Refracted Aspect Collective

Build

We build the platform you can't buy off the shelf.

Your business is losing money to software that wasn't built for you. Software companies sell one product to as many businesses as possible. It can't fit yours specifically, so your team builds workarounds. Processes become ornamental, not functional. Operations bend around the tools. We build custom web applications that fit your business.

Why custom software

  • Your software stack has grown large and complex, and you want to simplify it
  • You're bending your operations to fit their generic model
  • Systems and processes aren't followed because the workflow is disjointed
  • Core teams live with daily friction because no off-the-shelf platform was built for how you work

What you get

  • A platform built around your governance and process
  • One source of truth for your team to operate from
  • Ownership of the codebase and your data
  • Ongoing infrastructure, security, and maintenance handled by us

How engagements work

Build it once. Run it forever.

Phase 1 / Build

Co-designed, built and delivered.

We design the platform with you, scope it tightly, then build it. You sign off the spec before development starts and you own the codebase from day one.

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Phase 2 / Run

Monthly subscription for the long run.

Once it ships, a monthly subscription covers hosting, monitoring, security, backups, and bug fixes. We keep it running so you don’t have to.

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What we’ve built

Platforms running the work, not getting in the way.

CrucibleIQ

An Integrated Research Environment (IRE) for students and researchers. Research, read, annotate, write, cite, and publish. One workspace for the entire research workflow. Includes advanced metadata extraction and other AI systems to streamline the academic writing process.

Coming soon

Edgework Sports

Association management for figure skating clubs. Member CRM with full audit trail, granular field permissions for data integrity, test progression tracking across singles, pairs/dance, and synchro disciplines, multi-currency memberships, event-linked volunteer shifts. Replaces the spreadsheet juggle most clubs run on.

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Diverse Dogs

Custom WordPress theme and a focused visual editor plugin for a Gold Coast dog training business. The visual editor was designed to simplify page design and editing, without the seventy thousand widgets you'll never touch.

Coming soon

Prism

A content production platform for agencies and SEO teams who run their own AI. Connect OpenAI, Anthropic, or any compatible model and pay the provider directly, with no markup on what the AI costs you. Brand voice and style live as structured data, so output stays consistent across every client and site. Own your AI stack instead of renting someone else's.

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Tell us what your tools can’t do.

If you’re working around a tool because it doesn’t fit your business, that’s the conversation to have. Book a 45-minute Discovery Call. We’ll talk through what your current software is costing you and whether a custom build pays for itself.

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