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.
Projects run on milestones rather than an open-ended discovery phase. Every phase ends with something you can click, test, or release.
We work best with brands comparing web development agencies who want a partner that ships. 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. You see progress on the critical path every week.
- 02
Design
System design, AI/tool boundaries, interface direction, and interaction prototypes. Nothing here waits on a handover between separate teams.
- 03
Build
Modern stack, clean architecture, evaluated AI behavior, and iterative demos you can react to. On web development projects we favour practical architecture over trendy defaults.
- 04
Launch
Ship, monitor, harden, and keep improving models, tools, and product after go-live. The work for teams in the UK stays tied to the outcome you asked for.
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 UK
Same timezone and a face to meet, which genuinely matters for some teams. You are also paying UK demand for product engineers and AI-capable studios. 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
Vigorant
Frontend · Accessibility
Accessible web app with reusable components, Redux Toolkit state, and Strapi integration.
Code Band product built with React, Next.js, Tailwind, and Redux Toolkit, focused on accessibility and maintainable UI patterns.
- · Accessibility-first UI
- · Reusable component system
- · Efficient Redux Toolkit logic
- · Strapi-backed content
Next.js · React · Tailwind · Redux Toolkit · Strapi
Quickee UI Library
Design system · Tailwind
Tailwind component library for React and Next.js with reusable UI patterns inspired by Tailwind UI.
Code Band component kit providing a variety of production-ready Tailwind components with Redux-friendly patterns for React and Next.js apps.
- · Reusable Tailwind components
- · React and Next.js ready
- · Consistent interaction patterns
- · Faster UI assembly across projects
React · Next.js · Tailwind · Redux
CRM Dashboard
Frontend · Analytics
Customer relationship dashboard with management workflows and data visualization on Next.js.
Freelance CRM surface for managing relationships and visualizing key metrics, deployed on Vercel.
- · CRM management views
- · Data visualization
- · Responsive dashboard layout
- · Vercel deployment
Next.js · React · Tailwind · Vercel
Working with teams in UK
UK demand for product engineers and AI-capable studios. Work is remote-first (GMT/BST), with written updates you can read in your own time. We usually collaborate in English.
How we work with UK teams
UK teams get a full working-day overlap: our morning covers your morning, so questions raised at 9am are answered before your standup ends. Most UK clients settle into a Tuesday demo and a Thursday written update.
What UK clients usually need
UK briefs skew towards SaaS platforms, fintech-adjacent products, and replacing ageing internal tools. Several arrive after an agency retainer stopped producing releases.
Contracts, data, and compliance
We invoice in GBP or USD. UK GDPR and data residency come up on almost every project, so we default to EU or UK-hosted data stores and document where personal data flows before the build starts.
