A studio that builds websites that work
Slides do not launch products. Design, engineering, and launch need to sit with the same team on the same schedule.
Design and engineering share one backlog, so the visuals never drift away from what can realistically ship on time.
If that sounds like your situation, Arcode is set up for brands comparing web development agencies. Arcode works as a focused web development agency, so strategy, design systems, and engineering all sit with one partner.
What you get
- Brand and product websites
- SEO-ready architecture
- Conversion-focused UX
- Ongoing iteration support
- One studio accountable for the result
- Design and engineering on the same schedule
- Support available after launch
How engagement works
As your web development agency, we run a shared backlog, design reviews, and engineering sprints, and you keep one point of contact throughout.
- 01
Discover
Goals, constraints, data sources, and success metrics, all settled before we touch architecture or prompts. The work for teams in Germany stays tied to the outcome you asked for.
- 02
Design
System design, AI/tool boundaries, interface direction, and interaction prototypes. You see progress on the critical path every week.
- 03
Build
Modern stack, clean architecture, evaluated AI behavior, and iterative demos you can react to. Nothing here waits on a handover between separate teams.
- 04
Launch
Ship, monitor, harden, and keep improving models, tools, and product after go-live. On web development projects we favour practical architecture over trendy defaults.
How we build it, and why
The stack is chosen per project, not applied from a template. For web development agency work these are the defaults, and the reason each one is on the list.
- Next.js
- server rendering and static generation in one framework, so marketing pages stay fast and app routes stay dynamic
- React
- the component model most teams can already hire for and maintain
- Tailwind
- design decisions stay in the markup, so the CSS does not grow faster than the product
- CMS
- editable content, so routine copy changes never queue behind engineering
- Analytics
- instrumentation from day one, because you cannot improve what nobody measured
What the first weeks look like
- Week 1
Scope and architecture
Users, data, integrations, and constraints, ending in a written plan for the web development that you approve before anyone opens an editor.
- Weeks 2-3
Design the critical path
The screens that carry the product, prototyped and clickable. Design and engineering review together, so nothing gets drawn that cannot ship.
- Weeks 4-8
Build in weekly slices
Every week ends with something on a real URL. brand and product websites lands early, because the rest of the plan depends on it working.
- Launch
Ship, measure, hand over
Release, monitoring, analytics, and a documented handover, so your team can carry it without calling us.
Weighing up your options
There are three realistic ways to get this built. Each is the right answer for someone.
A solo freelancer
Cheapest per hour and fine for a contained task. The risk on web development is breadth — one person covering design, backend, infrastructure, and launch usually means one of them is weak, and there is no cover when they are unavailable.
A local agency in Germany
Same timezone and a face to meet, which genuinely matters for some teams. You are also paying German teams emphasizing quality, privacy, and maintainable systems. rates for the whole team including the layers that never touch your web development, and a local shortlist is a small shortlist.
Arcode
A small senior team. The people who scope the web development write the code, you get weekly demos instead of status decks, and the engagement ends when the thing is live and handed over.
Work we have shipped
Medusa Ecommerce Store
Frontend · Medusa.js
Grocery ecommerce storefront on Medusa.js with Next.js, TypeScript, and API-driven catalog flows.
Stellar Stack ecommerce build focused on shopping UX and integrations across Medusa services and a Next.js storefront.
- · Medusa-powered catalog and checkout
- · TypeScript Next.js storefront
- · API and service integrations
- · Performance-minded product UX
Medusa.js · Next.js · TypeScript · React · Tailwind
Better Health Solutions
Frontend · CMS
Clinic website for Dr. Khayami with patient resources, scheduling UX, and educational video.
Responsive chiropractic practice site built at Code Band with Next.js, Redux Toolkit, Video.js, and Strapi content management.
- · Responsive clinic experience
- · Appointment-oriented UX
- · Patient education video
- · CMS-managed content
Next.js · Tailwind · Redux Toolkit · Strapi · Video.js
Happy Kids Dental
Frontend · CMS
Pediatric dental site with services, patient resources, and appointment-focused UX.
Code Band clinic product using Next.js, Tailwind, Redux Toolkit, Video.js, and Strapi for content and scheduling flows.
- · Pediatric service pages
- · Patient resource content
- · Appointment scheduling UX
- · Strapi-managed content
Next.js · Tailwind · Redux Toolkit · Strapi · Video.js
Working with teams in Germany
German teams emphasizing quality, privacy, and maintainable systems. Work is remote-first (CET/CEST), with written updates you can read in your own time. We usually collaborate in German/English.
How we work with Germany teams
Germany is three to four hours behind us, which means a full shared afternoon. German teams generally prefer a written scope agreed before work starts, and we work that way by default: spec in writing, then build against it.
What Germany clients usually need
German work skews towards maintainable systems rather than throwaway MVPs — B2B platforms, industrial and logistics tooling, and AI features that have to be explainable to a non-technical stakeholder before they ship.
Contracts, data, and compliance
GDPR is the starting point, not an afterthought. We default to EU-hosted data stores, keep a record of processing activities, and provide a DPA without being asked. Invoicing is in EUR, with reverse-charge VAT for registered businesses.
