Custom software and tools
A focused application for a particular job: an internal workflow, a utility, a simple dashboard or the missing piece in an existing process.
Small business systems.
We build and run software, integrations and infrastructure for South African businesses.
Tell us what needs to work. We’ll figure out the technical part.
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Tell us the problem, not the product.
You do not need to choose an API, server or software package before getting in touch. Explain what you are trying to accomplish in normal language.
Can our staff have one secure place for company files?
Can this system send something to WhatsApp automatically?
Can these two applications talk to each other?
Can you automate this thing we keep doing manually?
Can you host and look after this application for us?
Can you build a small tool that does this one job?
If it involves software, servers or getting systems to talk to each other, there is a good chance we can help.
What we do
Build it, connect it, host it and keep it working.
Small businesses need useful systems without enterprise contracts, unnecessary complexity or a full-time technical department.
Integrations and automation
Connections between systems that were never designed to work together, and automation for repetitive work that should not need a person each time.
Hosted business systems
Useful software deployed and managed for you, including private file sharing, internal applications and carefully selected open-source tools.
Infrastructure and hosting
Deployment, servers, backups, domains, security and maintenance—the supporting work that keeps an application available after it has been built.
We also build straightforward websites and web applications when they are part of the solution.
Partners
Companies we’ve helped build.
Up To Code helped turn these businesses into working software and infrastructure.
Built with Up To Code
nudgie
A WhatsApp enquiry and follow-up system for accommodation businesses. It helps hosts reply promptly, share availability and quotes, and keep promising enquiries from being forgotten.
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Built with Up To Code
Conversive
A practical WhatsApp sales system for South African businesses. It handles first responses, routine qualification, bookings and follow-up, with a person able to step in when needed.
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Built with Up To Code
ChatBOSS
A managed WhatsApp assistant for small businesses that need to respond after hours, collect lead details and follow up consistently without replacing the human conversation.
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Software product · Built by Up To Code
GoChatAPI
A developer-facing API for connecting an existing WhatsApp number to business software. It provides messaging, media, event webhooks and multi-number support without each project having to build that infrastructure again.
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Smaller solutions to specific problems.
Not every useful system needs to become a product. Sometimes the right answer is one dependable piece of technical plumbing.
Project
Email to WhatsApp bridge
- Problem
- A business system sent documents and notifications by email, but those messages needed to reach customers on WhatsApp.
- What we built
- A small service that watches the outgoing mail, processes the relevant content and hands it to a WhatsApp service for delivery.
- Result
- The existing business system can keep doing what it already does while customers receive messages in the channel they use.
Technical notes
- Email processing
- WhatsApp API
- Hosted service
Project
Email API for static websites
- Problem
- Static websites are simple and inexpensive to host, but they cannot safely send email on their own.
- What we built
- A hosted service that manages multiple mail accounts behind a small authenticated API. A website can request an email without running its own backend.
- Result
- Small sites keep their simple hosting setup while gaining dependable email delivery through one managed service.
Technical notes
- Authenticated API
- Multiple mailboxes
- HTTP requests
Project
Shopify to WhatsApp automation
- Problem
- An online store needed abandoned-cart events to start a timely follow-up conversation on WhatsApp.
- What we built
- A custom application receives events from Shopify Flow, schedules the right workflow and connects it to a WhatsApp service.
- Result
- A previously disconnected hand-off runs automatically, with the timing and business rules kept in one place.
Technical notes
- Shopify Flow
- Scheduled workflows
- WhatsApp API
Capability
Private business cloud
- Problem
- A small company needs one controlled place for files, sharing and backups without having to become a server administrator.
- What we built
- A managed Nextcloud setup with suitable storage, access controls, security, backups, branding and ongoing maintenance.
- Result
- Staff get a straightforward place to work with company files while the supporting infrastructure is looked after.
Technical notes
- Nextcloud
- Access and backups
- Managed infrastructure
About Up To Code
From problem to production.
Up To Code brings software development and systems administration together in one small South African technology business. Clients work directly with the people understanding, building and operating the system.
Our goal is not to sell unnecessary technology. It is to find the simplest sensible solution, put it into production and keep it working where needed.
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Let’s talk about what you need.
Tell us what isn’t working, what you’re doing manually, or what you’d like your systems to do. Choose whichever way is easiest—you don’t need a technical specification before getting in touch.