Indie Developer Studio · Two Best Friends · Built in the Half Pipe
HALF
PIPE
LABS
We're two best mates who got tired of working for other people. So we built our own half pipe and dropped in. You're looking at it.
01 · WHO WE ARE
WE
DON'T
SUIT UP.
We're Nathan and Andy — two best mates running an indie app studio on caffeine, stubbornness, and genuine love of the craft.
We build apps the same way you build a trick. Try it. Bail. Try it again. Until it actually works. No bloat. No agencies. No 47-slide strategy decks.
Just two dudes with too many ideas and just enough skill to ship them.
02 · THE FOUNDERS
JUST THE
TWO OF US.
Nathan has spent a decade in digital marketing after detours through sales, nursing and kitchen management, which sounds chaotic until you realise each of those jobs is just solving problems under pressure. That's exactly what he does now. Where Andy builds for business, Nathan builds for people. Apps and tools that make real life a bit less complicated. FocusUnlocker was a 2am idea because he was sick of neurotypical task managers. That's his guarantee: if the idea is good enough, he won't sleep until it's live.
Andy is an optimist who never received the memo that milennials were supposed to give up. Fuelled by ADHD-powered idea generation and a background in digital marketing, he takes things from "what if" to "it's live" faster than most people can make a coffee. Comparison platforms, custom CRMs, booking systems; if it solves a real problem, Andy's probably already built a version of it.
02 · WHAT WE BUILD
APPS THAT
ACTUALLY
WORK.
WEBSITES & WEB APPS
From marketing sites to full-stack web applications. Fast, clean, built to last. If it lives in a browser, we can build it.
DESKTOP & MOBILE APPS
Native iOS, Android, and desktop applications. Built for real people who don't read instructions. If you need a tutorial to use it, we've already failed.
TOOLS & AUTOMATION
The stuff you keep doing manually that a computer should handle. We build that. Usually in a week. Sometimes in a weekend.
03 · WHAT WE'VE SHIPPED
PROOF IT
WORKS.
Barely Thriving
The last plant app you, or your plants, will ever need. No more dead plants. No more shame. No more guilt. Just you and your plants thriving together.
FocusUnlocker
A task manager app for people with ADHD. Your brain isn't broken, your task app is.
Codename: LCARS
An upcoming AI-powered assistant for Mac. In development.
“IF YOU'RE GOING TO DROP IN, YOU COMMIT. NO STANDING AT THE TOP OVERTHINKING IT. NO BAILING HALFWAY DOWN. YOU BUILD IT, YOU SHIP IT, YOU DEAL WITH THE BAIL WHEN IT COMES. THAT'S HOW TRICKS WORK. THAT'S HOW APPS WORK.”
03 · GET IN TOUCH
GOT AN
IDEA?
Need something building? Got an idea that won't leave you alone? Get in touch. We don't bite. We reply fast.