When the spreadsheet finally breaks
A freelance web app developer who maps your workflow before he writes a line
Most firms find a freelance web app developer in Chittagong the same way. It starts with a mess. An importer in Agrabad tracks LC numbers, shipment ETAs and pending duty across four Excel files. There is also a WhatsApp group with the C&F agent. A wholesale distributor near Khatunganj takes stockist orders one phone call at a time. Then someone types them again into a register. A clinic off CDA Avenue chases follow-ups on paper.
Nothing is broken, at first. Then two people edit the same sheet, or an order gets billed twice. Or a shipment slips through because nobody owned the reminder. That is the moment you stop needing a website and start needing a web app. It has logins, roles, and a database that updates all day. Each person gets a screen that shows exactly what is theirs to do.
I'm the only person on your project. The one who replies to your first message also writes your login logic and designs your order table. I set up your hosting and push the final build. There is no Dhaka account manager forwarding your email two days later. No junior learns Node.js on your timeline. No PM whose whole job is to schedule the meeting that explains why nothing shipped.
Before I write live code, I walk through your real workflow with you on a call. Who logs in, and what do they need to see? What are the four or five actions that move money or goods? I scope that on paper first. The design-approval guarantee applies here too. We do not start the real build until you sign off on the screens. What you approve is what you get.
The stack stays boring on purpose, so it lasts. React or Next.js on the front, and Node.js or Laravel on the back. MySQL or Postgres holds your data, and it all runs somewhere you own. Every login, from the GitHub repo to the domain, hosting and database, is in your name from day one. Nothing sits on my personal account for now, to quietly lock you in.
If you hire another developer next year, they clone the repo, read the handover doc, and get to work. That is the difference between hiring a senior operator and hiring a hostage situation.
I take one or two app builds at a time, on purpose. Real software needs a person paying attention to it, not a name on an invoice. That is the honest trade-off of hiring solo. You get real senior attention, but not unlimited capacity. So the koto taka question gets a straight answer up front.
A small internal tool starts at 50,000 BDT. The standard tiers run 50,000, 90,000 and 1,50,000 BDT. A full multi-module app starts at 3,00,000 BDT, after a proper scoping call. You pay 50% advance by bKash, Nagad or bank transfer, and 50% on launch.
See pricing in BDT