MindLox

Services

One team across the whole product lifecycle

Strategy, design, engineering, and operations - so the decisions made in one phase are not undone in the next. Most clients start with a single service area and expand as trust builds.
Service areas
10
Engagement starts with
Paid discovery
You own
Code, accounts, roadmap

The full catalog

Every service area, with what it actually involves

Each page covers the business problem, our approach, the capabilities included, illustrative deliverables, technology options, the engagement shape, and the questions clients ask.

How we work

Four stages, each ending in something you can hold

No stage finishes with a status update. Discovery ends in a written plan, build ends in working software, and launch ends with your team able to operate it.
Overhead view of four people collaborating at a shared table with laptops and a notebook
Discover - Strategize - Build - Launch
  1. 01

    Discover

    1 - 2 weeks

    Understand the business before proposing the software.

    We spend time with the people who will use and own the system, and with the process as it genuinely runs today - including the spreadsheets and workarounds, which are usually the specification nobody wrote down. The aim is to surface the constraints and success criteria early, while they are still cheap to act on.

  2. 02

    Strategize

    1 - 3 weeks

    Decide the shape of the solution, and write down why.

    Architecture, experience, scope, and sequence - decided together and recorded. We identify which decisions are expensive to reverse and give those the most attention, while deliberately keeping everything else cheap to change later.

  3. 03

    Build

    Ongoing increments

    Ship something usable early, then improve it in the open.

    We deploy a thin end-to-end slice first - proving the architecture, the deployment path, and our working rhythm together - then build out in two-week increments against a visible backlog. You get a working build at the end of every increment, not a status report.

  4. 04

    Launch & Evolve

    Launch plus agreed support

    Hand over something your team can genuinely own.

    Launch is a staged, reversible event rather than a date to survive. Afterward we monitor real behavior, fix what the data exposes, and complete the handover - documentation, runbooks, and a structured walkthrough with whoever owns the code next.

Technology

Tools chosen for the problem, not for the resume

This is what we support, grouped by what it is for. It is not a claim that every project uses every item - most use a deliberately small subset, and the reason for each choice gets written down.

Frontend

Server-rendered by default, interactive where it earns the bytes.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Astro
  • Radix primitives

Backend

Boring where boring works; fewer moving parts to operate.

  • Node.js
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • NestJS
  • Go
  • REST and GraphQL APIs

Mobile

One codebase when the product allows it, native when it does not.

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • Flutter
  • Swift and SwiftUI
  • Kotlin and Compose

AI & Machine Learning

Hosted models plus the retrieval and evaluation that make them dependable.

  • Claude API
  • OpenAI
  • Gemini
  • pgvector
  • Hybrid retrieval
  • Evaluation harnesses
  • Model Context Protocol

Data

Relational first, with transformations in version control.

  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • dbt
  • BigQuery
  • Snowflake
  • ClickHouse
  • Airflow and Dagster

Infrastructure

Reproducible environments and deployments nobody has to schedule nervously.

  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Azure
  • Vercel
  • GitHub Actions
  • OpenTelemetry

Design

Design systems delivered as code, not only as files.

  • Figma
  • Design tokens
  • Storybook
  • WCAG 2.2 AA tooling
  • Axe
  • Component libraries

Quality

Tests aimed at the rules that matter and the paths that cost money.

  • Playwright
  • Vitest
  • pytest
  • k6
  • Static analysis
  • Dependency scanning
  • Lighthouse CI
A team reviewing charts and dashboards on a laptop, tablet and phone around a table
Technology chosen per project

Questions

The things clients ask before they commit

How do engagements usually start?

With a conversation, then a paid discovery engagement. Discovery is time-boxed - typically two to four weeks - and ends in a written recommendation, architecture outline, and delivery plan you own outright. You can take that plan to any vendor, including none at all.

What does a project cost?

It depends entirely on scope, and any number quoted before discovery would be invented. What we can tell you up front is the cost of discovery itself, and discovery produces an estimate grounded in actual requirements rather than a guess from a brief.

How long does a project take?

A focused first release is commonly eight to sixteen weeks from the end of discovery, depending on integration complexity and how many decisions sit with other parties. We sequence work so something usable reaches real users early rather than everything arriving at the end.

Do you work with existing in-house teams?

Frequently, and it is often the best arrangement. We can lead delivery, work as an embedded part of your team, or take a specific workstream such as design, infrastructure, or an AI capability. We also hand designs to in-house engineers and stay available during the build.

Who owns the code and the accounts?

You do - source, repositories, infrastructure, domains, and documentation, registered to your organization from the start. We are added as collaborators and can be removed at any time without anything breaking.

What happens after launch?

Launch includes handover: documentation, runbooks, and walkthrough sessions with whoever will own the system. Beyond that you can hold a support retainer, bring it fully in-house, or come back only when you need us. All three are normal, and we plan for whichever you prefer.

Are you a US company?

We work primarily with businesses in the United States and operate on US business hours for client communication. Specific entity and location details are confirmed in writing during contracting rather than asserted on a website.

What if we are not sure what we need yet?

That is the most common starting point, and discovery exists for it. You do not need a specification, a budget figure, or a technical answer to have a useful first conversation - bring the problem and we will help work out whether software is even the right response.

Your next big idea deserves better technology.

Tell us what you are building. Let's explore how MindLox can help bring it to life.

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