How we engineer software
We operate like an engineering company, not a design agency. This is the lifecycle every CarryCodes project runs through — and the practices underneath that keep production boring.
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Discovery
We map the business problem, the users, the constraints and what success actually means. Output: a written scope you can challenge.
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Requirements & architecture
Data model, API contracts, infrastructure topology and the risky parts identified before code is written.
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UI / UX
Flows and screens for the paths that matter, built on a design system rather than one-off mockups.
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Development
Short iterations on a trunk-based Git workflow. Every change goes through pull request and code review.
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QA
Automated tests in CI plus manual exercise of critical flows. Bugs are logged with reproduction steps, not screenshots.
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Staging
A production-shaped environment with production-shaped data volumes, where you sign off before anything ships.
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Production
Automated deployment through CI/CD, with migrations rehearsed on staging and a documented rollback path.
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Monitoring & support
Metrics, logs, alerts and backups from day one, with an agreed response process when something breaks.
The practices that make it work
Git workflow
Trunk-based with short-lived branches; main is always deployable.
Code review
Every change reviewed by another engineer before merge — no exceptions for urgency.
CI/CD
Lint, type-check, tests and image build on every push; deploys are automated and repeatable.
Staging environments
A production-shaped environment for every project, with realistic data volumes.
Automated testing
Unit tests on business logic, integration tests on API contracts, smoke tests after deploy.
Manual QA
Critical flows exercised by a human before release, against a written checklist.
Monitoring
Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards and alerts on error rate, latency and queue depth.
Backups
Automated database backups with periodic restore rehearsals — an untested backup is not a backup.
Security
Least-privilege access, secret management, dependency scanning and no credentials in code.
Documentation
Architecture notes, runbooks and onboarding docs live in the repository, updated with the code.
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