Custom software development in Dhanmondi for the business that has outgrown spreadsheets but keeps being sold software that almost fits.
I am RH Fardin, a senior solo developer. Custom software means a system built around how your Dhanmondi office, clinic or shop actually runs, instead of you bending your process to fit a foreign SaaS subscription or a ready-made package. I scope it, design it, build it, wire in bKash and Nagad, deploy it, and stay reachable after. Focused tools from 50,000 BDT, full custom software products from 3,00,000 BDT.
One accountable developer | ~5 years building for BD businesses | bKash / Nagad / SMS ready | 50% advance, 50% on launch | You sign off the design before any code is written
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Most Dhanmondi businesses do not start by wanting custom software. They start by trying everything ready-made first. A foreign POS app billed in dollars that does not understand a half-payment on a credit khata. An Indian school-management SaaS that charges per student and still cannot print the fee receipt the way the guardian expects. A free inventory app that breaks the moment you have two branches off Road 27. The pattern is always the same: the package is 80 percent right and the missing 20 percent is exactly the part your business actually runs on. Custom software development is what you reach for when 'almost fits' has started costing you real money and real hours every single day.
Custom is not automatically the answer, and I will tell you when it is not. If a 990-taka-a-month tool genuinely does the job, buy it and keep your cash. Custom earns its place when your process is your edge, when you are paying per-user or per-student rents that climb every year for a tool you will never own, when your data is trapped inside someone else's account, or when three separate apps that refuse to talk to each other are quietly eating a full salary in manual copy-paste.
For a lot of single and multi-branch operations around Dhanmondi, that tipping point arrives sooner than the owner expects, usually the week a wrong number in an Excel file costs them a real customer.
When custom is the right call, here is how I work, and it is the opposite of how a software house works. I take one project at a time and I am the only person on it from the first call to the final handover. I will come to your Dhanmondi premises, watch a normal hour at your counter or reception, and map how the work genuinely flows before I propose anything.
Then I write a plain one-page scope, you approve the actual screen designs in Figma before I write a single line of code, and the person who agreed that scope is the person who builds it and the person who answers when you message at night. Around five years of doing exactly this for Bangladeshi businesses is why I can scope tightly instead of padding a quote with a 'discovery phase' you pay for.
Pricing is plain and in BDT, no per-seat surprises. The smallest engagement is 50,000 BDT. A focused single-purpose tool or small web app fits my 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT tiers when the scope allows. A genuine custom software product, meaning a real database, an admin panel, user roles, payment and SMS, starts from 3,00,000 BDT. Terms are always 50% advance by bank transfer or bKash and 50% on launch, with written design approval before development begins. You own the source code and the data outright, so 'custom' never turns into a subscription you cannot escape.
Six things a system built for you delivers that a rented package or a generic template structurally cannot.
The software is modelled on how your counter, reception or accounts already work, down to the half-payment, the partial return, the special-case discount. No forcing your real process into someone else's rigid template.
You pay once to build it, not a climbing monthly fee per staff member or per student forever. For a growing Dhanmondi business the maths flips in your favour the moment your headcount or branch count goes up.
Records live on hosting in your name, not locked inside a foreign SaaS account that can raise prices, change terms or vanish. Export, back up and move it whenever you want.
Fees, bills and sales collected through bKash Merchant, Nagad and SSLCommerz with the OTP, IPN callback and reconciliation built in, properly tied to the right student, patient or order rather than a dollar-only gateway that ignores how Bangladesh pays.
Need a new report, a second branch, a staff role or an SMS alert next year? Because I built it and hold the full picture, I add exactly that, instead of you waiting on a SaaS vendor's roadmap that may never reach Dhanmondi.
No support ticket queue in another timezone. The developer who knows every table in your database is the one who picks up on WhatsApp when something breaks during your busiest evening.
The most useful thing I can do on a first call with a Dhanmondi business is talk you out of custom software when you do not need it yet. Buying a ready-made tool is faster, cheaper today, and someone else handles the updates, so if an off-the-shelf product covers your real workflow, that is genuinely the smart move and I will name the product.
Building custom only wins on a specific set of conditions: when your process is non-standard enough that no package fits without painful workarounds, when the per-user or per-student subscription has grown into a number you resent paying for a tool you will never own, when your data being hostage inside someone else's account is a real risk to your business, or when stitching three disconnected apps together is burning hours every week.
If two or three of those are true for your operation, custom stops being a luxury and becomes the cheaper option over any horizon longer than a year. If none of them are true, keep your cash. That honesty is the whole point of talking to one accountable person instead of a sales floor that only profits when you say yes.
When build is the right answer, the path from idea to launch is deliberately un-mysterious. First a scoping visit to your Dhanmondi premises where I watch the work and we pin down exactly which problem we are solving, because a tight scope is what keeps the price honest and the timeline real. Then I design the actual screens in Figma and you approve them in writing before any code exists, so there are no surprises at the end.
Then I build it as one accountable developer, you test it on a live staging link as it comes together, and we adjust against what you see rather than what you imagined. Then deployment on hosting in your name, training for the staff who will actually run it, and a 30-day window of free post-launch bug fixes. After that you hold the source code, the database and the keys, and new features are quoted transparently if and when you want them.
No locked code, no maintenance retainer you never agreed to, no version of 'custom' that quietly traps you the way the rented software you are escaping did.
Clear packages, fixed quotes, paid in BDT. Pick a starting point — I'll tailor the exact scope on a quick call.
Every project starts at ৳50,000
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The real questions Dhanmondi owners ask before commissioning custom software.
The smallest engagement is 50,000 BDT. A focused single-purpose tool or small web app sits in my 90,000 to 1,50,000 BDT tiers when the scope is tight. A genuine custom software product for a Dhanmondi business, with a real database, admin panel, user roles, bKash or Nagad and SMS, starts from 3,00,000 BDT. The final figure depends on how many user roles, which integrations, branch count, and whether you also need a mobile app. I give you one fixed price after a scoping visit, not a number over the phone, and terms are always 50% advance and 50% on launch.
Honestly, buy ready-made if a real product covers your workflow, it is faster and cheaper today and I will tell you which one to get. Build custom when your process is non-standard enough that packages need painful workarounds, when per-user or per-student subscriptions have grown into a fee you resent for a tool you will never own, when your data being locked in a foreign account is a risk, or when three disconnected apps are eating hours every week. If a few of those are true, custom is cheaper over any horizon past a year. If none are, keep your money. I would rather lose a sale than build you something you did not need.
The Dhanmondi sweet spot for me is operations software: clinics and diagnostic centres (patient registration, report delivery, doctor commission), schools and coaching centres (admission, attendance, fees, results, guardian SMS), and shops, salons, restaurants and boutiques (POS, inventory, appointments, dues). Typically one to five user roles, a clean admin panel, payment and SMS, and reporting dashboards. If you need a 200-screen ERP for a thousand-staff factory I will refer you to a bigger team rather than overpromise as a solo developer.
It depends entirely on scope, which is why I pin it down first. A focused single-module tool is usually a few weeks from approved design to launch. A full custom product with several user roles, payment integration, SMS and reporting is more often two to three months. I commit to a realistic timeline in writing after the scoping visit and design approval, and you watch progress on a live staging link the whole way, so you are never waiting in the dark wondering if anything is actually being built.
Yes, and that is one of the real advantages of custom over rented software. Because I built it and hold the full picture of your database and code, a new report, a second branch, an extra staff role or an SMS alert is a clean addition I quote transparently, not a request stuck behind a SaaS vendor's roadmap. The 30-day post-launch window covers bug fixes for free; genuine new features after that are priced per scope. You decide what gets built and when, because you own the system outright.
I build with proven, widely supported web technologies so any competent developer can maintain it later, never an obscure stack that locks you to me. On launch day I hand over the full source code uploaded to your own GitHub or Bitbucket, a database backup, server access, deployment instructions and basic documentation. You own everything, 100 percent. If a year from now you hire an in-house developer for your Dhanmondi business and stop working with me, they have everything they need on day one. Custom should free you from lock-in, not create a new one.
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