Lone Star Media
Product discipline, for hire.
We build and run our own products. When we build yours, it gets the same treatment: shipped fast, built to last, and supported by the people who wrote it.
Custom software
From a first version to systems used by thousands. Web apps, the machinery behind them, and getting your systems to talk to each other. We're strongest where things are messy: old data, outside services that misbehave, and tools that were never meant to work together.
Typical work: first versions, connecting systems together, subscription platforms, internal tools, and taking over projects other teams left behind.
Mobile apps
One app that works on both iPhone and Android, and feels right on each. We've taken plenty from idea to the App Store, including our own.
Typical work: consumer apps, companion apps for existing platforms, and rescues for apps stuck in review or buried in old problems.
Websites & online stores
WordPress, Shopify, and e-commerce builds that bring your products and services up to date. Faster, safer, and easier for your team to run without us.
Typical work: moving to a better platform, speed overhauls, checkout and sales work, and untangling plugin spaghetti.
AI that works with your systems
We connect your systems to Claude and other AI tools so they can do real work. We also rescue apps that AI built and nobody can maintain.
See MCP services and AISlop.Surgery for the full picture.
How we work.
Small and senior
No account managers, no junior bench. The engineers on your kickoff call are the ones writing the code.
Ship early, ship often
Working software every week, not a big reveal at the end. You see progress, we get feedback.
Built to hand over
Clean code, real documentation, everything in your accounts. We build like you might leave us, which is why clients stay for decades.
Questions
What kind of software do you build?
Custom web apps and the systems behind them, iPhone and Android apps, websites and online stores on WordPress or Shopify, and AI connections to tools like Claude. We also take over projects other teams left behind.
Who actually works on my project?
The engineers on your kickoff call are the ones writing the code. No account managers and no junior bench.
How often will I see progress?
Every week. You get working software along the way, so you see progress and we get your feedback early.
Do I own the code?
Yes. The code, the accounts and the documentation are yours, and everything lives in your accounts.
Can you fix an app someone else built?
Yes. That's a lot of what we do, including apps that AI wrote and nobody can maintain. See AI Slop Surgery for how that works.
What does a project cost?
Projects start at $5k. Every project starts with a free 30-minute consultation, and sprints and rescues are fixed price and quoted before work starts.