Why Your Payment State Machine Is Probably Wrong
Most payment bugs are not bugs. They are design decisions that felt fine at the time and only revealed themselves when real money was involved.
Production-grade software. Real timelines. No surprises.
Simple solutions. Solid results. On time.
What we deliver
Every engagement ends with something you own: a brand, a product, a system, or a plan that your team can execute with confidence.
Real problems we were brought in to solve, and what we shipped.
Live Products
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1-on-1 Engineering Benchmarks
When evaluated against software agencies in Kenya, Africa, or international development shops abroad, KraftCodes leads on code architecture, performance speed, IP ownership, and verified delivery.
| Evaluation Dimension | KraftCodesLeading | Traditional Agencies | Freelancers & Dev Shops |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Language Architecture & Code | Clean, modular code written in TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, C++, Kotlin, Swift, and PHP with strict typed contracts and automated testing. | Monolithic, bloated templates burdened with heavy legacy dependencies and rigid theme constraints. | Variable quality, inconsistent coding standards, minimal automated testing, and single-language bottlenecks. |
| Headless CMS & E-Commerce Versatility | Expertise in Sanity.io, Strapi, Contentful, Payload CMS, custom Shopify Liquid themes, Headless Shopify (Hydrogen/Storefront GraphQL), and Next.js commerce. | Generic single-CMS plugin setups with slow themes and poor mobile responsiveness. | Basic template installations lacking decoupled CMS integration or GraphQL API optimizations. |
| Performance & Page Speed | Sub-second (<0.5s) load times, 95+ Core Web Vitals, global edge caching, and automated image/asset optimization. | Sluggish 3-5s load times caused by unoptimized plugins, heavy themes, and shared hosting. | Inconsistent asset optimization and unminified bundles leading to unpredictable speed. |
| Mobile App Engineering | Native Android (Kotlin), native iOS (Swift), and optimized React Native with offline SQLite sync and biometric security. | Slow hybrid WebViews disguised as native apps with noticeable frame drops and lag. | Single-platform focus lacking robust background synchronization and hardware acceleration. |
| System Uptime & SLA Guarantees | Engineered for 99.99% system availability with automated failover and atomic state machines. | Best-effort uptime with slow, reactive debugging during production downtime. | No formal uptime SLA, single point of failure, and difficult reachability during outages. |
| IP Transfer & Code Ownership | 100% full unencumbered IP transfer on delivery with clear source code ownership and zero lock-in. | Retainer lock-in traps and proprietary agency modules that prevent client migration. | Ambiguous copyright terms and missing documentation for critical modules. |
| Direct Senior Architect Access | Direct communication with senior software architects and lead engineers on every project. | Layered account managers, junior developers, and sales middlemen who distort technical requirements. | Single developer bottleneck with erratic availability and frequent communication gaps. |
| Verified Rating & Track Record | Verified 5.0 / 5.0 Google Business Profile rating across real client production launches. | Average 3.8 to 4.3 star ratings with frequent complaints regarding missed deadlines. | Unvetted profile reviews on freelance boards without verified commercial deployments. |
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Hear from the founders and leaders who trust our engineering.
"KraftCodes built us a clean and super responsive e-commerce website. The speed and SEO optimization made setting up ads effortless, which directly helped increase our sales."
"KraftCodes delivered a fast, elegant booking platform for our luxury tour operations. Handling high seasonal traffic without slowdowns has made customer booking completely seamless."
"Our platform features robust DRM content protection alongside automated M-Pesa and card payments. KraftCodes made the entire system secure, fast, and transactions completely seamless."
How we engage
Every engagement follows the same structure. It keeps things honest, moves fast, and means you always know exactly where you stand.
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A typed, auditable state machine library for FinTech workflows. Zero implicit transitions.
Lightweight inference runtime for deploying vision models at the edge without a server round-trip.
Encrypted-at-rest PostgreSQL adapter with HIPAA-compliant audit trail baked in.
From the engineers
KraftCodes started at a terminal screen inside the math labs of Jomo Kenyatta University, where a small circle of engineers became obsessed with one question: why does so much software break under pressure?
The answer was never the code. It was the absence of architecture.
The Name
German. Noun. Power, strength, force.
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We define every detail before we build, so there are no surprises in delivery. What we scope is what you receive, on time and working.
02
We build for the conditions that break other systems: real traffic, real load, real pressure. Not demo conditions. The kind that show up at 3am on a Tuesday.
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We document every significant decision so your team inherits something they understand. Not a black box they have to reverse-engineer when we leave.
The Early Work
Not hypothetical problems. Each one forced a confrontation with what happens when the system is wrong and it actually matters.
Beyond the Build
Take a problem that seems too unstructured to engineer around, and build something precise and dependable on top of it.
Where We Are Now
Founded by Derrick Gitonga, KraftCodes partners with founders and teams building things that cannot fail. Engineering roots in Nairobi. Client footprint across London, the US, and Europe. Follow our work and announcements on KraftCodes LinkedIn.
What we build
From FinTech infrastructure, custom school management systems, and enterprise ERP solutions to healthcare platforms, we build the systems that companies depend on when the stakes are too high for improvisation.
How we engage
We do not send you developers. We embed a team that takes ownership. Fixed scope, direct communication, and full accountability from kickoff to launch.
We build things that work. Then we make sure they keep working.
Built on the belief that the world has enough app builders and not enough architects.
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Understand our engineering practices, origin, and legitimacy.
Trusted by teams building in production
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