Grow without outgrowing your software
We build software, steer existing back on track, or train development teams. We make sure your code can scale with your business.
The three ways we help
Build
You have a serious idea and you're ready to invest in it. We take full ownership — architecture, code, infrastructure — so you start with a system designed to last. One client reached £1.4m ARR on a Lamp-built platform. They're still with us a decade later.
Learn more →Steer
Your product works, but the technology is holding it back. We bring senior engineering direction — the same discipline we apply to systems we've maintained for over a decade — to identify what's gone wrong, build a plan to fix it, and steer your team back to confidence.
Learn more →Train
Testing, static analysis, refactoring, architecture. Taught by people who do this in production systems, not from slides. Hands-on workshops tailored to where your team is now.
Learn more →Small team. Big impact.
We've been doing this for over a decade. Our clients stay because the software keeps working and keeps improving.
See how we helped TommyTrinder reach £1.4m ARR → | Read the HiddenCity case study →
We don't have a big team. We have a senior team that stays close to the work.
Why Lamp
We optimise for year three, not sprint three
Many teams are incentivised to move fast early and leave later. We assume the opposite: the original developers won't always be around, requirements will change in ways nobody predicts, and the codebase will outlive today's tooling and trends. So we design systems to survive that reality.
We stay small on purpose
You will always work with senior engineers. We stay small so context is never lost, decisions stay coherent, and responsibility is clear. Scale is not our product. Reliability is.
We connect code decisions to business consequences
Every technical choice has a commercial impact: speed of delivery, ability to hire, operational risk, cost of change. We surface those trade-offs explicitly so decisions are made with eyes open.
We're not afraid to say no
We push back when short-term wins create long-term pain, when fashion outweighs function, or when complexity is being added without clear benefit. That's part of being a professional partner.
Who this is for
Good fit
- Your software already matters commercially
- You plan to be here in 3–5 years
- You care about long-term velocity, not short-term demos
- You want senior engineers, not a rotating team of juniors
Not for you
- Looking for the cheapest option
- Need a quick MVP with no long-term plans
- Want a rewrite "just to clean things up"
- Expect bodies, not judgment
Start a conversation
The first conversation is exploratory and practical. We'll talk through where you are, what the risks are, and what a sensible next step looks like. No hard sell. No obligation.