Web app development
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See this service● Jarve Web development Adelaide, South Australia
Your business has outgrown spreadsheets.
Fixed-price custom software development services for Australian businesses: web apps, internal tools, weekly demos, live in weeks — built by a tradesman who learned to ship software.
quotes_FINAL_v7 (copy).xlsx
A — Job
B — Amount
C — Status
D — Notes
Smith reno quote
$4,200
PAID??
call back
Jones — deck
$1,850
sent 12/3
Smith reno quote
$4,200
dup??
DELETE?
Patel bathroom
#REF!
overdue!!
chase Tues
O’Brien fence
$960
???
Nguyen carport
$3,100
sent?
v6 or v7?
Williams pergola
$2,250
won
invoice???
TOTAL
#VALUE!
3 versions of this file exist. Nobody knows which one is right.
- 20 yrs
- running a trade before code
- 5+ yrs
- shipping production software
- 8
- products live in production
- 100%
- on-time delivery record
Start with the job
Websites, web apps, and custom software: where to start
Jarve builds public websites as well as the software behind them. The right starting point depends on whether you need a clearer customer journey, a working application, or a repeated business process fixed.
Custom software development
Choose this when the job crosses several teams, systems, permissions, or specialised business rules.
See this serviceBusiness automation
Choose this when the tools mostly work but repeated admin, reporting, approvals, or data handoffs do not.
See this service01 — The short version
Twenty years on the tools. Then I built my own.
I ran a painting business for twenty years — quotes in spreadsheets, jobs on paper, invoices in a third app that didn't talk to either. I know exactly what running a business on duct tape costs, because I paid it.
So I taught myself to code and built the tools I wished existed. That side project became the job: five years of shipping production software from Adelaide — MVPs, internal tools, and web apps that replace the duct tape for Australian businesses.
“I don't build software like an agency. I scope it, quote it, and finish it — like a tradesman.”
02 — The ledger
Eight products. All in production.
- Event-CamEvent Media Platform · Public product
- Deanmill FCCommunity Club Platform · Named public work
- Quantum GlassFlat Glass CRM Workflow · Named protected work
- Fleur Studios AutomationRetail Operations Automation · Protected operations work
- WeCollectMarketplace Reliability · Protected marketplace work
- DiggableMarketplace Build · Public project
- BlurbBuddyAI Discovery MVP · Public project
- Private Operations PortalPrivate Workflow System · Anonymised example
Public products shown openly — private client systems anonymised, never exposed.
03 — How a build runs
Weeks, not months.
Most custom software takes three to six months. This process ships in weeks — and you see it working every Friday, not at the end.
01 · Week 1
Scope & quote
A free call to understand the business, then a paid deep-dive that ends with a fixed scope, a timeline, and a price that does not move.
02 · Weeks 2–4
Build & demo
I build; you watch it happen. A live demo lands every seven days and your feedback goes straight into the next week of work. No disappearing acts.
03 · Weeks 4–8
Launch & iterate
The product goes live on real infrastructure. I stay on to watch it run, fix what real users surface, and hand over something your team owns.
04 — What it costs
Quoted like a trade job.
Jarve — quotationValid: always
MVP — validate the idea
$5–12KCore features, auth, deployed live. One week of post-launch support.
2–4 wks
Web app — replace the duct tape
$12–25KEverything in MVP, plus integrations, admin dashboard and reporting.
4–8 wks
Custom software — complex workflows
$15–40KCustom architecture, roles, data migration, integrations and documented handover.
6–12 wks
- 1.Fixed price agreed before work begins — no hourly surprises.
- 2.Milestone payments only. A deposit, then you pay as checkpoints land.
- 3.Your written quote sets the milestones, included support, and cancellation terms before work starts.
— James, Jarve
Get your fixed quoteIndicative AUD ranges. The fixed quote moves with scope, integrations, data and user roles — not hidden hours.
05 — In their words
James took a 20-year vision and turned it into a working marketplace in 10 weeks.
Jonathan Butler
Founder, Diggable
Went from idea to working MVP in under a week — gave me what I needed to validate fast.
Mike Andrews
Startup founder
Helped me cut through the noise and pivot to what actually worked.
Amanda Wickham
Startup founder
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know before we start building.
06 — Start the conversation
Tell me what the spreadsheet can't do anymore.
I'm in Adelaide, South Australia.Send a message and you'll hear back from me — not a project manager, not a sales team.
No pressure. No retainer pitch. Just a chat about what you're building.