§Studio · two years · four people · two cats
leeveel is four people in two cities, building software for clients who don't want a software vendor. No account managers. No retainers. We answer the phone.
01Who we are
since 2024Frontend · design · marketing · Athens
Spends her days fighting the front-end framework on your behalf. Maintains the design system long past the point of joy. Writes the marketing copy because letting an LLM do it would feel worse than doing it herself.
since 2024Full-Stack · sys-admin · Athens
Owns the boring half of the stack. Treats downtime like a personal insult. Ships fixes before anyone has finished explaining why the server is probably fine. Daily-drives Linux and will tell you about it.
since 2024Backend · cloud · security · Patras
Builds the backend, watches the cloud, and distrusts every open port on principle. Notices the WAF rule everyone else forgot. Has more personal projects on hold than any human alive.
since 2024Data entry · QA · Athens
Turns messy inputs into usable data, which should really be considered a public service. Catches the typo everyone else skimmed past. Keeps the records cleaner than the systems deserve.
★ staff catmewrale lead · Athens
Approves PRs by sitting on the keyboard during review. Strong opinions about lap availability. Has never missed a standup snack.
★ staff catQAt · bug pawtrol · Athens
Catches the issues no one else does — usually mid-deploy, by walking across the laptop. Reports findings via the keyboard, one paw at a time.
02How we work
We've changed our minds about most things over two years. These four have stuck.
More than what we feel confident in and the work gets thin. We say no a lot.
No retainers. We keep our incentives pointed at shipping.
Friday notes every week — what shipped, what's stuck, what we changed our minds about.
Most decisions get made on paper. The boring tools hold up.
Step 01
~1 hr
Step 02
2 wks
Step 03
6–12 wks
Step 04
ongoing
03Our ideology
Two years of arguing about software, condensed. We've changed our minds about a lot — these have stuck.
Not for the people buying it. Not for the people writing about it. We design for the third user, on a Tuesday afternoon, when the meeting is hard.
Few projects a quarter. Fixed price. Fixed end date. We tried it the other way and the work got thin.
By the time we open an editor, the hard problems are solved. The boring tools are boring on purpose.
Friday notes every week — what shipped, what's stuck, what we changed our minds about. The client never has to ask.
The cheapest line of code is the one we do not write. The second cheapest line of code is the line of code we delete the week.
There is no account manager. The person you write to is the person who'll be on the project. Sometimes that's a slower reply. It's always a real one.
Sixty minutes on the phone. We bring questions. You bring the problem. By the end, both of us know if it's a fit — usually within the first ten.
Studio · admission
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Q2 · 2 of 3 spots open