Custom software — Live
The custom-software arm of XU Tech Labs. Websites, web and mobile applications, internal platforms, ERPs and real-time 3D product tools — whatever software a business runs on, engineered to fit it exactly and delivered by the team that scoped it.
A brand of XU Tech Labs
5 systems live in production
What it is
Whatever software your business runs on, this is the team that engineers it.
Websites, web and mobile applications, internal platforms, ERPs, real-time 3D product tools and the interface design around all of it — taken from the first conversation to the production deploy by one team. No account managers, no subcontractors you have never spoken to.
If your business runs on it, we engineer it to fit: your workflows, your constraints, your people. Not a template bent into shape, and not a product you have to adapt to.
XU Web Studios sits under XU Tech Labs alongside our technology ventures. The two share a team and a standard; they do not share a client list. Nothing you pay us to build is folded into something we later sell.
Capabilities
Web applications built to scale with your business.
The core of what we do. Applications that stay fast under real traffic, cheap to run, and stable enough that nobody has to babysit them.
Product experiences customers can move through, not just look at.
Real-time configurators and visualisers for products where seeing it is the difference between a maybe and a deposit. Runs in the browser, on a mid-range phone, with nothing to install.
Connect your systems and automate the workflows between them.
ERPs, dashboards and back-office tools that replace the spreadsheet layer. Real-time where it matters, role-based so the whole company can live in one system.
Research-driven design that delights users and drives conversions.
Interface design that starts from the job the product has to do. Design systems that survive contact with a codebase.
High-performance mobile experiences on any platform.
Native and cross-platform builds, taken through store review and launch rather than handed over at the repo.
Infrastructure that scales, releases that hold.
Cloud architecture and the testing discipline behind it. The unglamorous half of shipping, which is the half that decides whether it stays up.
Selected work
5 systems running in production for real businesses. Open any case study to use the live site yourself, on any device.
View case studyHospitality & entertainment
Sports bar, live music room and golf-simulator venue in Arlington Heights, trading since 2012. The site had to sell an in-person experience and take the booking without a phone call.
View case studyOil & lubricants distribution
A lightweight ERP for oil and lubricants distributors — real-time inventory, POS, accounting, role-based access and order management in a single dashboard.
View case studyConstruction & renovation
An interactive 3D bathroom configurator: enter a fully rendered room, browse products, place them in the scene, and save the design to email.
Process
We work out what the software has to change about the business. Scope follows from that, not the other way round.
Interface and system design in parallel, so what gets drawn is what can actually be built in the timeline.
Built in visible increments against a staging URL you can open at any point.
Automated coverage, real-device checks, load and security passes before anything touches production.
Deployed, monitored and handed over with the code in your account. We stay on for what comes after.
Commitments
Every repository, every deployment, every credential sits in your account from day one. There is no version of this where leaving us is expensive.
The people who scope the work build the work. You talk directly to the engineers responsible for what ships, start to finish.
Discovery, design, build, launch and the maintenance after it — one team accountable for the whole line, from the first conversation to the system running in production.
Clients
“GreazeBook has significantly improved the way we manage our operations. Everything from inventory and sales to accounting is now connected in one place.”
“Everything we want and need was provided, even exceeded our expectations. The design tool is very useful for prospect clients.”
“I'm very happy with the website. The design looks great and everything works perfectly.”
“The website exceeded our expectations. It presents our agency professionally and gives potential clients confidence in our services.”
Engagement
Scope comes out of discovery, so a quote does too. Most projects on the work page ran between one and eight weeks, fixed-scope and fixed-price. Longer platform builds run in monthly cycles you can stop at the end of any one.
What is always included