Software, distilled to what matters.

Alambic / Principle

Specific problems deserve specific software.

We work mostly with small businesses, micro-enterprises and sole traders. That is where off-the-shelf software fails hardest: it either misses what you actually need, or does so much that nobody uses it — and charges for everything left over.

How it goes

1. 3 to 7 weeks

   Discovery

   We find out how things work today — who does what, where time is lost, what is still on paper — and show you the screens before a line of code exists. Anything can change while changing is still cheap.

2. 8 to 16 weeks

   Build

   The system grows in usable pieces, already connected to what you use: invoicing, accounting, whatever it is. At the end of each piece there is something working — not a promise for next month.

3. 1 to 2 weeks

   Go-live

   Validated by your people, in the real workflow, with your data, before it replaces anything. Whatever is wrong shows up here, not on your first day of use.

4. Ongoing

   Support

   Training, documentation, and someone on the other end when you need it. Software does not end the day it is installed — and neither do we.

From the first conversation to going live, three to six months. These are ranges, not promises: they depend on what the first phase finds, and we would rather say so up front than discover it halfway through.