Company
A technology company built like a polymath
Praxionic is two engineering houses, one in the United States and one in Pakistan, working as a single team for clients around the world. We cover 18 disciplines because real projects never stay inside one.
prax·i·on·ic
- praxis
- Greek πρᾶξις, “doing”. For Aristotle, the third human activity after thinking and making: knowledge put into action.
- ion
- Greek ἰόν, “going”. An atom that carries a charge, named in 1834 because it moves.
Practice, in motion
The name says what we care about. Knowing how is the easy part to claim. The work is in doing it: shipping the system, closing the vulnerability, keeping the service up at three in the morning.
The word ion was suggested to Michael Faraday by William Whewell, a polymath who also gave English the word scientist. We like the company. Our index of disciplines is laid out like a table of elements for the same reason: each one is distinct, and they are most useful in combination.
At a glance
The shape of the firm
- 18
- disciplines
- 187
- capabilities
- 2
- engineering houses
- 3
- markets: B2B, B2C and platforms
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How we work
Think. Make. Do.
Three stages, named for Aristotle's three activities. Every engagement passes through all of them, whatever its size.
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01theoria
Think
Understand before building
We learn the business, the constraints and what success looks like, then put scope, architecture, risks and cost in writing so you can decide with the facts in front of you.
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02poiesis
Make
Build in the open
Design and engineering move in short cycles. You see working software regularly, security and testing are part of the build, and changes of direction are priced before they are made.
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03praxis
Do
Run it and keep improving
Launch is the middle of the job. We host, monitor, support and extend what we build, and hand over cleanly whenever you want to take it in-house.
What we hold ourselves to
Specialists who talk to each other
Security people review what engineers build. Data people are in the room when a product is designed. Breadth only helps if the disciplines actually meet.
One team in two places
Both houses share the same standards, reviews and tooling. Work is handed across time zones, never thrown over a wall.
Plain language
Estimates, risks and trade-offs are written so that a non-engineer can make the call.
Still here after launch
We would sooner run what we build than walk away from it, so we build it to be run.
Ways to engage
Four ways to work with us
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Project
A defined outcome with an agreed scope, timeline and price.
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Dedicated team
Engineers who work only on your product, inside your process.
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Managed service
We run a system or function for you against agreed service levels.
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Advisory
Audits, reviews and strategy by the day or on retainer.
Offices
Two houses, one team
Both houses design, build and support. Projects are staffed from whichever mix of people and hours suits the client.
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Who is at their desk right now
Shown in UTC
Between them, the two houses are at work for about 18 hours of every weekday. Bands show a typical 9:00 to 18:00 local day.
Tell us what you are trying to get done.
A short message is enough. We will come back with questions, then a plan.