Back to modernizationFrontend Modernization

Your backend team shouldn't have to fight the frontend.

If you have a solid backend but an aging, hard-to-maintain frontend - and engineers who'd rather not touch UI - we take the frontend off your plate. We split frontend from backend cleanly, ship polished layouts with shadcn/ui, and keep maintaining them so your team stays focused on what they do best.

Tell us about your frontend

Frontend, off your plate

Clean split of frontend from backend
Polished UI shipped with shadcn/ui
Your backend team stays focused
We keep maintaining it, long-term

Built for teams who'd rather own the backend

This is for you if the frontend has become the bottleneck:

Dated UI
Your product runs on a strong backend, but the UI is dated and slow to change
Tangled codebase
Frontend and backend live in the same codebase, so every UI change risks core logic
Slow to ship
New screens take far too long - there's no design system or component library
Backend-first team
Your engineers are backend specialists, so frontend work piles up or gets done reluctantly
Legacy frontend
You're stuck on jQuery, server-rendered templates, or an unmaintained SPA
Not worth hiring for
Hiring dedicated frontend engineers isn't worth it for your team size

Separation of responsibilities

How we split frontend from backend

A clean boundary between FE and BE means each side moves at its own pace - and your backend engineers never have to context-switch into UI work.

An API-first contract

We agree on a clean API boundary with your backend team. The frontend consumes data over HTTP/GraphQL - no shared templates, no hidden coupling.

A decoupled frontend

We extract the UI into its own Next.js application that deploys independently. Backend releases and frontend releases stop blocking each other.

Clear ownership

Your team keeps owning the backend and business logic. We own the frontend - its components, performance, accessibility, and releases.

Design system

So what exactly is shadcn/ui?

shadcn/ui isn't a library you install and get locked into - it's a collection of beautifully designed, accessible components built on Radix UI and Tailwind CSS that we copy straight into your codebase. You own every line. On top of it sits a huge ecosystem of ready-made blocks - dashboards, tables, auth flows, settings, forms - so we assemble production-grade screens in days instead of designing each one from zero.

Highly customizable - by design

And it never has to look “like every other shadcn site.” The look and feel is entirely in our hands - color, typography, corner radius, density, light or dark. Here's the very same dashboard, styled four completely different ways:

shadcn/ui dashboard with rounded cards and a warm orange accent — Rounded cards, warm accent

The same shadcn/ui dashboard styled as a denser, more compact layout — Higher density layout

The same shadcn/ui dashboard with spacious cards and an emerald accent — Spacious, soft corners

The same shadcn/ui dashboard with sharp corners and high-contrast styling — Sharp corners, bold contrast

Two routes, one team

We build both ways - and we'll help you pick. Most projects start from shadcn blocks; when your product calls for something singular, we design every screen from scratch.

01Build on shadcn blocks

02Design from scratch

ApproachAdapt proven blocksDraw every screen

First screensDaysWeeks

Relative costLowerHigher

Visual controlHigh - tuned to brandTotal - bespoke

Where code livesYour repoYour repo

Best whenYou want polish, fastYou want a singular look

Long-term

And we help you maintain it.

Modernizing the frontend once isn't the goal - keeping it modern is. Here's how the partnership works after launch.

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Upkeep
We don't disappear after launch
We keep the frontend healthy - dependency updates, bug fixes, and new screens - so it never drifts back into legacy territory.
Ownership
Backend stays with your team
You retain full control of your core systems and data. We integrate against your APIs and stay out of your backend's way.
Engagement
Flexible engagement
Hand the frontend over entirely, or pair with your engineers and level them up. We adapt to how your team prefers to work.

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