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Production-ready web apps, cloud platforms, AI tools, and MVPs — scoped properly and built to handle real users from day one. No six-month black boxes. You see progress as it happens.
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We're Paterson Projects.
Production-ready software, shipped fast, built to last.
Web apps, cloud platforms, AI tools, legacy rescues, and technical strategy — from a team that's been delivering for over a decade.
Trusted by
SwipedOn · Sign In Solutions · Comvita · Zespri · Trustpower · Craigs · Seeka
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Shipping software since
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NZ enterprise clients
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Hackathon champions
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Projects abandoned
What we actually do
If any of these sound like your situation, we should talk.
Fix what's broken
The codebase nobody wants to touch. Zero documentation, fragile deployments, the original developer long gone. We'll stabilize it, modernize it, and hand it back to you in a state your team can actually maintain.
Strategy & clarity
You know something needs to change but you're not sure what. We'll dig in, map out the options, and give you a clear recommendation — including what not to build.
Thinking partner
Sometimes a single conversation saves you six months and $100k building the wrong thing. No agenda, no upsell — just experienced technical perspective when you need it.
Not sure which one fits? That's normal — and we'll figure it out together.
Sound familiar?
Any of these keeping you up at night?
Our developer left and nobody understands the codebase.
We need to ship this quarter but the team's stretched too thin.
I've been quoted a fortune for something that feels like it should be way simpler.
I just need someone technical I can trust to tell me what to actually do.
You're not the first. We've seen all of these before — and we know how to fix them.
— We do our best thinking outside. Keeps the ideas honest.
Track record
Real companies. Real results.
We don't do hypothetical case studies. Here's where we've built, shipped, and led — and what happened.
SwipedOn → Sign In App
Workplace Management Platform
Thousands of businesses worldwide
Took ownership of the entire engineering function for a global SaaS product. Led a complete codebase rewrite, built the team from scratch, mentored developers from junior to senior level, and kept the platform rock-solid through a major acquisition and every curveball that came with it. Still leading it today.
SaaSTeam LeadershipReact.NET
RICADO
Legacy Modernization
Faster software, zero knowledge loss
Inherited legacy systems that were actively holding the business back. Modernized the entire codebase, built scalable replacements, and provided hands-on customer support. Left them with software they could actually maintain — and a team that understood how it worked.
Custom SoftwareLegacy Systems
Datacom
Enterprise Consulting · 6 Years
Comvita, Zespri, Trustpower, Craigs, Seeka
Six years embedded with some of New Zealand's biggest household names. Azure cloud migrations, integration modernization, and bespoke software — much of which is still running in production today, years after we shipped it.
EnterpriseAzureConsultingAngular
Want results like these for your project?
Same approach, applied to your problem. Let's figure out what it needs.
Our process
Three steps. That's it.
Every engagement follows the same pattern. Clear, predictable, and designed to keep you in control.
01
Talk
You tell us what's going on, we tell you whether we can help — and what the rough shape of the engagement would look like. No pitch decks, no follow-up spam.
02
Plan
We scope it together. You'll know the timeline, the cost, and exactly what 'done' looks like — before we write a single line of code.
03
Build & ship
Working software in your hands every single week. You see real progress, give feedback early, and always know exactly where things stand.
Simple, predictable, effective.
No 12-page proposals. No procurement hoops. A conversation, a plan, and working software.
— Rooted in New Zealand. Reaching everywhere.
Why us?
Fall down, get back upSay what you meanNumber 8 wire thinking
BSc Computer Science · Agile Certified (ICP) · 3x Hackathon Champions
Paterson Projects started on farms in New Zealand — the kind of places where if something breaks, you figure it out with baling twine and whatever's lying around. That number 8 wire mentality became the foundation. Today we're a tight collective: a core operator backed by a bench of trusted specialists, each brought in to match the problem at hand. Twelve years in, this model means you get senior-level focus without the overhead of a big agency.
What that means for you: lean teams, direct communication, and no layers between you and the people doing the work. We ship weekly and keep things simple. If a patch will do, we won't recommend a rebuild. If a project needs a skill we don't have in-house, we bring in someone who does.
Bay of Plenty, NZSince 2013Remote-friendly
What people say
People we've worked with
Reece is larger than life positive character who shapes organisational culture through his pragmatic social engagement and passion for IT. I watched Reece grow from an intermediate developer to an inspirational hackfest leader, who people are drawn to follow. He was a key member of the wider software projects team and showed great technical knowledge and a passion for agile. I would highly recommend Reece as a prized cultural asset with great hunger and leadership potential.
I have had the pleasure of working with Reece for 6 years, where he has consistently proven himself time and time again. He has proven technical ability in C#, TypeScript, JavaScript and libraries such as React and Vue. Beyond his technical skills, he has excellent communication skills, thrives on collaboration and his enthusiasm is infectious.
He's not just talk regarding work culture — he's the real deal. When Reece dives into a project, he's all in, 110%. The real standout is how he manages to get the best out of everyone around him. There are many of us who worked with Reece in the last decade, and we're still tight-knit friends today — that says heaps about Reece's solid vibe.
Anyone can ship a v1.
We're still maintaining code
we wrote 13 years ago.
No agency churn. No handoff to juniors. The same people who architect your system are the ones who answer the phone when something breaks at 2am.
Get in touch
Let's talk about your project
Tell us what you're dealing with. The first conversation is free, no strings attached.
Prefer a call? 022 544 1928
What happens when you reach out:
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We read your message and reply within 24 hours
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We give you our assessment — what we'd do, rough cost, timeline
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If we can help, we suggest a clear next step
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If we can't, we'll point you to someone who can