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Purpose-built applications and custom web engines

One task, solved perfectly.

A general-purpose system is not right for every need. Sometimes a single, well-defined task has to be solved reliably and fast: appointment booking, price calculation, a client portal, a data service or a website engine built on content. In those cases we develop a custom web application – a purpose-built application. The sites running on our own engines serve several million visits a month, so we know what stands up to load.

A custom web application on desktop, tablet and mobile screens
  • Custom development
  • APIs
  • Speed
  • Caching
  • Measurability
  • Security
  • Automated tests
  • Extensibility

01 / Who it’s for

Who do we build it for?

  1. 01

    Service providers who need booking

    Appointment, resource or accommodation booking, calendar sync, payment, reminders – so that arrangements don’t have to be made over the phone.

  2. 02

    Businesses built on content or data

    Serving a large volume of structured content or data quickly, in a search-friendly way, with automatic updates.

  3. 03

    Companies missing one specific internal tool

    A calculator, configurator, client portal or reporting tool that takes one clearly visible job off the team.

02 / What’s included

The modules the system is built from.

Not every module is needed at once. The first working version includes whatever takes the most load off your shoulders – the rest can be switched on later without a redesign.

  1. 01

    Booking and appointment systems

    Calendars, resources, capacities, deposit and cancellation rules, automatic reminders, Google/Outlook sync.

  2. 02

    Client portals

    After login, their own data, documents, invoices, case status and messaging – connected to your internal system.

  3. 03

    Calculators and configurators

    Complex pricing or sizing logic on a simple interface; a quote as a PDF, instantly.

  4. 04

    Content-driven web engines

    Engines serving many thousands of pages from structured data – automatic content updates, caching, sitemap, analytics.

  5. 05

    Data services and APIs

    Processing, storing and serving data collected from external sources through your own interface or an API, with keys and limits.

  6. 06

    Speed and security

    Caching, background jobs, rate limiting, monitoring – so the system stays stable and fast even when many people use it at once.

03 / How we build it

Four phases, with clear outcomes.

Every phase ends with something tangible and a decision – you can see where the project stands and what comes next throughout.

  1. 01

    Defining the task

    Exactly what it has to solve, for whom, at what traffic level – and what it deliberately does not do.

  2. 02

    Prototype

    A quick, testable version with the most important logic, so that decisions are made on real usage.

  3. 03

    Full development

    Complete functionality, automated tests, load testing, security review.

  4. 04

    Launch and measurement

    Rollout, monitoring, reports; fine-tuning and extension based on the measurement data.

04 / Typical use cases

What we build it for.

  1. 01

    A web engine built on weather data

    Daily-updated pages for several hundred towns and cities, alerts, widgets and an API for partners – on our own engine.

  2. 02

    Recipe database and search engine

    Structured recipes, nutrition calculation, tens of thousands of search-friendly pages generated automatically.

  3. 03

    Booking system for a service provider

    Online appointment booking with deposits, calendar sync and automatic reminders.

  4. 04

    Client portal for a business management system

    Customers see their own cases, documents and invoices – from the internal system’s data.

05 / Frequently asked questions

What most people ask.

For a well-defined task (booking, calculation, portal, data service), a purpose-built application. If several of the company’s processes need to be brought into one system, a business management system – and the two can be connected later.

Yes – the sites running on our own engines serve several million visits a month. We size the speed for the expected traffic at the design stage and verify it with load testing.

If needed, yes: a documented API protected by keys, so that other systems, apps or partners can use the data and functions too.

Yes, after an assessment: audit, documentation, then either further development or a gradual rebuild without interrupting operation.

References on this topic

We’ve built this before

  • 01 Custom web engine

    Napi időjárás

    Custom web engine: weather and forecasts for Hungary by town and village, nationwide warnings, rain radar. Web design, hosting and domain services, operation and maintenance.

    Visit site: Napi időjárás
  • 02 Custom web engine

    Magyar névnapok

    Custom web engine and purpose-built application: name-day finder and calendar, origin and meaning of names, with online greeting-card sending. Web design, hosting and domain services, operation and maintenance.

    Visit site: Magyar névnapok
  • 03 Custom web engine

    GPStats

    Custom web engine: trilingual (Hungarian, English, German) Formula 1 statistics site from 1950 to the present – results, standings, drivers, circuits and records. Web design and development.

    Visit site: GPStats

23 more projects on the references page, filterable by type.

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