Specialist custom platform & software development

Big-firm thinking, without the big-firm bill.

Coding Chamber builds custom platforms for businesses — with the discipline of a firm many times the size, and none of the overhead. The plan is settled before a line of code is written. Everything good follows from that.

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The approach

Software, planned right before a line of code is written.

Most software fails not on the code but on the plan — vague scope, assumptions nobody checked, decisions made too late. So we settle the plan first, then build. Custom platforms are where we go deepest; the same rigour carries into custom software of any shape.

The starting point · Discovery Week

Settle the plan.

A one-week paid discovery that maps exactly what your platform needs to be, how it should be built, and what it will realistically take.

  • Vision, scope and MVP pinned down — cutting what doesn't belong in version one
  • Architecture, core journeys and the technical approach
  • A full specification and phased roadmap, yours to keep — buildable by any team
The build · Platforms & software

Then build it right.

Marketplaces, two-sided platforms, and the systems businesses run on — our core specialism, delivered end to end with the discipline of a much larger firm.

Beyond platforms, we take on custom software — web apps, internal tools, bespoke systems — where the thinking matters as much as the code, and nothing gets over-promised, padded, or lost in translation.

Who this is for

You've an idea, but not a plan

You know what you want to build — roughly. What's missing is the precise, costed plan that turns it from an idea into something a team can actually deliver.

A build went wrong before

You've paid for software that missed, over-ran, or quietly stalled. You want it done properly this time, by someone accountable for the outcome.

You want a builder, not just advice

You don't want a report. You want the platform planned, built, and shipped — and one person who owns whether it works.

Selected work

Real platforms, led end to end.

Legal · Marketplace

My Matter

A regulated marketplace connecting lawyers and clients, with multi-party payments handled through Stripe Connect — matching legal need to the right professional.

Multi-party payment architecture, built to regulation.
My Matter walkthrough
Marine · Marketplace

Marine Trader

A digital marketplace for the boat trade, bringing buyers and sellers into one purpose-built platform — delivered with a full multi-team build.

A purpose-built, two-sided marketplace.
Marine Trader walkthrough
Logistics · On-demand

Recover Me Now

An on-demand platform for vehicle recovery — connecting drivers with recovery operators in real time, in the model of ride-hailing apps.

Real-time matching and dispatch.
E-commerce · Automotive

ShopForCars

An e-commerce platform rebuilt around the real reason customers weren't converting — turning existing traffic into measurably more sales.

A 35% revenue uplift.
Who runs it
Sheran Malik
Coding Chamber is built so one mind's judgement runs through every project, start to finish.
— Sheran Malik, founder

You deal with the person who plans the work — not a layer between you and it. The client relationship, the plan, and the direction of the build all sit with someone who knows exactly what each decision costs down the line.

The name says what the firm is built on: positivity, productivity, and prosperity — the belief that software, planned and built well, should leave a business measurably better off.

Resources

Tools to plan your own project.

Free

Project Risk Check

A 13-question checklist that reveals whether your software project is set up to succeed — or set up to fail.

Download free →
£14.99

SRS Template

A professional, fillable Software Requirements Specification — structured, plain-English, and ready to complete.

Get it on Gumroad →
£49

Project Planning Kit

The full toolkit — SRS, use cases, scope & MVP sheet, tech-stack matrix, estimate template, and the risk check.

Get the kit →
Courses · Coming soon

Learn to plan and build the right way.

The same thinking that goes into a discovery week, taught properly — practical courses on scoping software, writing requirements that hold up, and planning a build that ships. In production now.

Want to know when the first course opens?

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Weighing up a build? Start with the plan.

Tell Coding Chamber what you're thinking of building. No pitch, no pressure — just a clear view of the right move.

Email sheran@sherantmalik.co.uk Call 07452 868098 →