Independent studio · Auckland, NZ

Custom software, drawn to spec and shipped on Azure.

Tell us what your business needs to run. We architect it, build it to order in .NET, and ship it to production on Microsoft Azure — then keep it running. You work with the two senior engineers writing the code.

Book a working call See the work 35+ years · Azure & .NET
system.drawing — sheet 01 · 2026
internet env: prod · australiaeast Front Door edge routing · WAF App Service runs your application Service Bus durable messaging Functions event-driven work Azure SQL consistent, backed-up data Key Vault secrets & keys
fig. 01 — reference architecturehover / focus a component →
Process

How an engagement runs

Every project is tracked like a drawing — from the first brief to issued-for-production.

RevDescriptionOwnerWhen
ABrief & constraints. We map what your business actually needs — the outcome, not a feature list.you + usWeek 0
BArchitecture drawing. The system on paper before a line of code — so you can see and approve the shape.usWeek 1
CBuild to spec. Shipped in working increments, with senior review on every change.usWeek 2+
DIssued for production. Live on Azure — and we stay on to operate, monitor and improve it.usShip →
Capabilities

What we build with

The whole stack, built and run by the same two people. No handoffs.

Azure cloud engineering

Architecture, hosting, networking and identity — designed for your load, not a template.

.NET / C#

The application itself, built to order — the APIs, services and product your business runs on.

Infrastructure as code

Reproducible environments. Nothing exists that wasn't written down and reviewed.

CI/CD

Automated build, test and deploy — so shipping is routine, not an event.

Observability

Logs, metrics and alerts in production — we see problems before you do.

Run & support

We operate what we ship. The people who built it are the people who keep it running.

The team

You hire the people who write the code

No account managers, no juniors learning on your project. Just the two of us.

Robert O’Donnell

engineer · 15+ yrs

Lives in the .NET (3.5 → 9) and Azure stack. Built medical-device software at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare to IEC 62304 / 60601, led a 13-person team, and has shipped for Ricoh, Xero and Ports of Auckland. Hands-on for Skyline today.

Patrick O’Donnell

architect · 20+ yrs

Designs and builds secure, real-time Azure systems — Auth0, AKS / Kubernetes, Service Bus, SignalR, Terraform. Architected platforms that saved six- and seven-figure sums and led delivery teams. Has traded as Cloud Services since 2019.

One of us replies within a working day — Auckland (NZST), working worldwide.

35+
Years between us
7
Sites live · Skyline platform
NZ$85bn+
Administered, a platform we built
48→8h
Funding run, cut (healthcare)
Selected work

The work, with the outcome beside it

Delivered by the two of us. Skyline is named with permission; other client work is shown by sector. With Ease is our own product.

REC-01 · tourism & operations

Skyline

luge operations · 7 sites worldwide

A cloud-first platform that replaced an underperforming ERP — tracking real-time ride counts and cart maintenance across seven sites worldwide.

real-time · 7 sitesAzure Functions · Event Hub · SignalR · AKS
REC-02 · financial services

Investor & adviser portals

investment admin · NZ$85bn+ administered

Secure portals giving investors and advisers a live view of performance — migrated to Auth0, containerised on AKS, hardened across four penetration tests.

4 pen-tests · low-severity onlyAuth0 · AKS · Service Bus · Terraform
REC-03 · healthcare

Primary-care platform

PHO network · hybrid cloud

A platform to replace a costly legacy system across a primary-care network — projected to save up to NZ$800k a year, with monthly funding runs cut from 48 hours to 8.

48h → 8h funding runs.NET · Azure SQL · AKS · Service Bus
REC-04 · our product

With Ease

SaaS · small trade businesses

Our own SaaS for small trade businesses — the whole operation in one place, on the same Azure foundations we ship for clients. Run your trade with ease.

in build.NET · Azure · multi-tenant SaaS

Bring us the problem. You’ll leave with a plan.

A working call with the two engineers who’ll build it — not a pitch.

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