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Big Ideas. Serious Software.

Half the job is deciding what not to build. We ask the expensive questions while they’re still cheap to answer: what needs to exist, what breaks later, and what should wait.

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our work

The Living Proof

We're a product engineering studio for teams with messy product problems and no clear path to working software. We bring senior judgment and hands-on engineering to both.

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our process

How we start

Every project starts with a free conversation about where to begin.

Dom at his desk with a coffee, code on the monitor in front of him.

Some people come to us ready to build. Some have a live product that needs work. Others are not sure yet what to build, and want to find out before they spend the money.

  • the build

    You know what you need and have the budget.

    A first product, new software for your business, or a live product that needs fixing. We help you make the decisions that are hard to undo, then design and build the software with you.

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  • product inception

    You're not sure yet what to build.

    In one to three weeks, we build a clickable prototype of the key part of your product. You also get a written recommendation on what to build first and what to leave out.

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our services

We build software the right way

We design and build software products. We help you work out what to build, build it, and keep improving it. You work directly with the people who do the work.

Product strategyDecide what to build first.
We help you decide what to build first, what can wait, and what to leave out. We also build it, so the plan stays realistic about time and cost. That covers priorities, scope, and the tradeoffs that come up during a build.
ArchitecturePlan how the software fits together.
We plan how the parts of your software fit together: the data, the logins and permissions, and the other systems it connects to. We plan for where the product is going as well as where it is today. That covers system design, APIs, databases, and hosting.
Full-stack executionBuild the screens, the data, and the payments.
We build the whole product: the screens people use, the data behind them, payments, and the connections to other systems. The people who plan the software stay on it through development and review. You get code your next developer can work in.
Embedded partnershipKeep improving a live product.
We keep improving a product that is already live, in your Slack, your meetings, and your repo. Every build comes with three months of support after launch, and the partnership picks up from there: fixes, improvements, and the next features. You get senior product engineering without hiring a team.
"House of Giants has been my trusted product partner for four years, helping evolve The CyberNest from its first version into a platform supporting more than 1,400 security leaders."
Ben SiegelCEO, The CyberNest