Product engineering
Web applications taken from specification to production, and looked after once they're live.
Superglue
DocumentStudio sheet, revision C
OriginAuckland, 36.85° S 174.76° E
Theme
Software, built to fit.
Summary
Superglue is the independent studio of Alex Osborn, a developer and technical lead in Auckland, New Zealand. Product engineering, platform architecture and interface development since 2010.
Services
4 disciplinesPlatform architecture
Systems design, APIs and integrations that let separate parts of a business work as one.
Technical leadership
Fractional CTO work: roadmaps, hiring, code review, and helping a team ship with confidence.
Interface development
Accessible front-ends and design systems that stay consistent as a product grows.
Record
| Organisation | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Trev | CTO | 2023–present |
| RIVER | Director of Development | 2014–2023 |
| Superglue | Independent studio | 2010–present |
Stack
- Languages
- PHP, TypeScript
- Frameworks
- Laravel, Vue, React
- Data
- Postgres, Redis
- Infrastructure
- AWS, Cloudflare
About
Superglue is one developer, Alex Osborn. Alex has led engineering teams for more than a decade, most recently as CTO at Trev and before that as Director of Development at RIVER.
The name comes from a simple idea: every part of a digital product, from information architecture to production code, should fit together into one cohesive whole.
Principles
- Fit before finish
- Get the structure right before polishing the surface.
- Plain technology
- Proven tools, used well, so the next developer can pick it up.
- Ready to hand over
- Docs and tests from day one. You're never locked in.
Start a project
Describe what you're building and where it's at.
Direct
Superglue takes on a small number of contracts at a time, so each one gets full attention.
- Engagements
- Product builds and fractional technical leadership
- Availability
- Open to select contracts