Development that other developers can pick up

Web development is the core of what LibraFire does, and the measure we hold ourselves to is not whether a site launches. It is whether, two years later, somebody else can open the codebase and make a change without dread. Most of what goes wrong with a website goes wrong long after launch, in the gap between the agency that built it and whoever maintains it next.

So we write code that reads like the platform it sits on, document the parts that are genuinely surprising, and avoid clever solutions where an ordinary one will do. It is a duller pitch than most agencies make. It is also why agency partners send us their work.

What we build on

WordPress for most content-driven sites: custom themes built for the client’s content, plugins when nothing existing covers the need, and WooCommerce when there is something to sell. Written to WordPress standards so core updates do not become incidents.

Drupal where the content model is genuinely complex, or where editorial workflow and permissions matter as much as the front end. Custom modules and themes, and migrations from whatever came before.

Laravel and custom web applications for the work that is not a website at all: internal tools, portals, integrations, anything where the requirement does not fit a CMS and forcing it would be a mistake.

Beyond launch

Sites need hosting decisions, deployment that does not depend on somebody remembering a sequence of steps, backups that have actually been restored at least once, and updates applied before they turn into security notices. We would rather build that in at the start than retrofit it after an incident.

Choose a technology below for detail, or describe the project and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right team for it.