custom software, built at the speed of AI.
a software and AI consultancy your team can see inside. we ship the custom systems your ERP can't bend to, the modernizations that never fit the budget, and the products in between, through a methodology and a platform we built ourselves and run on every engagement.
- 01engineers, AI-leveragedthe engineers you meet in the sales call are the ones shipping. roughly 80% agent execution, 20% engineering judgment.
- 02fixed scope, price, datequoted up front, written down. one number, one date, one scope.
- 03transparent workspaceyour team has a seat alongside ours. specs, agent sessions, and evidence visible in real time.
custom software used to be the slow, expensive answer. it doesn't have to be anymore.
for years, "build it custom" meant six months and six figures. AI changed the math underneath. agents handle the typing, engineers handle the judgment, and a project that used to take a quarter now ships in weeks.
we built our methodology and our platform around that new math. fixed-fee pricing on the work, not the typing time. live visibility while the work ships. the same engineers from kickoff to handoff.
the experience behind steerdev
a team that has shipped real software in real production for over a decade, and built AI systems long before they were called agents.
the most expensive software in your company is the software you can't change.
NetSuite and SAP run the books fine. the 2012 codebase still serves customers. the real cost is what these systems stopped you from building: every workflow bent to the software, every idea priced at six figures, every migration deferred another year.
AI collapsed the implementation cost that made those numbers rational. what it didn't provide is the discipline to use it without shipping unreviewed AI slop. that's the part we built: structured specs, evidence-based review, engineers steering every agent.
NetSuite or SAP holds your ledger, and that part works. everything it doesn't cover, scheduling, quoting, portals, approvals, lives in spreadsheets and swivel-chair work, because every customization quote came back at six figures with a next-year start date. we build that layer as software you own: specced up front, agents executing, evidence on every PR, integrated with your system of record. the ERP keeps the books. you keep the workflows.
see fixed-price projects →the vendor got acquired, the codebase predates the cloud, and every idea your team has had since gets filed under "after the migration." those quotes were rational when humans typed every line. they aren't anymore. we migrate subsystem by subsystem in risk-scoped mini-cascades, each one specced, verified, and priced on its own, so you never bet the year on a rewrite.
see how the pod works →we ran this on ourselves first. we're replacing our own ERP with the platform, module by module. the write-up, warts included, is on the blog →
every kind of custom build. only faster.
if it's software, we ship it. AI in the loop where it earns its keep, senior engineers in the loop where judgment matters. we work best with companies that run real systems, an ERP that holds the ledger, a codebase that predates the cloud, a product with paying customers, and need to modernize, extend, or integrate AI without a big-bang rewrite.
- legacy modernizationmigrations off aging stacks, subsystem by subsystem, with AI tooling that finally makes them tractable.
- the layer around your ERPthe scheduling, quoting, portal, and approval workflows NetSuite or SAP would sell you as a module. built to your process, integrated with your system of record.
- AI features and integrationsagents, copilots, and automation wired into the product you already have.
- internal platformsadmin panels, dashboards, connectors, the operational backbone that quietly runs the business.
- POCs and MVPsvalidate an idea before you commit a quarter to it, then get a real product in front of real users.
- custom AI agent workflowsMCP servers, skill packages, multi-agent systems for teams already pushing into agentic territory.
one team. two ways to engage.
both fixed-fee. both fully visible. one path for teams with a project to ship. one path for teams with a roadmap and a partner. same methodology, same platform, same engineers either way.
a methodology and a platform. you can watch both before you sign.
we built both in-house, and we run every project on them, internal and external. before you sign, we'll walk you through how the loop works and let you sit inside the workspace. when work starts, your team has a seat from day one.
small, risk-scoped loops that fold spec, build, and verification into one tight cycle. low-risk work ships in hours. critical work gets the verification its blast radius requires. iteration length scales to the work, the spec is the artifact of record, and scope is fixed when the price is.
the workspace where humans steer and agents ship. structured specs, parallel agent execution, evidence on every PR. it's where every project we deliver is built, and where your team watches it happen in real time.
the math underneath custom development changed. we rebuilt the model to match.
we don't sell our methodology. we ship with it, every day.
the methodology and the platform are how our engineers work, sharpened on every real project, internal and external. when you engage us, you get the same tooling and the same loop we use to ship our own.
- a 2-week migration off a 2018 monolith. zero post-handoff incidents.
- an 8-day custom MCP integration into a client's CRM. end-to-end behavioral tests included.
- a 3-week internal admin tool. ~120 PRs, shipped on the quoted date.
- our own ERP, replaced module by module. invoicing, projects, allocation. read the write-up →
the lock-in report. what custom software should cost now.
a short, numbers-first briefing for teams running NetSuite, SAP, or software old enough to vote. what your customization and migration quotes were actually priced on, what changed in 2025, and how to tell a disciplined AI-era vendor from a slop factory.
- the three stages of lock-in, and where they hide on your P&L
- the old math vs. the new math on module and migration quotes
- the numbers behind the slop risk, and the vendor test to run
- a one-page worksheet to reprice your stalled backlog
your roadmap.
our pod.
one workspace.
we work with a small number of engaged teams at a time. if your roadmap needs a partner that ships at the speed of AI, or a system that's been "too expensive to change" finally needs to move, we should talk.
prefer email? steerdev@pento.ai
pick a time. right here.
30 minutes, straight to your calendar. we'll come in prepared to talk through your roadmap, constraints, and the fastest path to shipping.
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