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Human First. Future Ready.

Web platforms built around your work.

Haiori designs and builds web platforms and business applications, from the first useful version through implementation and launch. Daniel leads delivery and stays hands-on in the engineering.

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Applications we can build

Client portals & onboarding

Give people a place to submit information, complete onboarding steps and see what happens next. Agree access, notifications and integrations around the actual service.

Fundraising & service platforms

Bring campaigns or services online with the workflows they need. Payments, records and administration are scoped explicitly for the first release.

Operational applications

Manage requests, records and approvals in software shaped around the work. Connect existing tools where it helps people avoid entering the same information twice.

Founder experience

Engineering experience,
close to delivery.

Daniel brings his professional engineering and team leadership experience to Haiori. His contracting career continues alongside the studio; it is distinct from Haiori client work.

Hands-on engineering

Senior software engineering experience informs the way Daniel approaches application design, implementation and review. He works in TypeScript and Python across the stack, with Angular or React for interfaces and NestJS or FastAPI for services, chosen to fit the team that will own the application.

Application development TypeScript & Python Technical review

Team leadership

Daniel combines technical work with team leadership experience. At Haiori, he stays involved in the build and makes responsibilities clear across the people contributing to a project.

Collaboration Delivery Clear responsibility
From first version to handover
Define the first release

Agree the users, workflows, priorities and acceptance criteria

Design, build and review

Develop the application and integrations in increments you can see and test

Prepare for launch

Agree the deployment environment, responsibilities and readiness checks

Hand over and plan support

Provide the agreed code and documentation, with maintenance and further work scoped explicitly

What we build

Software for the way people work

A portal where clients submit information and follow progress. An application that brings requests, records and approvals into one place. A platform that connects people with a service. We turn a useful idea into agreed workflows, a clear first release and working software.

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Services

Think. Shape. Scale.

Start with the work you need to do. Shape covers the build; Think helps define the scope and technical direction; Scale improves workflows through automation, optimisation and practical AI. Each can stand alone.

Shape — Build useful software
Design and develop web platforms, business applications and integrations. Agree the first release, build and test it, then prepare for launch and handover.
Think — Define the work
Clarify the scope of a new application, review an existing system or get technical direction. A focused assessment is available when the uncertainty calls for it.
Scale — Improve the workflow
Connect systems, reduce repetitive work and improve performance. Use AI for a specific task when its results can be evaluated and its operation supported.
How delivery works

Direct founder involvement

Daniel leads the engagement, technical decisions and engineering review. When a project needs more hands, he works with a small circle of trusted senior contractors.

A first release you can review

We agree users, workflows and acceptance criteria, then build and test the application in reviewable increments. You can see how the software is taking shape.

Launch, handover & next steps

Agree deployment responsibilities, source code and documentation handover, and the support the application will need. Further development and maintenance have their own scope.

Haiori is built around direct involvement in the work: understanding the application, making technical choices and carrying the build through to handover.

Daniel ȘotropaFounder & Senior Software Engineer
Daniel Șotropa
Insights

Notes on building useful software

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Define the First Useful Version of a Business Application

A business application already has users and a workflow. Its first version is the one task people can finish in it on day one, exceptions included.

Daniel Șotropa·2026-09-09

AI Where It Earns Its Place: Four Questions Before You Fund a Pilot

A four-question test for deciding whether an AI pilot is necessary, measurable and controllable inside a real operational workflow.

Daniel Șotropa·2026-08-25
Contact

What would you like to build?

Tell us who will use the application and what they need to do. Daniel will reply personally, then discuss scope, dependencies and a useful next step with you. A finished brief is not required.

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