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Product engineering
End-to-end design and development of web applications and SaaS products — interface, frontend, backend, data layer and deployment, handled as one piece of work rather than four handoffs.
A software studio — est. 2026
We build fewer things, and build them properly.
monoraft is a software development studio building custom web applications, SaaS products and cloud systems. One project at a time, held to a standard that outlasts the trend that inspired it.
00 — Premise
what we believeMost software is over-built and under-considered. We do the opposite — less surface, more care, nothing that doesn't earn its place.
01 — Work
first product in the makingComing soon
Our first product is being built right now.
We'd rather show it when it's ready than tease a mockup. In the meantime the studio takes on client work — that's where the shipped systems live.
Get in touch02 — Services
what we actually build02
MVP development
Taking a single idea from nothing to a working product real users can use. Fixed scope, fixed price, a product in production at the end of it — not a prototype that needs rebuilding.
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Cloud architecture
The infrastructure a production system actually runs on: deployment pipelines, environments, observability and the data layer. Built so it stays cheap to run and boring to operate.
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Security engineering
Threat modelling, hardening and security review for applications handling sensitive data — drawn from seven years shipping systems in healthcare, biotech and security.
03 — Approach
how the work gets madea.
Scope down, then down again.
Every feature is a liability until proven otherwise. We start from the smallest thing that could work and add only what the product genuinely asks for.
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Craft is a schedule, not a phase.
Polish isn't something we bolt on at the end. Typography, motion, edge cases and empty states are designed from day one, because that's where the product lives.
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Ship, watch, refine.
We put working software in front of real people early, then spend the time most teams skip — the second and third pass that turns "fine" into something worth keeping.
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Built to age.
No gradients to date it, no framework churn to chase. We choose the durable option over the fashionable one, so the thing we ship still holds up in ten years.
04 — Open Source
tools we build in the open
bani.sh
Token-optimized middleware for LLM coding agents. Compacts shell output before it reaches the model — 30–90% fewer tokens on every command. A single Go binary.
GitHub →
soon-format
Shape-Oriented Object Notation — the token-efficient replacement for JSON in LLM prompts. Declares the shape once, streams positional values. ~60% smaller, lossless, never worse than JSON.
GitHub →
jsonhaiku
Compact, LLM-friendly descriptions of large JSON payloads. Turns multi-megabyte API responses into a few kilobytes of structured, type-aware description an LLM can reason about.
GitHub →05 — Founder
who's behind it"I started monoraft because I was tired of software that did too much and cared too little. This is the studio I wished I could hire."
Yasin Ughur is a senior software engineer and a graduate of Sabancı University, with seven years across software, cybersecurity and cloud — shipping production systems for U.S. companies in healthcare, biotech, media, security and AI. He founded monoraft in 2026 and does the engineering himself.
06 — Questions
the ones we get askedWhat does monoraft build?
monoraft builds custom software: web applications, SaaS products, internal tools and the cloud infrastructure behind them. Work usually spans the whole product — interface design, frontend, backend, data layer and deployment — rather than a single slice of it.
Who is monoraft for?
Founders and small teams with one clearly defined thing they need built well. It's a poor fit for staffing a large existing team or maintaining legacy systems, and a good fit for taking an idea from nothing to a product in production.
How long does a project take?
Most engagements run between six and sixteen weeks, depending on scope. monoraft works on one project at a time, so the timeline is a real timeline rather than a share of split attention.
How much does a project cost?
Projects are quoted as a fixed scope with a fixed price rather than billed hourly, so the cost is known before work starts. Pricing depends on scope — email [email protected] with what you're building for an estimate.
Who does the work?
Yasin Ughur, the founder, does the engineering. monoraft is deliberately small and doesn't subcontract client work out to an agency bench.
Do you work with clients outside your timezone?
Yes. monoraft has shipped production systems for U.S. companies in healthcare, biotech, media, security and AI, and works remotely with overlapping hours arranged per project.
How do I start a project with monoraft?
Email [email protected] describing what you're building. You'll get a reply within two working days with an honest answer on whether monoraft is the right team for it.
Working with monoraft
Have one thing worth building well?
We take on a handful of projects a year. Tell us what you're making and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team for it.
[email protected]
reply within two working days