Fast software,zero fluff.

Zero87 Labs is a software studio. We take web products from a first version to a platform that holds up: quick to load, simple to change, and written so your team can own it.

What we do

We build software, help small tech businesses decide what to fix first and where AI fits, and mentor the developers who do the work.

Latest work

The Vereda Coffee home page on desktop: the Vereda wordmark and nav over the opening screen, with “Café torrado com precisão. Do grão ao ritual.”

E-commerce · Pernambuco, Brazil

Vereda Coffee

An online shop for Vereda, a specialty coffee roaster from Pernambuco, Brazil.

Read the case study
Largest paint on a phone
1.49 s
Page weight
232 KB
Requests
18

Measured 13 Oct 2026: Chromium, 390 px, 4× CPU slowdown, slow 4G.

How we work

Most products don’t need more features. They need fewer things between the visitor and the thing they came for.

  1. 00

    Validate

    Ship a small first version quickly, so real users can tell you what to build next.

    What is the one thing a user must be able to do on day one?

  2. 01

    Build

    Grow it on an architecture planned for growth, so a new feature never starts with a rewrite.

    What will this need to do in a year that it can’t do today?

  3. 02

    Harden

    Profile and trim what is live: load time, the bundle, and the parts of the code nobody wants to touch.

    What does a phone on slow 4G see first?

Heavy or light

Software gets heavier as it grows. Light software is the kind someone keeps trimming.

HeavyLight
LoadingA blank screen while scripts downloadContent first, scripts after
CodeParts nobody wants to touchCode your team can read and change
FeaturesEach one starts with a rewriteEach one fits the plan
OwnershipOnly the person who built it can change itYour team owns it
ResultSlow to load, slow to changeQuick to load, simple to change

Tools we reach for

Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, Python
Frontend
React, React Router, Next.js, Vue.js, Astro, Svelte, Tailwind CSS
Backend
Django
Runtimes
Node.js, Bun
Commerce
Shopify
Tooling
Vite