A software and design studio

Products that hold up after launch.

XYZ Makes designs and builds native applications for Apple platforms, web platforms and the systems around them — and advises teams putting AI to work where it actually pays.

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YXZ

What the studio does

01 — Native

Application development

Native iOS and macOS software, designed and built end to end.

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • TestFlight
  • App Store
 02 — Web

Web development

Sites and web applications that stay fast after launch.

  • Astro
  • GSAP
  • Cloudflare
  • Edge
 03 — Content

Content and publishing

Original video and written work, produced through an in-house pipeline.

  • Video
  • Editorial
  • Pipeline
 04 — Advisory

AI advisory and training

A two-week walk through one workflow, ending in a costed plan.

  • Workflow Walk
  • 2 weeks
  • Costed plan
The centre aisle of a vast dark server hall, amber status lights receding to a distant vanishing point.
How it runs

Built to be handed over.

Documentation, access, and code written for whoever maintains it next.

Selected work

All four, in detail
A suspect portrait, composed and unbothered.
Native · iOS

One of Them Is Lying

A bilingual detective game where the suspects are language models, and they lie.

On TestFlight
LittleSpoon home screen showing the day’s log.
Native · iOS

LittleSpoon小勺

A bilingual solid-food tracker two parents share, with nothing on anyone else’s server.

On TestFlight
The Aloud application icon.
Native · macOS

Aloud

Menu-bar dictation that runs entirely on the Mac.

Signed & notarised

Have something that needs building?

Scoped engagements, clear pricing, and a written definition of done before anything starts.

info@xyzmakes.com How the studio works