About

About Coffee Layer

Coffee Layer is an independent software company that builds and operates digital products.

What we work on

We build software and then run it.

Coffee Layer, LLC develops, operates and commercialises its own software. The company owns the products it makes, which means we are responsible for them long after launch day.

  • Web applications

    Products that live in the browser and work on whatever device is closest.

  • Mobile applications

    Native and cross-platform apps for the moments when a browser is not enough.

  • SaaS

    Subscription products we host, maintain and support ourselves.

  • APIs

    Interfaces that let other software use what we have built.

  • AI-enabled software

    Features that use machine learning where it makes a product measurably more useful, rather than as decoration.

How we build

A short process, repeated.

Nothing here is unusual. It is simply the order we keep coming back to.

  1. Start focused

    Pick one problem and resist the urge to widen the scope.

  2. Solve a real problem

    Build for something people already do, not something we wish they did.

  3. Keep it simple

    Every screen, setting and feature has to justify the space it takes.

  4. Ship

    Put it in front of people while it is still small enough to change.

  5. Learn

    Watch how it is actually used and take the result seriously.

  6. Improve

    Fix, sharpen, remove. Then start the loop again.

The name

Where “Coffee Layer” comes from.

The name comes from two things we spend a lot of time around: software layers and coffee.

We build the first one. We do not sell the second.

See the current product.

FluentPass is the Coffee Layer product available today.

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