Every build is held to the same standard.
Security, accessibility, code quality, and verification — the controls a mature engineering team enforces on its best day, applied to every task regardless of size or deadline.
A fair question when two operators ship production software at small-business prices: what gets cut to make that work? The honest answer is nothing. Speed comes from Orchestrator, our multi-agent development platform — not from skipping the unglamorous engineering. Every build is held to the explicit standards below. They are gates, not aspirations: work that fails to meet them does not ship.
- Accessibility target
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- Security posture
- OWASP-aligned
- Architecture discipline
- SOLID
- Verification model
- Evidence-based
Security & data protection
OWASP-aligned- Designed against the OWASP Top 10 — injection, cross-site scripting, request forgery, and related threats
- Authentication and role-based authorization on every protected resource
- Passwords hashed with modern algorithms — never stored in plain text
- Parameterized queries throughout; no hand-assembled SQL
- All input validated and sanitized at system boundaries
- Encryption in transit and at rest, with rate limiting on exposed endpoints
- Secrets and personal data kept out of logs, with an automated secret scan before any commit
Accessibility & inclusive design
WCAG 2.2 AA- Conformance target: WCAG 2.2 Level AA — the current standard
- Full keyboard operability with clear, visible focus indicators
- Semantic HTML and ARIA labelling on every interactive control
- Text contrast at or above 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text
- Layouts scale to 200% text size and reflow across mobile, tablet, and desktop
- Screen-reader-compatible structure, with accessible loading, empty, and error states
- Checked by a dedicated accessibility review, then re-verified before sign-off
Code quality & architecture
SOLID- SOLID principles, separation of concerns, and loose coupling
- New code follows your existing conventions and patterns, not generic boilerplate
- Type safety enforced, with consistent, structured error handling
- No TODO, FIXME, or placeholder code — production-ready only
- Built against current, verified documentation, never guessed-at APIs
- Significant technical decisions recorded with their rationale
- Independent architecture review before any implementation is accepted
Testing & verification
Evidence-based- Every requirement mapped to a test with a pass/fail verdict and evidence
- 80%+ coverage on new code, with any coverage drop on modified code flagged
- Every bug fix ships with a test that fails before the fix and passes after
- Tests assert on behavior and contracts, not on implementation detail
- Every new branch, retry, and recovery path adversarially reviewed
- The component under test is never mocked away to force a pass
- A missing or failing test blocks release — no exceptions
Performance & reliability
Core Web Vitals- Efficient data access — proper indexing and no N+1 query patterns
- Caching applied at the appropriate layers
- Front-end tuned for Core Web Vitals — load, responsiveness, visual stability
- Pagination and connection pooling built in for scale
- Graceful error handling with loading states and sensible retries
- Asynchronous processing for long-running work
Data integrity & delivery
Verified delivery- Normalized schema with enforced keys and integrity constraints
- Database migrations are reversible and tested before touching production data
- Audit fields and referential integrity preserved through every change
- Documentation verified against the actual shipped implementation
- Delivered as a clean, reviewed change with a plain-language summary
- The same standards applied on every task — first or hundredth
The bottom line: These standards are gates, not good intentions. Security flaws, performance regressions, and accessibility violations are automatic rejections — never waived to hit a deadline. What ships is software you can adopt, audit, and build on with confidence.