what you're building. We'll come back with honest questions and a realistic path to an MVP.

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