Custom software development
Custom software, built end-to-end.
Greenfield product builds for founders and SMBs across the Tampa Bay metro. From whiteboard to production-ready software with a written technical plan you own from week one.
Most "custom software" engagements end the same way: a deck, a contract, six months of meetings, and a partial codebase that nobody on your team can extend. We do the opposite. Every BlueScripts engagement starts with a paid two-week discovery, ends with running software, and produces a system designed to be inherited — by your team, by another agency, or by us.
We're a boutique Clearwater software studio. We've shipped four production SaaS products of our own — SysWard, Threat.gg, MakerCogs, BarkScan — and we apply the same standards to every client engagement. The same engineers who design your system will write the code, deploy it, and stay on call after launch.
If you need a 20-person delivery team with a project manager and weekly status decks, we are not the right fit. If you need senior engineers who will own the outcome end-to-end and ship something your team can actually maintain, you are in the right place.
What you get
In every engagement
A written technical plan
Before we write a line of production code, you get a documented architecture, data model, API contracts, and deployment plan. The plan is yours — you can hand it to anyone.
Working software, weekly
Not at the end. Every week of the build phase you get a deployed slice of the system you can click through. No surprise demos in month four.
Tests on the critical path
We test what matters: business logic, data integrity, integration points. We do not chase 100% coverage for its own sake, but the path that processes money or user data is tested.
Deployment automation
Infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, monitoring, and runbooks. We hand you a system that deploys itself, not a tarball.
Real documentation
Architecture decision records, an onboarding guide, and runbooks for the things that break. Written for the next engineer, not for you to file away.
Post-launch retainer (optional)
Most clients keep us on a maintenance retainer for 6–12 months past launch. Not required, but available if you want it.
How we work
Process
Discovery (2 weeks, fixed price)
We audit your existing code if any, talk to your users, and produce a written technical plan. You own the plan whether you hire us to build or not.
Design (1–2 weeks)
Architecture, data model, API contracts, deployment plan. Tradeoffs documented explicitly. Your team reviews and signs off before we move to build.
Build (typically 8–24 weeks)
Weekly demos. Pull request review on every change. Working software in a staging environment from week one.
Ship
Production deployment with monitoring, alerting, and runbooks. We do the launch with you, not at you.
Run (optional retainer)
Post-launch maintenance, on-call rotation, and feature work on a weekly retainer. Most clients stay 6–12 months.
Stack
What we reach for
Backend
- Go
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- gRPC
- sqlc
Web
- TypeScript
- React / Next.js
- Astro
- Tailwind CSS
Infrastructure
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- Cloudflare
Observability
- OpenTelemetry
- Grafana
- Loki
- Sentry
Pricing
Discovery is a fixed two-week engagement at a flat fee. Build phases run on a weekly retainer or fixed-scope sprints, depending on what fits the work. Most full builds land between $40k and $250k. Email us with a paragraph about what you are building and we will give you a real number, not a range, within one business day.
Common questions
FAQ
How long does a typical custom software project take? +
Discovery is two weeks. From there, most builds run 8–24 weeks depending on scope. We prefer shorter, focused engagements over multi-quarter death marches — if a project is going to take more than six months, we cut scope until it does not.
Do I own the code? +
Yes. You own the code, the documentation, the deployment scripts, and the technical plan. We retain no rights and use no proprietary frameworks that lock you in.
Can you take over an existing codebase? +
Yes, frequently. Discovery includes a code audit and risk assessment. If your codebase is in rough shape, we will tell you that — and what it would take to make it inheritable.
Where are you based and do you work onsite? +
BlueScripts is in Clearwater, FL. We work primarily remotely with clients across Tampa, St. Petersburg, the wider Tampa Bay metro, and the rest of the US. Onsite kickoffs are available within Tampa Bay; ongoing onsite work is not how we run engagements.
What size companies do you work with? +
Founders building their first MVP, SMBs replacing legacy systems, and engineering teams that need senior capacity. We are not a fit for enterprise procurement processes that require a 50-page MSA and a six-month paper trail.
What is your team size? +
Boutique. Senior engineers only. We do not subcontract or staff up with juniors.
Other services
Have a custom software development project in mind?
Email us a paragraph about what you're trying to build. We'll respond within one business day.
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