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Duration1 to 2 weeks
Two weeks shadowing your operations. We map workflows, surface failure modes, and write the spec together.
Deliverables
- Workflow mapping
- Stakeholder interviews
- Tech audit and risk register
- Written specification
We build the software your team wishes already existed.
PivotStack designs and ships bespoke platforms, point-of-sale tools, and the realtime data plumbing underneath. Small team, senior hands, written from scratch.
studio›services›realtime
Sample stack
Surfaces
01/Service
Real-time data
Streaming pipelines, websockets, and dashboards that stay accurate when the floor gets busy.
Typical deliverables
- Production dashboard
- Replay and backfill
- Synthetic load harness
Sample architecture · pieces vary by engagement
Studio model
Boutique
A few engagements per year.
Founded
2026
A young, focused practice.
Based
New York City
In-person and remote.
Capacity
Q3 2026
Booking now.
Built for operators in retail, hospitality, fintech, and healthcare.
01What we build
Six lanes. One studio.
Combined or à la carte. Always shipped by the people who designed them.
01
Custom platforms
Greenfield systems shaped to the way your team actually works. Not a SaaS template you bend around.
02
POS and retail
Counter-to-back-office software for high-throughput retail, including regulated verticals.
03
Backend and API design
Boring-on-purpose services with sane contracts, observability, and a versioning story.
04
Real-time data
Streaming pipelines, websockets, and dashboards that stay accurate when the floor gets busy.
05
Migration and integration
Lifting legacy stacks onto modern rails without losing a quarter of operations to it.
06
Mobile experiences
Native and PWA front-ends that feel like first-party tools your staff actually wants to open.
02How it runs
A process that respects your runway.
Four phases. Weekly demos. Production code from day one.
01
02
Design
Duration2 to 3 weeksWireframes turn into clickable prototypes. Architecture diagrams turn into implementation pull requests.
Deliverables- Clickable prototypes
- Architecture diagrams
- Schema sketches
- Engineering plan
03
Build
Duration6 to 14 weeksWeekly demos, no surprises. Production-grade code from day one, with observability, tests, and migrations included.
Deliverables- Weekly demos
- Observability and tests baked in
- Migration scripts
- Production deploy
04
Iterate
DurationOngoingPost-launch we stay on a retainer. Real usage drives the next set of improvements.
Deliverables- Retainer engagement
- Telemetry-driven backlog
- Quarterly check-ins
- On-call when it matters
03About
A small studio, by choice.
PivotStack takes on a few engagements a year and stays close to each one.
The best software for any given operation usually doesn't exist yet. Our job is to build it, ship it, and stay close enough to make it better.
★Operating principles
01
Senior, by design.
No staffing pyramid. The person scoping your project is the person writing the code.
02
Software with a half-life.
We build for the next ten years, not the next investor deck. Your code outlives the engagement.
03
Boring foundations, sharp edges.
Postgres, TypeScript, and well-typed contracts underneath. Surprise belongs in the UX, not the infra.
04Start a project
Tell us what you're trying to build.
Quick scoping conversation, no obligation. Most replies inside one business day.
★ Currently accepting
A small number of engagements through Q3, plus a waitlist for Q4.
- hello@pivotstack.io
- Based
- New York City
- Response
- Inside one business day