THE STUDIO
Two people.Software worth paying for.
“Software worth paying for” is the whole bar. If it isn't, we don't ship it.
Lux Protocol is Andrew Ponder and Nick Burgo, a two-person software studio in Mandeville, Louisiana. We design, build, ship, and maintain websites and ordering systems, and we keep them running after launch. The two people who scope your project are the two people who write the code and answer the phone when something breaks.
That's the whole pitch. No account managers, no offshore handoff, no junior dev learning on your budget. Two people with depth means you get senior work on every line, decisions made in one conversation, and software that's still understandable a year later, because the people who built it are still the people maintaining it.
WE SAY YES TO
- +Work where craft is the differentiator
- +Fixed-scope projects we can ship well
- +Clients who want to keep us on after launch
- +Hard problems with a clear owner
WE SAY NO TO
- –Staff-aug / body-shop billing
- –“Make it look like [competitor]”
- –Scope nobody can define yet
- –Work we can't be proud of
Andrew Ponder
FOUNDER · DESIGN + ENGINEERING
KNOWN FOR
The seam between design and engineering. Interfaces that feel as considered as they look, the kind of site customers trust the moment it loads.
PROUD OF
Shipping products that real people use daily, where the polish goes all the way down to the parts nobody sees.
Nick Burgo
PARTNER · BACKEND + INFRASTRUCTURE
KNOWN FOR
The part customers never see and never have to think about: software that stays up, stays fast, and doesn't fall over when you get busy. Built to keep running, day after day.
PROUD OF
Systems that are boring on purpose: documented, watched around the clock, and quietly bulletproof at 3am.
HOW WE WORK
01
Intake
A call or message about what you're trying to do, and by when.
02
Scope
Fixed price, fixed deliverables, signed before work starts. 20% down to begin.
03
Build
Designed and built by hand, in small batches you can watch. No surprises.
04
Launch
We put it live and hand you the keys to your own content. The site stays ours to run.
05
Care
We host it, watch it, and keep it changing, month after month. Your domain is always yours.
Two people. Software worth paying for.