· The Saga of Járnhaus ·
Forge software
you own.
Do not overpay for SaaS. Burn the subscription ships and build a system that is yours, end to end.
— Chapter I · The Manifesto —
Why we burn the ships.
You shall not rent your tools.
A blacksmith owns his hammer. You shall own your software. Code is not a stream — it is a forged thing, made once, kept forever.
The subscription is a chain.
Every SaaS is a debt-collector at your gate. Pay once, in full, and the chain is broken at the link.
Tailored beats generic, always.
A sword fitted to your hand kills. A sword off the shelf is a museum piece. So it is with software.
AI is the new bellows.
What once cost six engineers six months now costs one crew six weeks. The forge runs hotter. Use it well.
Burn the SaaS ships.
Land on the new shore. There is no return passage to the old contract — and that is the point.
— Chapter II · The Process —
How we forge.
Summons
You send word — through the form below, or straight to our raven address. Tell us what's bleeding, what's broken, what you wish you owned. We read every one.
Audit
We map the work, weigh the iron, name a price. A clear quote — scope, timeline, cost. Nothing hidden in the firelight.
Sketch
Within a week of your yes: a written proposal and mockups where they help. You approve the keel before the first nail is driven.
Forge
Daily increments. Close cooperation — a shared channel, demos as we go. You see the blade taking shape every dawn, not at the end.
Voyage
Deploy where you choose — your servers, or hosting we arrange and hand off. Documentation, runbooks, the keys. You sail it home.
Watch
We stay reachable. Optional retainer for upkeep, fixes, new chapters. The forge stays warm — but the choice to return is always yours.
— Interlude · The Bellows —
What feeds the fire.
A small crew can outwork a guild — but only with the right tools at the bellows. These are ours.
Claude Code
Anthropic's coding agent runs in our terminal. It writes, refactors, tests — under our review. What once took six engineers six months now takes one crew six weeks. The forge runs hotter.
Claude Design
Mockups, layouts, design exploration — done in conversation. We hand you visuals within days, not weeks. You see the shape of the thing before any nail is driven.
Custom Orchestrator
Our own agent-orchestration layer. Multiple Claude agents work in parallel — one writes, one reviews, one tests, one documents. The fire is fed from many sides at once.
"The smith does not worship the hammer. He worships the work."
— Chapter III · What We Forge —
Services.
Internal tools & dashboards
Replace your Notion-Airtable-Zapier-Retool stack with one tailored system. Permissions, audit logs, exports — all yours.
Customer-facing products
Marketplaces, portals, booking systems. Built once, scaled forever. No per-seat tax on your revenue.
AI integrations & agents
Domain-specific copilots that live in your stack. Your data, your prompts, your weights. Not a vendor's.
Workflow automations
The dull, repeating labour — invoicing, reports, syncs, alerts, onboarding flows — handed to tireless machines. Set the runes once; they run while you sleep.
SaaS escape & consolidation
Audit + replacement of 5–15 SaaS tools with a single owned system. Pays for itself within 18 months.
— Chapter IV · The Reckoning —
Count the cost.
Three roads to the same software. Pick your scale; weigh the cost.
SaaS Stack
NetSuite-tier ERP · CRM · BI · 4 connectors · per-seat · €2.200/mo · ~8% yearly hike
- Per-seat pricing
- Yearly price hikes
- Vendor lock-in
- Data hostage
Agency Build
Traditional dev shop · 5–8 engineers · 4–9 months · paid in milestones
- Six-figure invoices
- Months of meetings
- Hand-off, no continuity
- You own the code
Jarnhaus Build
AI-augmented crew · 8–12 weeks · paid once, kept forever
- Source code: yours
- No per-seat fees
- Self-hosted or hosted
- Optional retainer
* Estimates based on typical EU market rates. Real numbers depend on your stack and scope. We commit to an exact quote within a week of your first message.
— Chapter V · The Works —
What we've forged.
The first pieces off the anvil. More are taking shape.
✦ The Flagship
Named for the legendary smith of Norse myth — the master craftsman who forged what no one else could.
✦ Also on the Anvil
Leavemanager
Leave & absence management for teams — requests, approvals, calendars, balances. The kind of system companies rent for years; built once, owned outright.
Telegram AI Assistant
An AI-driven chat tool woven into Telegram — answers, triages, and acts on your data where your team already talks. No new app to learn; the assistant comes to them.
— Chapter VI · The Crew —
Who sails this ship.
The founder.
decade in software. Watched too many companies rent their core systems for years and end up with nothing to show. Started Járnhaus to build the alternative — owned, tailored, forged once.
— Epilogue · The Summons —
Send word.
Tell us what's bleeding your budget. We'll write back within two days with an audit plan.