Software & product studio · Québec, Canada
We build software.Ours and yours.
1008 Studio builds and operates digital products of its own, and partners with organizations to build, modernize and evolve theirs.
Build new. Rethink old.
One studio · Two engines
Our products
- Discover
- Validate
- Build
- Launch
- Learn
Your products
- Understand
- Shape
- Build
- Ship
- Evolve
Our products
We conceive, build, launch and operate software products of our own. Every product sharpens the way we build the next one.
Your products
We bring the same product discipline to selected client work, from a new idea to a live system, or from a brittle legacy platform to something ready for what comes next.
What we build
Software for what comes next.
- 01
Custom software
Web applications, internal platforms and tailored systems designed around the way the business actually works.
Good fit when
Off-the-shelf tools force the team to work against the grain.
- 02
Web apps & SaaS
From focused MVPs to subscription products, authentication, payments, analytics and production infrastructure.
Good fit when
An idea needs to reach real users as a working product, not a deck.
- 03
Legacy modernization
Modernize without throwing away what still creates value. Untangle, rebuild, integrate and migrate with continuity in mind.
Good fit when
A system still runs the business but slows every decision down.
Keep what works. Rethink what doesn't.
- 04
AI & agentic automation
Useful AI, grounded in a real workflow. Agents, automation, retrieval and intelligent features where they earn their place.
Good fit when
A repeated, judgment-light workflow is consuming senior time.
- 05
Commerce & integrations
Shopify, Square, POS, inventory, catalog, data and operational integrations built around real commerce workflows.
Good fit when
Systems hold the same data and none of them agree.
- 06
Web experiences
Fast, accessible, search-ready static and dynamic websites with a product-level approach to design and engineering.
Good fit when
The site has to carry the brand and perform, not just exist.
- 07
Technology strategy
Architecture, roadmap, build-vs-buy decisions and senior technical guidance when the decision matters as much as the code.
Good fit when
A decision is expensive to reverse and needs senior judgment now.
Separate systems, operated as one
- POS
- Inventory
- Commerce
- Data
Fractional CTO-style advisory is available as an engagement mode.
Principle
AI is our ally.Human judgment leads.
We use AI to research, prototype, build, test, automate and learn faster. We put AI inside a product only when it makes that product meaningfully better.
AI amplifies what we can build. It does not decide what should be built.
AI can assist
- Research
- Prototype
- Build
- Test
- Document
- Automate
- Monitor
Humans own
- Problem selection
- Product judgment
- Architecture
- Security
- Trade-offs
- Quality
- Release decisions
- Accountability
Modernization
Old software can still have a future.
Not every system needs a rewrite. We start by understanding what still works, what creates risk, and what prevents the business from moving. Then we modernize deliberately.
Where this usually goes
- Legacy web app → modern interface and API layer
- Manual workflow → automated workflow
- Disconnected tools → integrated system
- Aging stack → maintainable architecture
- Existing product → selective AI augmentation
Our products
1008 Lab
Products we build because we believe they should exist.
Selected products will appear here as they move into public build.
How we work
Small loops. Real software.
- 01
Understand
Start with the business problem, user and constraint.
- 02
Shape
Define the smallest complete release worth building.
- 03
Build
Design and engineering move together.
- 04
Ship
Put working software in front of real users.
- 05
Learn
Use evidence to decide what happens next.
No big reveal after months in a black box. Working software should appear early enough to change our minds.
Contact
What are you trying to move forward?
Tell us the shape of it. A short note is enough to start.