Custom software, built from idea to launch — and beyond
QuantHound is the software practice of Mike Hauck, a full-stack developer with more than 20 years building web and desktop applications. One experienced developer takes your project from concept through requirements, estimate, prototype, build, launch, and ongoing support.
What QuantHound builds
Full-stack development across web, desktop, and mobile — plus the database and machine-learning services that power them.
Multi-tenant platforms, dashboards, and internal tools built with Next.js, React, and TypeScript — backed by the right database for the job, from concept to a working MVP and beyond.
Content- and catalog-driven sites on PayloadCMS and similar headless CMSs — custom collections, editorial workflows, and a Next.js front end wired to the CMS API.
Machine-learning models put into production — including models served locally or on-premise, so proprietary data never leaves your environment and there's no per-prediction cost.
Catalogs, pricing and promotions, and order management across multiple storefronts from one codebase, with per-tenant data isolation and a full admin back-end.
REST and SOAP services, Stripe and payment webhooks with verified signatures, third-party data, and clean API layers over existing systems.
Native-feel desktop applications built with Electron — one codebase for Windows, macOS, and Linux, suited to internal tools and professional workflows.
iOS and Android from a single React and TypeScript codebase (Ionic + Capacitor) — both platforms ship together, faster to build and cheaper to maintain than two separate native apps, without losing native features.
Stabilize, fix, extend, or migrate an existing application — including server migrations and .NET Core / Node modernization, changing only what's needed.
What sets the work apart
—Direct access to the developer
You deal directly with Mike — the developer doing the work, not a sales rep or project manager relaying messages. No subcontractors, no rotating team.
—End-to-end ownership
Requirements, estimates, prototyping, provisioning, launch, and maintenance handled by a single owner, so nothing falls through the cracks between stages.
—A running start
On a new project built from scratch, proven reusable foundations — authentication, user management, and core infrastructure — are folded in at no cost, so the build reaches something live and demonstrable fast.
—Full-time focus
A full-time development practice, not moonlighting — steady, focused progress rather than nights and weekends squeezed around another job, and typically reachable daily, 7AM–7PM Mountain Time.
—Fair, transparent pricing
An itemized estimate once the initial requirements are agreed on, larger builds broken into visible phases, and the option to start small and expand. Rates are kept fair.
—Modern, AI-assisted development
Mike's own agent guidance, developed and refined around Claude Code for planning, development, testing, and code review — making the work both faster and more thorough.
Apps are more than just code
Standard on every professional build — applied where it fits, never upsold. When a build relies on an outside service — hosting, email, payments — it runs under your own accounts, so you keep full ownership with no lock-in.
—A private staging site
Password-protected and hidden from search engines, keeping your in-progress, proprietary work out of public view. Hosted on Mike's domain through the build, so you see progress without paying for hosting until you're ready for real users.
—Hosting you own
Your production app deployed to your own accounts — AWS, Vercel, Linode, DigitalOcean, or your preferred virtual server provider — with help picking the right fit. No lock-in.
—Monitoring
Telemetry (SigNoz) for server history, performance, and alerts, so the running system is watched — not shipped and forgotten.
—Off-site backups
Automated backups to S3-compatible storage of your choosing, so a single failure never puts your data at risk.
—Accounts & access, built in
On a new web or SaaS build from scratch: accounts and role-based access, sign-in, password reset, and user invites — a proven foundation folded in at no cost.
—Source code and documentation you keep
Source code, a README, an architecture overview, and a requirements doc tracking scope and changes, all in your code repository that you own.
An itemized estimate sets the plan, anything that would change the budget is raised, not hidden, before the time is spent, and approved work moves across a shared board like Trello — estimated → development → your review → done — with nothing called done until you’ve signed off.
Selected work
A complex Excel workbook that had become an application only running in Excel, rebuilt as a multi-user web app: the same valuation calculations behind a clean interface, with PDF output, and the fragility of a shared spreadsheet gone.
Full-stack · spreadsheet automation · web app · PDF reporting
“Mike took our complex Excel workbook — something only one person could use at a time — and turned it into a clean, multi-user web app that does everything the spreadsheet did, without the fragility. If you’re seeking a dedicated, versatile, and highly capable developer, Mike is the perfect choice. You won’t be disappointed!”
How it works
A clear path from first conversation to a launched, supported application.
- 1
Conversation
Talk through your goals.
- 2
Requirements
Capture what you need and raise the questions that matter.
- 3
Itemized estimate
A detailed estimate; larger builds broken into phases.
- 4
Prototype
An early front-/back-end prototype to align before going deep.
- 5
Build & provision
Develop the application and provision servers as needed.
- 6
Go-live
Get it launched.
- 7
Maintenance
Ongoing support and new features after launch.
About QuantHound
Mike Hauck is a full-stack developer based in Denver, Colorado, with more than 20 years building and shipping software — web applications and SaaS, desktop tools, e-commerce and multi-tenant platforms, machine-learning integrations, and the modernization of existing systems — for startups, agencies, and established businesses.
QuantHound, LLC is how he takes that work on directly for clients: plain communication, an honest estimate before any time is spent, and software you fully own — your code, your accounts, no lock-in, and no layer of sales reps or project managers in between. Engagements can start small to establish a working relationship and show real results, then expand from there.