FLATMAP

Brussels · Websites and apps

The banking app on your phone? I helped build it.

Now I build websites, shops and apps for people who’d rather hand the whole thing to someone who knows what they’re doing. I’m Yacine, and you deal with me directly. There’s nobody else to go through.

Built for

  • Smals
  • BNP Paribas Fortis
  • ING
  • Mastercard

What I make

Four kinds of thing

  • A website

    A handful of pages that explain what you do and make it easy to get in touch. Loads fast, works well on a phone, and turns up when someone searches for you.

  • An online shop

    Products, a basket, and payments that go through. Set up so you can add and change things yourself afterwards, without calling me.

  • Something people log into

    Bookings, member areas, dashboards, tools your staff use. The kind of thing a website builder can’t do, where people log in and their information has to be right.

  • A phone app

    On the App Store and Google Play, on iPhone and Android. This is what I’ve spent most of fifteen years doing.

What do you need?
design the pages hosting & domain found on Google looking after it your idea live about 3–5 weeks design the shop taking payments hosting & domain looking after it your idea live about 5–8 weeks design the app logins & accounts keeping data safe hosting looking after it your idea live about 8–12 weeks design iPhone & Android the server side into the app stores looking after it your idea live about 10–16 weeks
  1. your idea
  2. design
  3. the pages
  4. hosting & domain
  5. found on Google
  6. looking after it
  7. live about 3–5 weeks
  1. your idea
  2. design
  3. the shop
  4. taking payments
  5. hosting & domain
  6. looking after it
  7. live about 5–8 weeks
  1. your idea
  2. design
  3. the app
  4. logins & accounts
  5. keeping data safe
  6. hosting
  7. looking after it
  8. live about 8–12 weeks
  1. your idea
  2. design
  3. iPhone & Android
  4. the server side
  5. into the app stores
  6. looking after it
  7. live about 10–16 weeks
flatMap is a programming term for taking a pile of separate pieces and returning one clean result. It’s also the job: you have one conversation, I handle the rest.

How it goes

Three steps, and you can stop after the first.

  1. 01

    We talk

    A short call, free. You describe what you want, and I tell you what it would take and whether I’m the right person for it. Sometimes I’m not, and I’ll say so and point you somewhere better.

  2. 02

    I build it

    You see it early and often. When something isn’t right, we change it while it’s still cheap to change.

  3. 03

    It goes live

    Hosting, domain, the lot. Then it’s yours. I can keep an eye on it afterwards if you want, and if you don’t, everything’s set up so anyone else can take over.

How it works

What it costs

One price, agreed before anything starts.

I know “get in touch for a quote” is annoying. Here’s what I can tell you before I’ve even seen your project:

  • You get one price, in writing, before I start. No hourly rate ticking away.
  • It doesn’t change unless you change what you asked for, and then we agree the new number first.
  • You own everything at the end: the code, the domain, the accounts. Nothing is locked to me.
  • If your budget and your idea don’t match, I’ll tell you on the first call and suggest what to leave out.

Proof

An app for organising five-a-side football

I wanted to prove the way I work now holds up on something real: in the app stores, with actual users, and a server that isn’t allowed to lose the result of a match.

It’s live on both stores. You can organise a match, get balanced teams generated, track statistics, and keep score from an Apple Watch while you play.

Read more about this
  • React Native
  • Apple Watch
  • Ktor
  • Postgres
  • Astro
  • GitHub Actions

Who you would be working with

One person. The one who does the work.

I’m Yacine Serroukh. I’ve been building software since 2011, mostly for banks, which means I’m used to things that aren’t allowed to break. FLATMAP is me. When a project needs a designer or another pair of hands, I bring in someone I’ve worked with for years, and I tell you who they are.

More about me

Talk to me

Tell me what you’re trying to make.

A first call costs nothing, and you don’t need a specification or a budget worked out. Working out what to build is part of the job.