Our product
Budqo
← our favorite from this yearA cross-platform personal finance app — smart budgeting, expense tracking, and financial insights. Ships to iOS and Google Play.
React NativeExpo 53TypeScript+1
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We shapesoftwarewith our hands.
Code Sculpt Solutions is a studio in Cebu making web, mobile, and custom systems for teams who care about how things feel — not just how they work.
About the studio
Tech with the soul
of an artist.
Code Sculpt Solutions is a solo studio out of Cebu, Philippines. One builder, no handoffs — every project runs from the first wireframe to the final deploy through the same hands.
Since 2021 we've shipped a data management system for city government, led design on a fintech product, built mobile apps in React Native, and made production templates for software teams in Australia. Different stacks, different industries — same obsession with craft.
Stack
We build production-grade web applications with React, Next.js, and TypeScript, and cross-platform mobile apps using React Native and Expo, maintaining a unified codebase whenever it adds leverage. We design scalable, component-driven systems with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui, prioritizing performance, accessibility, and long-term maintainability.
We architect backend systems with Node.js, API routes, and RPC-driven services, and deploy cloud-native infrastructure on AWS (S3, Lambda, EC2, CloudFront, RDS) with automated CI/CD pipelines. We select the right data layer — PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Supabase, Firebase, or Drizzle ORM — and enforce end-to-end type safety using tRPC and Zod.
We implement secure authentication (OAuth, JWT, RBAC), optimize performance at application and infrastructure levels, and write clean, testable, observable code. We use Docker for containerization, Git for version control, and Vite to streamline builds and developer experience.
When the problem calls for it, we leverage Python (Flask, PyQt) for automation, internal tooling, or system-level utilities. We use WordPress strategically when it aligns with business goals. Our workflow integrates Figma for design collaboration, driven by clear architecture, pragmatic decisions, and a focus on shipping reliable, scalable software.
Frontend
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSshadcn/ui
Mobile
React NativeExpoiOSAndroid
Backend
Node.jstRPCZodRESTAPI Routes
Database
PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBSupabaseFirebaseDrizzle ORM
Infrastructure
AWSLambdaEC2CloudFrontRDSVercel
Security
OAuthJWTRBACAuth flows
Tooling
DockerGitViteCI/CDFigmaZed
Other
PythonFlaskPyQtWordPress
What we build
Web Development
Production-ready web apps built in Next.js, React, and TypeScript. Fast, accessible, and shaped around how your users actually move through them — not just how they look in a browser window.
Next.js · React · TypeScriptPerformance & SEOCMS integration · WordPressE-commerce · Checkout flows
Mobile Apps
Cross-platform mobile apps with a single React Native + Expo codebase — iOS and Android, without the duplication. We've shipped to the App Store and Google Play. The unglamorous deployment bits are handled.
React Native · ExpoiOS & AndroidOffline-first · Push notificationsApp Store & Play Store
UI/UX Design
Design that starts with your users and ends with a working system. User research, wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes, and design systems built in Figma — then handed over in a state a developer can actually use.
Figma · Design systemsUser research · WireframingInteraction designHandoff-ready prototypes
Custom Systems
Internal tools, admin dashboards, data management systems, and government-grade web platforms. The kind of software that nobody sees but everyone depends on. Built to last, not to demo.
Admin tools · DashboardsData management systemsGovernment · NGO platformsPython · Flask · PyQT · SQL
How we work
Discover
Understanding the problem before touching a tool. Conversations, context, constraints. What are you actually trying to solve — and for who?
Phase 1 of 4
Studio notes
Last updated: May 2026
“The best code I ever wrote is the code I talked myself out of writing.”
Studio humor
“99 little bugs in the code. Take one down, patch it around. 127 little bugs in the code.”
— every senior dev, 3am
Lesson from Budqo
FlatList with unstable keyExtractor keys causes re-render thrash invisible in dev — only shows up in production on a 4-year-old Android. Profile on the actual device, not the simulator.
In the studio right now
- ToolsZed, Figma, TablePlus
- StackNext.js 16, Expo 53, tRPC
- FontsGeneral Sans, Fraunces
- ListeningFloating Points — Crush
- Obsessing overtype-safe everything
On building for government
The users who benefit most from good software are the ones nobody designs for — the clerk processing 200 forms a day. Make it fast, make it keyboard-friendly, make it survive a four-year-old Firefox install. Speed is a feature they'll never thank you for but will feel every single day.
Hot take
A good variable name is worth more than a comment. If you need a comment to explain what the name means, the name is wrong.
— us, during every code review
Have something you want to make? Write to the studio.
We read every message. If we're a fit, we'll reply within a day or two with questions and a rough sense of what's possible. If we're not, we'll tell you that too — and try to point you somewhere useful.
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