Laravel · Shopify · WordPress · Magento
Your senior dev team, without the hire.
Business-critical software, looked after by senior engineers. We can build it, take it over, stabilise it, and keep developing it. Websites, apps, and internal systems are how that work shows up.
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01 — Where you’re starting
Four ways in.
Pick the one that sounds like you. Every route starts with a free conversation.
Build something new
Products, portals and internal tools, shipped in slices so you see progress early.
Custom builds Most commonTake over a system
Someone else built it. We tell you what’s solid, what’s risky, and what to leave alone.
Book the free reviewFix what’s broken
Fragile code, legacy tangles, AI-generated code nobody understands. Stabilised first.
Rescue & cleanupA dev team on tap
Reserved senior hours every month and a roadmap. Like a hire, without the three-month wait.
Monthly packages02 — In two minutes
No pitch deck.
Who we are, how we work, and what happens after you book. Senior engineers only, start to finish.
03 — No lipstick
Most agencies put lipstick on the pig.
We've been in this industry a long time. We know how a lot of agencies operate behind the scenes: aggressive sales, fancy decks, marketing that outruns the product. Underneath — corners cut, fragile systems, and a mess someone else has to live with.
04 — Work
Shipped, and still running.
05 — How it works
Three steps.
- Step 1 · Free
Systems review
15–30 minutes with a senior engineer. You leave knowing what’s solid, what’s risky, and what to fix first.
- Step 2
A fair estimate
A fixed scope or a monthly pace, whichever fits. If it moves, we tell you why.
- Step 3
Ship it, stay on it
Delivered in slices, then looked after by the same people who built it.
06 — In their own words
Mobtag needed someone who would stay on the product, not pitch a rebuild and vanish. Half Shell learned how the field work actually ran, told us what not to build, and shipped something the team still uses. Clear, senior, and still here after go-live.
“Working with Stuart and Half Shell Studios on the development of Podium Energy Consultancy's operational planning tool was an excellent experience from start to finish. Stuart demonstrated a rare combination of technical…”
“We'd been stuck commissioning school websites one at a time, and every build drifted. Half Shell gave One IT templates our own team can run, bulk rollouts that don't need a senior on every site, and handover that actually sticks. It felt like a partner who understood the operation, not another agency selling a theme.”
07 — Pricing
Prices, up front.
Care
from £499.99 /mo
Health checks, fixes and a named senior when production wobbles.
Book thisSilver Most common
from £2,499.99 /mo
Reserved senior hours every month. For when you’d otherwise post a job spec and wait three months.
Book thisProjects
from £999.99
New builds and rescues, scoped after the review.
Book this08 — Questions
Asked often.
Can you take over a site another agency built?
Yes, it’s most of what we do. It starts with the free systems review, before anyone quotes.
How much does a Laravel developer cost?
Care from £499.99 a month, reserved senior hours from £2,499.99 a month, one-off projects from £999.99.
Do you work with Shopify, WordPress and Magento?
Yes, alongside Laravel, plus integrations between the tools you already pay for.
Can you fix AI-generated code?
Yes. We map what it does, stabilise it, and make it safe to change again.
What happens in the free review?
15–30 minutes, remote or on-site, with a senior engineer. Plain English. You leave knowing what to fix first.
Find out where your software stands.
A free systems review with a senior engineer. 15–30 minutes, plain English, no sales pitch.
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