Services
Web & app development
Sometimes you do not want to hire and manage engineers. You want a product built. LebSource runs the delivery: a team, a plan you can see, and working software in your hands at the end of every sprint rather than at the end of the contract.
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Outsourcing Web & app development: why it goes wrong elsewhere
Almost every build agency shows you the same thing: a deck, a Gantt chart, and a demo near the end. The problem is that none of those are the product. What actually protects you is being able to use the software yourself, early and repeatedly, while there is still budget left to change direction.
The comparison
Web & app development vs an agency vs a far-shore partner
The three realistic ways to get this built, compared on the things that decide whether it lands.
When you first use working software
A local agency
A staged demo, typically once the build is well advanced.
A far-shore build partner
At sprint boundaries, reviewed asynchronously through screenshots and notes.
LebSource
End of every sprint, running, in your hands, plus access to the tracker and the repository throughout.
How feedback travels
A local agency
Through an account manager, then to the delivery team.
A far-shore build partner
Written up in the evening, picked up the following day, clarified the day after.
LebSource
Straight to the people building it, inside your working day.
Who is actually on your project
A local agency
Sold by seniors, often delivered by whoever is free.
A far-shore build partner
A named team, with turnover you find out about after the fact.
LebSource
The people who scoped the work do the work, and you meet them before you sign.
Scope disagreements
A local agency
Resolved by change request once the gap is discovered.
A far-shore build partner
Built exactly to spec, including the parts of the spec that were wrong.
LebSource
Assumptions and exclusions written down at scoping, so the argument happens before the code.
Taking it in-house later
A local agency
Possible, usually a renegotiation.
A far-shore build partner
Code handed over; the reasoning behind it frequently is not.
LebSource
Planned from the start. Code, infrastructure, and documentation are yours throughout.
“Far-shore” here means a delivery team six or more hours from your working day. That is a statement about time zones, not about anyone’s ability, plenty of excellent teams work that way, and for well-scoped, low-iteration work it can be the right call. The comparison describes delivery models, not any particular firm.
How we work
What we put in writing
Every firm claims quality. These are the commitments specific enough that you would notice us breaking them.
We tell you when you don't need us
If a cheaper tool, a simpler approach, or no project at all is the right answer, you hear it at the scoping stage, before you have paid for a build. We would rather lose the engagement than deliver the wrong thing well.
Stop after any stage, keep everything
Work is sequenced so each stage stands on its own and is verifiable before the next begins. There is no point in the engagement where stopping leaves you with nothing usable.
You own it from day one
The code, the infrastructure, and the documentation are yours throughout, not handed over at the end, and not held as leverage. Taking the work in-house later is a planned handover, not a negotiation.
Your working day, not a handoff
Beirut runs on EET/EEST and shifts with the same daylight-saving changes as Europe. Questions get answered inside your day, so a blocker costs you an hour rather than a night.
Nothing we build fails silently
Everything ships with error handling, alerting, and a named owner. Software that breaks quietly is worse than the manual process it replaced, and we treat it that way.
Senior people, at up to 43% less
The saving comes from where the team sits, not from staffing your project with juniors and calling them consultants. The people scoping the work are the people doing it.
Scope
What our Web & app development services cover
Discovery and scope
We turn a brief into a scoped build with the assumptions written down, so the disagreements happen before the code does.
Design and build
Interface design and engineering in one team, working in your time zone so feedback lands the same day rather than the next.
Testing and release
Automated coverage, cross-browser and device testing, and a release process that does not depend on one person being available.
Post-launch support
An agreed support window after launch, because the first weeks in production are when the real problems surface.
Process
How our Web & app development process works
Step 01
Scope
A written scope with assumptions and exclusions made explicit.
Step 02
Design
Flows and interface, reviewed with you before engineering starts.
Step 03
Build
Sprints with working software you can use at the end of each one.
Step 04
Launch
Release, monitoring, and an agreed support period.
Fit
Who our Web & app development team is right for
Deliverables
What you get from a Web & app development engagement
Every item below is something handed over and owned by you at the end, not a description of activity.
A written scope with assumptions and exclusions stated, before engineering starts.
Interface and flow designs reviewed with you before anything is built.
Working software at the end of every sprint, on an environment you can use.
The full source in your repository, with your team's access from day one.
An automated test suite and a deployment pipeline, not just the application.
Launch support and an agreed period of post-release cover.
The stack
Tools and platforms we build Web & app development on
What we work in day to day. If your environment is not listed, it is worth asking rather than assuming.
Front end
- React and Next.js
- Vue and Nuxt
- TypeScript
- Tailwind and design systems
Back end
- Node.js
- Python
- Laravel and PHP
- .NET and Java
Mobile
- React Native
- Flutter
- Native iOS and Android
Infrastructure
- AWS and Vercel
- Docker and Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL and Redis
- GitHub Actions
We work in your stack rather than moving you onto ours. Where we think a choice is wrong we will say so and explain why, then build what you decide.
Engagement
How to buy a Web & app development project
Three shapes, and we will tell you which one fits before you ask. The wrong shape is a more common cause of failure than the wrong team.
Fixed scope
An agreed deliverable, an agreed price, an agreed date. Works when the thing being built is genuinely well understood, which is rarer than most proposals pretend.
Best for
A defined build with stable requirements
Retained team
A team held for you monthly, working through a priority list you control. Scope moves as you learn without renegotiating a contract every time it does.
Best for
Ongoing work where priorities shift
Discovery first
A short paid piece that ends in a written scope, an architecture, and a real estimate. If the answer is that you should not build it, you get that in writing and owe nothing further.
Best for
An idea that is not yet a specification
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FAQ
Web & app development with LebSource
Fixed price or time and materials?
Both are possible. Fixed price needs a tighter scope up front; time and materials suits work where the requirements will genuinely move. We will tell you which fits what you are describing.
Can we take the team in-house later?
Yes, and many clients do. The handover is planned rather than improvised, and the code and documentation are yours throughout.
How do we see progress?
Working software at the end of each sprint, plus access to the tracker and the repository. Progress is something you can use, not a status document.
Next step
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