NEW Software studio · Houston, TX

We build the
software your
business actually
needs.

Codefab designs, builds, and ships websites, custom tools, and AI workflows for businesses that have outgrown templates and SaaS — but don't want a six-figure agency.

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ironrodsteel.com/configure-gate
Gate Configurator
ironrodsteel.com
3D Gate Scene
Mobile View
Built with the tools the best teams use
Next.js Vercel Anthropic OpenAI Stripe Postgres Three.js
Selected work

Things we shipped, that customers use every day.

Each one of these is live, in production, with real businesses depending on it. Click in to see what we built, why, and how.

3D Configurator · Lead Capture · Three.js LIVE

The Gate Configurator — a 3D builder that quotes itself.

A Houston steel shop was losing days to phone-based gate quotes. We built a 3D configurator their customers drive themselves — drag a style, set the dimensions, see it rendered, get a real quote. Leads land in Postgres ready to fab. Three hundred gates and counting.

300+
Gates configured
~4×
Faster than phone quotes
★4.8
Customer rating
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Gate Configurator 3D view
Marketing site · Commerce

Ironrod Steel

The flagship site for a Houston steel distributor. Inventory display, SEO, lead routing.

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Brand · Website launch

A-Plus Powder Coat

Brand identity and full website for a new powder-coating venture in Houston.

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Funnel · App

Truck Pool

A trucking pool sign-up funnel with industrial brand DNA and mobile-first flow.

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What we do

Three things, done right.

We're not the agency that does everything. We're the studio that does these three things at a level most generalist shops can't touch.

①

Marketing websites that actually convert

Sharp brand sites with real strategy — not template flips. Built fast on Next.js, deployed on Vercel, edited by your team in a CMS you'll actually use.

Examples: A-Plus Powder Coat · Ironrod Steel · Truck Pool
②

Custom tools and dashboards

The configurator, internal portal, customer dashboard, or operations tool your business needs but no SaaS vendor will ever build right. Full stack, real auth, real data.

Example: The Gate Configurator above
③

AI workflows and agents

Not chatbots. Real AI agents that read your documents, talk to your stack, and do actual work — moving money, drafting quotes, watching for problems before they hurt you.

Example: Available on request — internal tools we use ourselves
How we work

Three steps. No surprises.

You'll know what we're working on, what it costs, and when it ships — every single week. No black-box agency theater.

Step one

We map it out together

A short paid discovery week — we sit with your team, write the plan, draw the screens, and price the whole build. At the end, you have a real spec in your hands. Even if you don't build with us.

Week 1 · Paid discovery
Step two

We build it in the open

Every Friday you see real progress on a real preview link. You can click around, share with your team, and tell us what to change before the next round. No "we'll show you in 8 weeks" nonsense.

Demo every Friday
Step three

We ship it and stay close

We deploy to your domain, train your team in plain English, write you a one-page operations doc, and stay on call for 30 days post-launch to catch anything we missed.

30 days of post-launch support
What it costs

Real prices, on the page.

No "request a quote" theater. The common engagements have a fixed price. The custom stuff we'll scope and quote in a week.

Marketing Website Brand site, content management, contact forms, deployed to your domain. Includes design strategy, 2 rounds of review, and 30 days of post-launch support.
$8K
2 weeks
Start →
Custom Tool or Dashboard Configurator, internal portal, customer-facing app, or operations tool. Full stack, real database, auth, and a Friday demo every week.
$25K
4 weeks
Start →
AI Workflow / Agent / App Custom AI build — agents, RAG over your documents, voice integrations, fine-tuned models. Scoped after a paid discovery week so we can quote it honestly.
Let's scope it
6+ weeks
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Who's behind this

We use software to run a real shop. Now we'll build it for yours.

Codefab is the software studio behind a 9-year Houston steel distributor. We didn't get tired of waiting on software vendors — we just started building it ourselves.

Over the last 4 years, we shipped a 3D gate configurator, an AI accounting agent, a cash-monitoring system, a multi-site brand stack, and a half-dozen internal tools that run our day-to-day operations.

Now we build the same kind of stuff for other businesses that don't quite fit the standard SaaS box — businesses that want their software to feel like it was built for them, because it was.

Let's build the thing your business actually needs.

Two ways to start a conversation. Pick whichever feels easier. We respond fast either way.

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Skip the form — reach us directly. We'll walk through what you're trying to build, give you a real budget range on the call, and follow up with a one-page plan.

📞 (832) 965-3622

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