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Senior by default
Every project is led by someone with decades of production experience. You're never paying senior rates for someone who's learning on your dime.
From the sensor to the browser tab
Full-stack is where most teams start. We start at the PLC.
Side carries your data from the plant floor all the way to the browser, and builds the web and mobile tools that make it useful to humans.
— About us
A senior partner who's walked in your shoes.
Most vendors have never been in the customer's shoes. They sell their vision for what they think the customer needs without truly understanding the customer. Side started out as the end user, allowing us to understand what the customer really needs. Because of that, we've spent the last twenty years building applications and architecting solutions in a wide array of industries, from manufacturing to pharmaceuticals, aviation to small businesses, and everything in between.
100+
deployments across the globe
30+
years industry experience
19+
years in business
— Our principles
Four commitments that shape every engagement.
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Deep on both sides
Front-end and back-end. Plant floor and enterprise. Old systems and new ones. We've built in every corner of the stack, for a lot of different industries, over a lot of years.
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Built to maintain
We write the code, but we also write the docs, the runbooks, and the tests. You can own it forever, or we can keep supporting it. Your call.
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Honest scope
We quote what we can actually ship. If the work is bigger than the budget, we say so upfront. No surprise change orders.
— What we do
Engineering capabilities across the full stack.
From web and mobile applications to AI integrations and plant floor systems, Side covers the full surface area of modern software delivery.
Custom applications
Web, mobile, and desktop software built for real users and real data. ASP.NET Core, modern front-ends, mobile frameworks, SQL Server, and whatever else the job needs. Deployed through real CI/CD.
AI integration
LLM features that solve a real problem and don't make things up. Document extraction, natural-language tools for internal users, agent workflows, and the careful plumbing that makes AI actually work in production.
Industrial & OT integration
PLC, HMI, and historian integration. Allen-Bradley, AVEVA/Wonderware, OPC, Siemens. We speak the protocols, including the proprietary ones, and we've shipped at scale.
Legacy modernization
Twenty-year-old ClickOnce apps, undocumented databases, and brittle integrations. Replaced with modern software your team can keep shipping against.
— How we work
A compact method for turning ideas into shipped software.
01 · Discover
Discover
Two weeks embedded with your team. We read the code, walk the floor or the office, and talk to the people doing the work. By the end we know what you know, plus a few things you didn't.
02 · Build
Build
Short cycles. Small reviewable changes. A shared backlog your team can actually read. We demo working software along the way, not just at the end.
03 · Hand off
Hand off
Docs, runbooks, architecture diagrams, and a proper handoff workshop. You get the keys and the map. We stay on the phone for a year after, just in case.
— Impact
Real outcomes from real engagements.
Sample outcomes from production deployments, each one measured and reviewed with the client team.
4,000+ HMI's
global deployment across all General Mills facilities. A custom navigation and security policy framework deployed through system platform, implemented in every HMI across every manufacturing facility worldwide.
80+ hrs saved
per cell culture process at MAST/Merck, after replacing a failing Python script with a production-grade integration service.
Minutes, not hours
for pilot credential review at a charter aviation client, after shipping an AI-driven document extraction pipeline in place of manual dispatch work.
— Engagements
Two ways to work with Side.
No hidden fees. No change-order games.
Retainer
Ongoing projects, support, bug fixes, architecture input, or a regular advisor role. No minimums, no change-order games, no disappearing act.
Monthly retainer
Deliver
A scoped project with a fixed outcome. Discovery, build, and handoff within an agreed timeline. Optional support contract available.
Fixed-scope engagement
— Kind words
Trusted by our customers.
“Side's ability to transform whiteboard ideas into production ready solutions is unmatched.”
Ready to ship the work?
Tell us about your project. We'll reply within two business days, usually with a few questions.