Salt LightBespoke software, built properly the first time.
Salt Light Tech designs, builds, and runs custom web applications and business portals for companies that have outgrown a spreadsheet, and don't want an off-the-shelf tool bent to fit.
Four ways to work with us.
Pick one, or start with a review and let the scope tell you which of the others you need.
Custom software development. Web applications, business portals, and internal tools, built for how your business actually runs.
Azure infrastructure & DevOps. Provisioned and secured properly: Key Vault for secrets, managed identity over passwords, CI/CD that ships without drama.
Architecture consulting. A senior second opinion on an existing system, before a bad decision gets expensive to undo.
Managed & ongoing development. New features on a retainer, from someone who already knows the codebase.
The practices, and what they actually buy you.
None of this is decoration. Each one is a specific decision that shows up later as fewer bugs, or a system you can still change in three years.
One recent build.
Client work runs under NDA, so this is told without naming names. What's below is real.
A parent, tutor, and admin portal that replaced a spreadsheet and a WhatsApp group.
ASP.NET Core on Clean Architecture, deployed to Azure App Service with Key Vault and managed identity, POPIA-compliant data handling, transactional email, and a CI/CD pipeline that deploys on every merge. Custom domain, managed SSL, live in production.
Want to see it running?
A self-serve demo instance is on the way. Get in touch and I'll walk you through it in the meantime.
Three ways to start.
Architecture review
A focused audit of an existing system: what's solid, what's risky, and what it will cost to fix.
Full build
A new application, start to finish: architecture, development, testing, and Azure deployment.
Ongoing extension
Retained development on a system that already exists, yours or one we built.
Pricing depends on scope. Get in touch and you'll get a straight answer tailored to your project.
Who you're actually talking to.
Salt Light Tech is one person, not a studio. I lead a development team by day; this is the work I take on for people who need something built right, not templated.
I'll tell you the real cost before I start, and say so if you don't actually need what you're asking for. You're always talking to me, not a sales layer.
Faith is part of why I work this way. Good work should hold up on its own, without having to be talked up. That's not a tagline. It's why the footer says what it says.
Get in touch.
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Based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Replies come from Chris, not a support queue.