We build software that scales with you — and compounds.
3rdLoop Solutions designs, builds and operates web platforms, mobile apps, intelligent automations and AI systems — with the architecture and process consultancy that keeps them compounding long after launch.
- Products shipped
- 40+Products shipped
- Manual hours automated / yr
- 12kManual hours automated / yr
- Uptime across deployments
- 99.9%Uptime across deployments
that learn
Five disciplines, one delivery team
Most agencies hand you a build and walk away. We cover the strategy, the software and the automation that connects them — so the system you get keeps paying for itself.
Web Development
Marketing sites, SaaS dashboards and internal platforms built on modern React — fast, accessible, and made to be extended.
Sub-second loads, Lighthouse 95+, zero-downtime deploys.
What you get
- Next.js / React application builds
- Design systems & component libraries
- Headless CMS + commerce integrations
- Performance, SEO & accessibility passes
The third loop is where compounding starts
First you build it. Then you refine it. The third pass is where a system starts giving time back instead of consuming it — that's the loop we're named for, and the one we optimise for.
Strategy and build, same team
The people who design the architecture are the people who write the code. Nothing gets lost in a handoff between an advisory firm and a delivery shop.
You own everything
Your repos, your cloud accounts, your data. No proprietary framework to license, no hosting lock-in, no dependency on us to keep the lights on.
Measured against outcomes
Every engagement names one metric up front — hours saved, conversion lifted, cost removed — and we report against it rather than against story points.
Honest about scope
We turn down work we're not right for and talk clients out of features that won't pay off. It costs us revenue and it's the reason people come back.
- Products shipped end to end
- 0+Products shipped end to end
- Manual hours automated yearly
- 0kManual hours automated yearly
- Uptime across deployments
- 0.0%Uptime across deployments
- Post-launch support included
- 0dPost-launch support included
A process built to de-risk the build
Fixed checkpoints, visible progress and an architecture document you own from week two. You always know what's coming next and what it costs.
- 01
Discover
Week 1We map your workflows, systems and constraints — then agree on the single metric this engagement has to move. No proposal until we understand the machine.
- Stakeholder interviews
- System & data audit
- Success metric defined
- 02
Architect
Week 2You get a written target-state design: architecture, integrations, build-vs-buy calls and a sequenced roadmap. It's yours whether or not we build it.
- Target-state architecture
- Roadmap & estimates
- Risk register
- 03
Build
Weeks 3–10Two-week increments with working software at the end of each. You see progress in a staging environment continuously, not in a slide deck at the end.
- Bi-weekly demos
- CI/CD from day one
- Shared backlog access
- 04
Automate
OverlappingAs the core lands, we wire in the automations and AI that remove manual steps — each one measured against the hours it gives back.
- Pipeline instrumentation
- AI evaluation harness
- Hours-saved tracking
- 05
Compound
OngoingHandover with documentation and training, then an optional retainer. Every loop through the system should make the next one cheaper.
- Runbooks & docs
- Team enablement
- Quarterly reviews
Outcomes we can put a number on
A sample of recent engagements across automation, product and advisory. Names and figures shown with client permission.
Replaced a 14-step manual dispatch process with one automated pipeline
Dispatchers were rekeying order data across four systems. We mapped the flow, built an integration layer and added a document-extraction model for inbound PDFs. Orders now route themselves, with exceptions surfaced to a review queue.
- Automation
- AI Extraction
- Integrations
A patient platform rebuilt for scale
Rearchitected a struggling monolith into a modular Next.js platform with an offline-capable mobile companion.
- Web
- Mobile
- Architecture
An AI research assistant grounded in 40k internal documents
A retrieval assistant with citation-backed answers and an evaluation harness the team runs before every model change.
- AI
- RAG
- Evaluation
Operating model redesign ahead of a 3x headcount jump
Workflow redesign, tooling consolidation and a delivery process the team runs without external support.
- Consultancy
- Operating Model
Boring technology, used exceptionally well
We pick tools your next engineer will already know. No bespoke frameworks, no lock-in you didn't agree to.
Frontend
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- React Native
- Expo
Backend & Data
- Node.js
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Prisma
- tRPC
AI & Automation
- OpenAI
- LangGraph
- Vector DBs
- Temporal
- n8n
Infrastructure
- AWS
- Vercel
- Docker
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- Cloudflare
The people who'll do the work
No account managers, no bench of juniors. The two of us run discovery, design the architecture and write the code.
What partners say after handover
They spent the first two weeks understanding our operation instead of pitching us a stack. The architecture doc alone changed how we planned the next 18 months.
The automation work paid for itself in under five months. What impressed me more was the handover — my team runs and extends it without calling them.
Genuinely honest about what AI would and wouldn't solve for us. They talked us out of two features we'd budgeted for. That built more trust than any demo.
Clear scope, clear numbers
Every engagement starts with a fixed-price discovery so you know the cost before committing to the build. Final pricing depends on scope — these are starting points.
Advisory
A fixed-scope architecture or operating-model review. You walk away with a written plan, whether or not we build it.
- Discovery workshops
- Target-state architecture doc
- Sequenced roadmap & estimates
- Build-vs-buy recommendations
- Two follow-up sessions
Build
End-to-end delivery of a web platform, mobile app or automation suite — architected, built, deployed and documented.
- Everything in Advisory
- Full design & engineering team
- Bi-weekly demos in staging
- CI/CD, monitoring & tests
- Handover docs + team training
- 30 days post-launch support
Partner
An embedded team on retainer. Continuous delivery across product, automation and AI with a roadmap we own together.
- Dedicated squad allocation
- Rolling quarterly roadmap
- Priority support & SLAs
- Ongoing automation buildout
- Quarterly business reviews
- Cancel with 30 days' notice
Not sure which fits? Book a free 30-minute call and we'll tell you straight — including if we're not the right team.
Things people ask before signing
If yours isn't here, ask it on the call — we answer directly, including when the answer is no.
Discovery usually begins within one to two weeks of signing. Build capacity depends on the quarter — we deliberately cap concurrent engagements so teams aren't split across five projects. If we can't start when you need us, we'll say so on the first call.
Let's scope your next loop
Tell us what you're trying to build or fix. You'll hear back within one business day, and the first call is a free 30-minute conversation — no deck, no pressure.
- Location
- Remote-first · Serving clients worldwide