Eight years.Seventy products.One rule.
Blackbyrds was built on one belief: the most valuable thing a studio can do is tell you what to build before it builds it. Everything else follows from that.
Our philosophy
We've made every mistake in the book. Now we make sure our clients don't.
- 01
Every engagement starts with a written thesis.
It forces clarity on what we're building, who it's for, and what winning looks like. Most problems get solved here, before a single pixel or line of code.
- 02
We've never sent a surprise invoice.
Not once in eight years. What we quote is what you pay. That's not a policy. It's just how honest work operates.
- 03
You'll see the product every week.
Real demos, real staging, real feedback loops. You'll never be left wondering what's happening or whether anyone's actually working.
- 04
A 90-day post-launch warranty.
It isn't a safety net. It's a signal that we care whether the thing we built actually works in the real world. We stay because we want to.
By the numbers
- 2017
- Founded
- 70+
- Products shipped
- 4
- Continents
- 0
- Surprise invoices
The year we shipped our first product and learned everything we know about what not to do.
And counting. Every one started with a question, not a brief.
Same process, same standards, same fixed quote.
Ever.
Who you work with
A small senior team. The founder is on every project.
No account managers between you and the people doing the work. Every project runs with the same four roles.
CK Mirafuente
Founder · Strategy lead
Runs discovery and writes the thesis on every engagement. Has shipped products for clients in the Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong and the US since 2017.
Product designer
Owns research, flows, wireframes and the design system. Signs off with you before production code starts.
Lead engineer
Architecture, data model and the weekly staging release. Your single technical point of contact for the build.
AI engineer
Joins when the thesis calls for agents, document processing or forecasting. Scopes against a real workflow first.
Growth partner
Post-launch SEO, performance and creative. Stays on after the 90-day warranty when you want the product to keep moving.
The team
Great work comes from genuine curiosity.
Our studio is built around people who push each other to grow, take pride in the craft, and question every assumption everyone else takes for granted.
Trusted by businesses across the Philippines, Europe, the US, Australia, and Hong Kong, we've built a reputation for software that's reliable, scalable, and thoughtfully designed. Built for the long run.
Boutique by choice
Every client gets the founders, not the interns. Small team, full accountability.
Strategy before pixels
We start with a written thesis, not a mood board. Build the right thing before building it right.
No lock-in, ever
No proprietary platforms. No hostage software.
Transparent loops
Weekly demos, shared roadmaps, fortnightly staging deploys. You always know where things stand.
Built to last
Scalable architecture, documented code, and a 90-day post-launch warranty. Software that still works three years later.
Philippines-based. Globally trusted.
From our studio in the Philippines to clients across Australia, Hong Kong, Europe, and the US.
Got an idea worth shipping?
Tell us what you're building. We reply within one business day with a thesis, a plan, and a fixed quote.
No retainer lock-in · Month-to-month engagements · Full transparency