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Independent software engineering

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We build, modernize, and connect
the software your business runs on.

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Octo’s blue octopus

What we do

Selected work

Healthcare · Modernization

Move a working
platform forward.

Taking over an established healthcare application. Improving prescription and order workflows, with new customer APIs and shipping integrations.

See the healthcare project

GatorBid · Custom software

Build an auction
platform from scratch.

Catalogs, live bidding, invoices, and seller settlements in one custom platform. Deployed for acceptance testing.

See GatorBid

MYLF Coaching · UI overhaul

Rethink the daily
fitness routine.

A full interface overhaul across dashboards, food diaries, workouts, recipes, and check-ins. Built around phones as well as desktop.

See MYLF Coaching

Cybersecurity / Built into the work

Urgent when it matters.
Steady when it’s quiet.

Security work needs engineers who can get into the system and make it safer. From emergency remediation to everyday maintenance, we help you understand the risk, fix the problem, and check the result.

When something is wrong

Emergency remediation

Hands-on engineering when a security issue needs attention. We investigate the affected application, help contain the exposure, and repair the code or configuration behind it.

Application triage · Access-control fixes · Recovery support

When a fix cannot wait

Emergency patching

Work out whether a vulnerability affects your system, prioritize the exposure, and apply the right update. Test the workflows that matter and prepare a way back before release.

Dependency updates · Framework & plugin patches · Release checks

Before the next issue

Ongoing security

Keep security part of normal engineering: review permissions, maintain dependencies, harden applications, and add automated checks that help catch problems before they ship.

Security reviews · Application hardening · Build-time checks

Selected security work

Real systems. Practical repairs.

Examples from our engineering work.
Client identities are kept private.

01 / WordPress & commerce

Close the gaps in an established platform.

Reworked access to business records and self-service actions, with targeted tests for the repaired paths.

Access control · Secure queries

Inside the work
What we changed

Added server-side ownership and permission checks, protected sensitive actions, and parameterized database lookups in custom WordPress code.

How we checked it

Regression tests exercise unauthorized requests, account boundaries, and database-input handling.

02 / Healthcare applications

Protect the workflows people rely on.

Hardened clinical and operational software while preserving the rules behind daily work.

Application hardening · Account security

Inside the work
What we changed

Improved authorization and workflow integrity, repaired unsafe handling of user-entered notes, and strengthened account-security behavior.

How we checked it

Targeted tests cover access boundaries, workflow behavior, and the handling of untrusted content.

03 / Dependencies & delivery

Make security fixes part of the release.

Applied patched dependencies and brought vulnerability checks into the software delivery process.

Patch management · Delivery safeguards

Inside the work
What we changed

Pinned patched packages in .NET and JavaScript applications, added WordPress plugin vulnerability checks to builds, and hardened application runtime boundaries.

How we checked it

Dependency regression checks guard patched versions; build checks flag known vulnerable plugin versions.

Something needs attention now?

Tell us what’s happening and which system is affected. We’ll discuss scope, availability, and the next step.

Email about an urgent issue
Guidance that informs our approach

We draw on NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework for managing risk, CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog for remediation priorities, NIST’s patch-management guidance, and OWASP’s application security verification guidance for technical checks.

What needs to work better?

You don’t need a finished specification to start.

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What needs to
work better?

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