Gnomi
An AI news agent that monitors 180+ countries and turns global events into real-time financial intelligence — on web, iOS and Android.
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Software agency · Dallas, Texas · clients anywhere
Custom web & mobile apps.
Built in Dallas, shipped anywhere.
Senior React / Next.js engineers who've shipped production software for Southwest Airlines, Capital One, AI startups and Shopify brands — now building for companies that need it done right the first time, wherever they are.
- Top 1% Expert-Vetted on Upwork
- 99% job success
- Shipped for Southwest Airlines, Capital One & Shopify brands
Experience includes
Services
What we build
Six things we do well, from a first marketing site to a multi-platform product. Every engagement is led by a senior engineer who has shipped this before.
Website & Web App Development
Custom websites and web applications built with React and Next.js. Fast, accessible, and built to rank — by engineers who've shipped for Fortune 500s and funded startups.
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Cross-platform and native mobile apps for iOS and Android — designed, built, launched and supported by the same senior team that builds your web product.
Learn moreShopify & E-Commerce Development
Shopify storefronts, headless commerce with Next.js, and the custom features templates can't do — for brands that have outgrown their theme.
Learn moreAnalytics & GA4 Implementation
Google Analytics 4, Tag Manager and dataLayer implementation for web and mobile — so your marketing team gets numbers it can trust.
Learn moreTechnical SEO
Core Web Vitals, structured data, crawlability and site architecture — fixed in the code by engineers, so recommendations actually ship.
Learn moreAI Integration & LLM Development
LLM integrations, AI agents, voice and document intelligence — built into your product by engineers who shipped an AI news platform to web, iOS and Android.
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Case studies
Work we're proud to put our name on
Real products in production — an AI news platform, a live auction marketplace, Shopify storefronts for national brands, and internal tools that run operations.
QuickAuction
An end-to-end online vehicle auction platform with real-time bidding, VIN lookup, payments and AI-assisted inventory valuation.
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Gray Malin
Full-stack work on a well-known photographer's Shopify store: CMS integration, technical SEO and performance improvements that lifted rankings and speed scores.
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Scoop
A real-time communication platform for schools and organizations, with tiered permissions, WebSocket messaging and Stripe subscriptions.
Read the case studyWhy teams hire us
A small senior team with a large-company track record
Taatgen Development LLC was founded in 2023 by Mike Taatgen after a decade of building production software inside companies like Southwest Airlines and for funded startups. We bring that experience to every project — no matter where the client is.
- Expert-Vetted talent on Upwork
- Top 1%
- Job success score
- 99%
- Delivered through Upwork alone
- $900k+
- Shipping React to production since
- 2020–
Senior engineers, start to finish
The person on the discovery call is the person writing the code. No hand-off to a junior team after the sale.
Dallas roots, clients anywhere
We're based in Irving, Texas and meet DFW clients in person — and we've delivered for clients across the US and abroad, mostly remote, for years.
Enterprise discipline at agency speed
Testing, CI/CD, accessibility and performance budgets come from our Fortune 500 work. Weekly demos on a staging URL come from our startup work.
Straight answers
We'll tell you when a template is enough, when headless is overkill, and what a project will really cost before you commit.
Testimonials
What people say about working with us
“Mike is an absolute joy to work with. He is not only highly skilled, but also very personable and able to easily build rapport with his clients. Once he takes on a project, he invests himself fully in ensuring that it meets the highest standards of quality, and his attention to detail is unparalleled.”
“We developed the front end for a suite of media management apps together. Mike's technical skills and keen eye for detail were evident from the start, and his collaborative spirit and excellent communication made working with him a pleasure. I wholeheartedly recommend him as a highly skilled React developer and valuable team player.”
How we work
From first call to launch, in four steps
Discovery
A focused session to align on goals, scope, integrations and timeline. You leave with a written plan and a real quote.
Design
We work from your Figma or produce the UI ourselves. Every screen is reviewed with you before we build it.
Build
Weekly demos on a staging URL. Tests, CI/CD and performance checks are part of the work, not extras.
Launch & support
Analytics, SEO and launch checks — then a support window and an optional retainer for what comes next.
Stack
Tools we reach for
A deliberately boring, well-supported stack — so the product is fast to build, easy to hire for, and still maintainable in five years.
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- Shopify
- Stripe
- GA4
- Tailwind CSS
- Storybook
- Python
- Figma