A small studio with a big company background.
Laplado is a web studio in Irvine, California. Our team has been building for the web since 2008, from freelance sites to engineering leadership at companies serving millions of visitors a month.
18+
years building for the web
50+
websites delivered
75%
Core Web Vitals improvement on a large content site
5M+
events per day on analytics platforms we built
Where our experience comes from
Small business sites deserve the same engineering as large platforms. We bring what we learned at scale to projects of every size.
High traffic media
Led engineering for a large content site: moved it from Java to Next.js, improved Core Web Vitals by 75%, set up CDN edge caching, and ran ad tech that pays for the content.
Payments and commerce
Built PCI compliant payment integrations with major card networks, inventory systems for a global entertainment brand, and Shopify integrations that sync stock across locations.
SaaS and real time
Designed multi tenant SaaS platforms, chat systems on WebSockets, Stripe subscription billing, and analytics pipelines processing more than five million events a day.
Teams and process
Hired, led and mentored engineering teams of up to 12 people, with code review, CI/CD on every change, and agile planning that ships on schedule.
How we work
- Engineers do the work
- The people on your first call are the people who write your code. No sales layer, no junior hand off.
- Fixed scope, fixed price
- You get a written scope and a single price before work starts. Changes are priced in writing too.
- You own everything
- Code, domain, hosting and analytics accounts are yours from day one. Leave any time and take it all with you.
- Plain language
- We explain choices in terms of your business: more calls, more bookings, fewer support emails.
Tools we trust
Frontend
Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Storybook
Backend
Node.js, NestJS, Go, PHP and Laravel
Data
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, BigQuery
Infrastructure
Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
Search
Schema.org, Core Web Vitals, Search Console, llms.txt
Integrations
Stripe, Shopify, Slack, Zapier, analytics and tag managers
Tell us what you are building.
Send a few lines about your business and your current site. You will hear back from an engineer within one business day, with a clear next step.