One person.
Built carefully.
CLMS is a one-person software studio run by Saqib Malik. I build my own apps under the CLMS name, take on engineering work for companies who'd rather hire than headcount, and consult when the problem is interesting.
I've spent years on engineering teams building cloud services — backend in .NET on Azure, front ends in React. Alongside that, I've been shipping my own mobile and web apps the whole time; the first one went out in 2019.
CLMS is what I wished those teams could move like: small, careful, fast where it matters, quiet where it doesn't.
— Saqib Malik, Founder / Software Engineer
Three lanes, one pace.
The studio takes a small number of engagements at a time so the quality bar stays where it should. Here's what fits.
Apps & product
Software built end-to-end — mobile, web, and the product around it. Design, build, ship, and the long tail of release work. For founders who'd rather hire than headcount.
- · iOS / SwiftUI · Next.js / TypeScript
- · Marketing sites, product pages, SaaS dashboards
- · TestFlight, App Review, the boring bits
Backend, cloud & AI
The systems behind the apps — APIs, services, and cloud infrastructure. Plus the AI integration most teams keep meaning to get to.
- · Azure · .NET · Java · C# · Node
- · Postgres, Supabase, queues, background jobs
- · LLM features, RAG, agentic workflows
Consulting
Sit in with your team for a sprint or two. Architecture reviews, code audits, hard problems someone in-house keeps shelving.
- · Codebase + architecture review
- · App Store / launch coaching
- · Pairing on something gnarly
Small studio,
sharp software.
Worth opening.
The hard part isn't writing code — it's choosing the right thing to build. I'd rather spend a week sharpening the idea than a month shipping the wrong one.
I ship. The studio defaults to small, well-formed releases over big-bang launches. The work has to make it to the final release, not just the staging build.
One thing at a time. Each project closes out clean so the next one can start fresh — no half-finished surfaces, no quiet maintenance debt.
Got something you want made carefully? The studio is taking work.