SIGNAL · /03 · CAPABILITY

Engineering.

Astro, Next.js, headless CMS, and bespoke backends. Performance budgets, real numbers.
Engineering — visual
/VIS · 03 Engineering
SCOPE

Production-grade frontends, headless backends, and the integrations that bind them. We pick stacks on merit (Astro for content, Next.js for product, Spring/Node for APIs) and ship with Core Web Vitals green, type-safe end to end, and observable in production.

DELIVERABLES

What you
walk away with.

  • /D-01 Frontend in Astro, Next.js, or React
  • /D-02 Headless CMS integration (Sanity, Strapi, Contentful)
  • /D-03 Custom APIs in Node or Spring Boot
  • /D-04 Auth, payments, and third-party integrations
  • /D-05 CI/CD + preview environments
  • /D-06 Monitoring, analytics, and SEO schema
APPROACH

How we run it.

A linear flow, but never a black box — you'll see progress in weekly reviews, not at the end.

  1. /STEP-01

    Scope

    Architecture spike, performance budget, and a clear definition of done.

  2. /STEP-02

    Build

    Weekly demos against staging. No dark sprints, no end-of-quarter surprises.

  3. /STEP-03

    Harden

    Lighthouse + axe + load tests. Green vitals or we don't ship.

  4. /STEP-04

    Operate

    Optional retainer for monitoring, updates, and feature work.

FAQ

Common questions.

What's your default stack?
Astro + TypeScript + Tailwind for content sites. Next.js + tRPC for product. Spring Boot or Node for APIs. We pick per project, not per habit.
Will it pass Core Web Vitals?
We treat green vitals as table stakes. Performance budgets are agreed upfront and enforced in CI.
Can you take over a half-built codebase?
Often, yes — after a paid two-day audit. We'll tell you if a rebuild is cheaper than a rescue.