Independent software studio · St. Petersburg, Florida

Carefully engineered software for families and small businesses.

We design, build and test apps, web tools and secure systems that people can rely on every day. Founder-led, with more than fifteen years of software quality engineering behind every release.

  • 15+ yearsin software test and quality engineering
  • 4 platformsiPhone, Apple Watch, Android and web
  • Tested firstevery release, before it reaches you
  • Localfounder-led in St. Pete, serving Tampa Bay and beyond
Products

What we are building

Our own products come first. They are where we prove out the engineering we bring to client work.

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Power Mode On

AI health & fitness · iPhone, Apple Watch, Android, web

A personal coach that plans workouts around the equipment in front of you and tracks progress rep by rep. Built with Flutter and Supabase, with hundreds of automated tests behind every build.

  • Workouts built from the equipment you actually have
  • Apple Watch heart-rate and rep tracking
  • Nutrition estimates from a photo of your meal
  • Works offline and syncs when you are back online
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DragonGate

Zero-trust secure access

Lets a team reach its apps and servers without a VPN. Every user, device and connection is verified every time, and it runs offline and on-premises when it has to.

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Happy Pixel CRM

For small teams

Leads, contacts and NDAs in one place with two-factor sign-in. Photograph a stack of business cards and they become contacts; call and meeting notes write themselves.

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E-signatures

Send a document, your customer signs from a link on their phone, and signed copies land in everyone's inbox. No per-envelope fees.

Built to order

Your tool here

Inventory trackers, booking systems, dashboards and the small automations that take the tedious parts off your plate. Tell us the problem and we will build the fix.

How we build

Engineering you can trust with your family's data and your business.

Modern tools let a small studio move quickly. Quality engineering is what makes that speed safe. Every project follows the same five steps.

  1. A plan in plain language

    Before any code, we write down what the software must do and how we will know it works, in words you can check.

  2. Modern tools, human judgment

    We build with AI coding agents to move fast. Every change is reviewed, understood and owned by a person before it ships.

  3. Tested like it matters

    Automated test suites, real-device testing on iPhone and Apple Watch, and checks against the live system itself, not just a developer's laptop.

  4. Secure by default

    Zero-trust access, encryption on every connection, and dependencies we can account for. Security is where we start, not something added at the end.

  5. Small releases, then we stay

    We ship in small pieces, watch what real people run into, and fix it quickly. You talk directly to the person who built it.

Services

What we can build for you

Custom software & apps

iPhone, Apple Watch, Android and web apps, business tools, integrations and data pipelines, built from a blank page around how you actually work.

Websites & web apps

Fast, clean sites for local businesses, plus customer portals, booking systems and dashboards, with no server for you to babysit.

AI features, done carefully

Document and photo understanding, transcription and summaries, and search over your own data, with a human reviewing what the AI does.

Branding & interactive

Logos and brand identities, plus family-friendly browser games and branded mini-games that run on any phone with no download.

Full services and FAQ

For the whole family

Free, family-friendly games

We also make a few small games for kids and grown-ups alike. They run in any browser, with no download and no account.

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    CharmbreakersMatch sleepy forest friends and break the wizard's spell.
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  • Ladybug Family icon
    Ladybug FamilyHelp Ms. Lady gather food for her five babies.
    Play
  • Hotdog Down a Hallway icon
    Hotdog Down a HallwayA slingshot arcade game, also on the App Store.
    Play
Client work

Recent websites

Sites designed, written and launched for local businesses, often with custom branding to match.

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    Pour JudgementFull business site for a St. Petersburg bar, with menu, reviews and map.
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  • Croix Solutions logo
    Croix SolutionsCompany site and phoenix emblem for an engineering firm.
    Visit
About

A small studio that answers the phone.

The Happy Pixel Company is an independent software studio in St. Petersburg, Florida, founded by Chad Hoffman. Chad has spent more than fifteen years in software test and quality engineering, and he builds every Happy Pixel product with the same discipline.

We take on a small number of projects at a time so each one gets real attention. If we are not the right fit for what you need, we will tell you, and point you to someone who is.

More about us

Start a project

Tell us what you are trying to build. If we are not the right shop for it, we will say so.

Based in
St. Petersburg, Florida. Serving Tampa Bay and remote clients.
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