About
Design meets engineering
Playstack is a Perth software studio where design and engineering sit at one desk.
Our story
Most agencies design one thing and hand a spec to someone else to build. We keep design and engineering together. The person shaping the interface is close to the engineer wiring the database, which is why the thing you saw in the mockup is the thing that ships.
One senior team designs and builds the work, with dedicated customer success keeping delivery and communication on track. We build on Payload, Next.js and Python, from the CMS your editors run to the AI features doing real work, and we take every project all the way to production, then stay for the year after launch.
Capabilities
Payload CMS
Fully custom Payload builds: custom blocks, admin UX, auth and search. The CMS your editors actually want to use.
Next.js & React
React front ends that stay fast under real content: product, portals and marketing sites wired to your data.
Python & AI
FastAPI services and AI agents that do real work: live data and models that answer instead of guessing.
We build in the open
Our design system is open source and more of our tools are on the way. You can see the quality before you ever hire us.
Real work
An AI fuel-price copilot. A brand-visibility engine that interrogates seven language models. Booking flows for ibis and Mercure Perth. Real products, in production, in front of real users.
The team
A small senior team, based in Perth.
How we work
One loop, on every project, from first sketch to production, and the year after.
- Discover
- We map the real process and agree on outcomes before a line of code.
- Design
- Interactive prototypes early, so you feel it before it is built.
- Build
- Production code with CI, analytics and secure integrations from day one.
- Support
- We stay on to keep it fast, secure and improving after launch.
Tell us what you’re building, or email us directly.