dorimedia
— Service

Web apps with real-world restraint.

When an off-the-shelf tool won’t cut it, we sketch the smallest useful system and grow from there — Laravel-shaped, Stripe-aware, and built so you’re not locked in by mystery code.

15+
years shipping software
NZ
timezone & hosting reality
1
builder you can call
Stripe
payments when you need them

What you get.

Thoughtful data models, humane admin screens, and deployment practices you could hand to another competent developer. Built on Laravel with Filament for admin, Stripe for payments, and Inertia + React on the front when an app needs it.

Roles & permissions

Customers, staff, partners — each sees what they should, nothing else.

Billing-ready flows

Stripe patterns for subscriptions, invoices, or marketplace splits — scoped to what you actually sell.

Performance & queues

Heavy work off the request, sensible caching, fewer 3am surprises.

Security hygiene

Sensible defaults, logging, and backups discussed before launch — not after.

Admin you’ll use

Screens your team can train new staff on without a wiki novel.

Handover & docs

README, deployment notes, and a pathway for the next developer.

— Process

From messy problem to working software.

01

Shape the workflow

Whiteboard reality — who does what, on which days, with which exceptions.

02

Prototype the risk

Spike the hairiest integration or rule first so estimates mean something.

03

Build in slices

Vertical slices you can use — not six months of invisible foundation.

04

Harden & hand over

Monitoring, backups, runbooks, and a sane path for v2.

FAQ

Pragmatic middle — solid engineering without selling you a platform you’ll never grow into.
Sometimes. I’ll read what’s there and tell you honestly if it’s cheaper to salvage or replace.
Most apps run on managed Linux hosting in NZ or Sydney for low latency to Aotearoa users. Larger systems move to a managed VPS or AWS ap-southeast-2 — chosen for the workload, not because it’s the latest fad.
Yes — small retainer or reactive hours, depending on what the system needs.
— Got a product or internal system?

Want to scope it sensibly?

Describe the workflow, the deadline, and what keeps you awake. I’ll tell you what’s feasible — and what isn’t.