Web · Deep dive 03
Frontend Development
Living interfaces — React, TypeScript, design-system-driven — that stay fast, accessible, and maintainable as they grow.
The scope
Frontend-only builds or frontend-led projects where the UI is the thing. We bring a bias toward accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA as baseline), performance budgets, and design systems that scale past the next ten features.
Does this sound familiar?
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The UI is a patchwork of components from four generations of redesign.
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Accessibility is 'on the roadmap' but hasn't moved in a year.
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Page speed scores look good in Lighthouse and terrible on real devices.
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Every new feature duplicates components because nobody trusts the existing ones.
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Designers and engineers argue about pixels that shouldn't matter.
The customer payoff
What changes for you
What you feel once it’s running.
A design system with the components your product actually uses — nothing more.
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Core Web Vitals green on real devices and real networks, not just lab tests.
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WCAG 2.2 AA baked into components, tested in CI.
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Frontend code that new hires can read on day two.
Phases
⏱ 4–12 weeks typicalHow Frontend Development actually runs.
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01
Audit
Inventory existing components + patterns. Score on reuse, consistency, accessibility, and performance.
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02
Foundation
Tokens (colour, spacing, typography), core primitives, layout primitives. The 20% of components that do 80% of the work.
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Features
Build or rebuild feature surfaces against the new foundation. Tests + Storybook stories written alongside.
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Guardrails
Lint rules, CI accessibility checks, performance budgets that actually fail builds. Guards stay up after we leave.
The hand-off
You get
What lands in your hands — every artefact, nothing hidden.
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Design system (tokens, components, patterns) in code
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Component docs (Storybook) with usage + accessibility notes
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Automated a11y + performance checks in CI
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Migration plan from legacy components, if any
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Linting / formatting / conventions documented
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Four-week warranty window post-handover
Common questions
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Q·01 Do you use a UI library like MUI or Chakra?
Depends on scope + brand distinctiveness. For branded products we usually build on radix / shadcn primitives — unopinionated, accessible, and yours to style. MUI when time-to-market outweighs visual identity."
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Q·02 React only?
Default yes. Vue, Svelte, and vanilla on request — we're not dogmatic. But most clients arrive with React, so React is the default answer."
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Q·03 Can you work with our existing design team?
Yes — we prefer it. We'll set up Figma tokens that sync with the code-side tokens so neither side drifts."
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Q·04 What about CSS approach?
Tailwind for speed + consistency, CSS modules or styled for tightly-coupled components, CSS-in-JS when it earns its place. Opinions are local to each engagement, not religion."
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Q·05 Will you rewrite everything?
Rarely — usually we carve out a foundation, migrate key surfaces, and leave a migration guide for the rest. Rewrites kill momentum; replacements kill products."
Ready to start
Ship a UI that stays sharp.
Two-day audit, honest read on what's worth keeping, clear plan for the rest. Let's see what your frontend actually needs.
Start a frontend engagementThe wider map
Every service page at a glance.
Each link below opens a dedicated page on that specific piece of one of our four service pillars. Jump sideways — different service, same way of working.
Digital Product Strategy
Service overview →Web & Mobile Development
Service overview →- 01 Fullstack Web Development
- 02 Backend Development
- 03 Frontend Development — you’re here
- 04 Mobile App Development