Question 1

What is Precode?

Accepted Answer

Precode is a product design and build studio. We help companies validate ideas, design products, and ship working software in focused five-day sprints. Two senior product designers do the work, one project at a time.

Question 2

What does Precode do?

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We design and build digital products — apps, web apps, SaaS tools, websites and platforms. That spans product strategy, UX and UI design, branding, websites, development and growth. We deliver in sprints, not months.

Question 3

What does "product design and build studio" mean?

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It means we both design products and build them as working software. Most agencies do one or the other. We can take you from an idea to validated designs, and from designs to deployed code you own.

Question 4

Who founded Precode?

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Precode was founded by Ben Keogh and Matt Thornhill, two senior product designers with more than 50 years of experience between them.

Question 5

When was Precode founded?

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Precode was founded in 2019. The first invoice went out in October 2019.

Question 6

Where is Precode based?

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Precode is a UK company, based in Brighton. We work with clients across the UK, and also in the US, EU and Australia.

Question 7

Is Precode a UK company?

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Yes. Precode is a UK-registered company based in Brighton. UK clients get same-timezone working and direct access to the people doing the work.

Question 8

How big is Precode?

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It's deliberately small: two senior product designers, Ben and Matt. No juniors, no account managers, no layers. The people you meet are the people who design and build your product.

Question 9

Why are there only two of you?

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It's a deliberate choice, not a limitation. It means every client gets senior-level thinking on every project, with no handoff to a B-team and no bait-and-switch. It also means we're selective about how much we take on.

Question 10

What if one of you is ill during my project?

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We've delivered 90+ sprints since 2019 and we plan for it. We don't take on work we can't deliver, and because sprints are scoped in advance, your project never hangs on one person being free on a random Tuesday.

Question 11

How many projects has Precode delivered?

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More than 90 sprints since 2019.

Question 12

Is Precode an agency?

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We describe ourselves as the antithesis of a traditional agency. No account managers, no juniors learning on your budget, no eight-week timelines. Two senior people, one project at a time.

Question 13

What makes Precode different?

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Five things: exclusive focus during your sprint week, senior people doing the actual work, high certainty of outcome from a proven process, a design eye on everything we touch, and no busywork eating your budget.

Question 14

What is Precode's mission?

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To help companies build the right thing, fast — by combining senior expertise, intense focus and design excellence.

Question 15

What does Precode believe about product development?

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That the interface isn't the output of a process — it's the discovery tool. Design the interface first and you find out what actually matters before you build it. We say "doing is the thinking": prototypes, not presentations; working software, not roadmap decks.

Question 16

Is Precode hiring or expanding the team?

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Staying small and senior is the point of the model. We'd rather say no to work than dilute what we deliver by adding layers.

Question 17

What's the story behind Precode?

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Ben came from the agency world, where projects were database-first and the interface was bolted on at the end. Matt came from the product world, building Navmii, a GPS app used by 30 million+ people. They kept seeing the same problem — agencies treating design as decoration, not discovery — and built the opposite of an agency to fix it.

Question 18

What industries or sectors does Precode work in?

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Across a broad range: SaaS and B2B software, fintech, healthcare, ecommerce and retail, automotive, property tech, mapping and mobility, media, travel, energy, education, web3 and more.

Question 19

Does Precode work with startups or big companies?

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Both. Funded startups who need to move faster than hiring allows, and product teams at scale-ups and enterprises who need senior design and build capacity they can't hire quickly enough.

Question 20

How do I get in touch with Precode?

Accepted Answer

Email hello@precode.co, or book an intro call at precode.co/call. For sales enquiries you can reach Ben directly at ben@precode.co.

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