Good software is software that still runs well after we walk away.
Since our first project in 2011, I have asked myself one question before quoting any piece of work: will this system genuinely make the business lighter to run, or is it just one more piece of software that ends up abandoned?
That is why we decline work outside our competence, and why we hand over the full source code at the end. A client can leave at any time with the system still alive — and that is precisely what forces us to build it properly from the start, rather than retaining clients by holding the keys.
We have built systems we are proud of: a large-scale commerce platform, and a data system used by commune officials and schools. But what I value most is still the clients who come back a second and a third time.
If you are weighing up outsourcing, call me directly. What we can do, I will say we can do. What we cannot, I will say so in the first conversation.
Pham Hong Hoa
Director · Founder of HDCODE