Engineering in the service of art.

We produce video, sound and images. The tools this trade needs, we ended up writing ourselves — and two of them became products that others use.

Why a lab

Why we write our own tools.

A production studio spends its days in software it didn't choose. Most of it does the job. A few pieces are missing, and those are expensive: lost time, files wandering around, client feedback scattered across emails.

When the gap comes back often enough, we write the tool. It serves us first, on real mandates with real deadlines — the only test that counts. The ones that hold up leave the lab.

And what we learned to write for ourselves, we now write for others — almost never for studios. A snow-removal contractor, a landscaper, a garage: the gap is the same, only the words change.

Apps & software

Our projects.

Studio Machine Editor
Internal toolIn development

Studio Machine Editor

A video editing suite that brings together the best of Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Blender, After Effects and Ableton Live. Everything can be driven by a human, by an AI, or by a human assisted by an AI. We are building it for the studio.

DeepLinkrs
App

DeepLinkrs

An Amazon affiliate solution designed for mobile. An ordinary affiliate link opens the browser: the buyer has to sign in again, and many give up right there — exactly where the commission is won or lost. DeepLinkrs opens the native app, already signed in. A free plan up to 200 clicks, then two paid plans; prices are on deeplinkrs.com.

See the project
BETA BEAT
PlatformLive

BETA BEAT

A private listening lab for music in progress. An artist uploads a mix before release; their beta testers listen by invitation and comment to the second directly on the waveform — a marker is dropped with one button while listening, without stopping playback. Albums can be taken offline, the app installs on the phone, and each tester only sees what has been opened to them. The lab now also works as a label: public artist pages and shareable listening links.

Become a beta tester
Custom internal tools

What we can build for you.

A website isn't just a shop window. Behind it there is often the tool that keeps the business running: who works where, what gets invoiced, what is lagging. A snow-removal company, a landscaper, a garage and a clinic don't have the same needs — that's why we write it instead of renting it.

Projects & tasks
Columns, subtasks, assignment
To do
Quote
Thursday
Bégin site visit
Monday
In progress
Job site 12
3 h 20
Done
Invoice 1187
Paid
Internal communication
The team feed, next to the work
Management
Friday's schedule
08:12
Shop
Truck 3 in the garage
09:45
Accounts
Deposit received — Bégin file
11:02
Business dashboard
The numbers from three programs, on one screen
14
Active jobs
3
Quotes
92 h
This month

Interface previews redrawn with sample data — a real screen only holds client files, and those aren't published.

Task management
Who does what, where, and how far along. A snow-removal crew sees the night’s routes and which are done.
Already in use here — Projects & tasks, Hours
Internal communication
The instruction goes to the morning crew, and you see who read it before getting in the truck.
Already in use here — Built-in email, Activity log
Employee portal
Schedule, pay stubs, time-off requests, onboarding documents — without calling the office.
Already in use here — Team & access, File storage
Client portal
Your client opens a link: they follow their file, approve a quote and collect their documents.
Already in use here — Client approval, Large file transfer
Business dashboard
The numbers from accounting, scheduling and the spreadsheet, on one screen. The one that replaces the Monday meeting.
Already in use here — Analytics, System health
Quotes & invoicing
The quote goes out as a link, is accepted in one click, becomes an invoice and chases itself. Purchases file themselves.
Already in use here — Quotes & invoices, Expenses
Field forms
The site report filled in on the spot, photos attached, received at the office before the truck gets back.
Already in use here — Surveys, Website requests
Mobile mini-app
The crew installs it on their phone. It works with no signal out on the concession road, and updates itself.
Already in use here — BETA BEAT — installable, offline
Automation & AI
The supplier invoice read and filed, the Monday report written on its own. On YOUR data, never on an invention.
Already in use here — Quote drafting, Monday report
The building blocks

What it's made of.

A custom tool isn't a single block, it's an assembly. Here are the pieces we know how to put in place: we install the ones your trade needs, and nothing else. The next ones are added when they earn their place.

The work
Projects & tasks
Columns you drag, subtasks, a view of the day.
Hours
Time tracked on the task — and turned into an invoice line.
Team & access
Who sees what, section by section. Denied by default.
Activity log
Who did what, and when. Written automatically.
Communication
Built-in email
A real inbox inside the dashboard.
Client records
One client, one file: contracts, quotes, invoices, documents.
Website requests
The public form, sorted, with its spam quarantine.
Deliveries
Client approval
They approve, comment in the right place, and download.
Large file transfer
200 GB per link: password, expiry, read receipts.
File storage
What you keep on one side, what you send on the other.
The numbers
Quotes & invoices
Accepted in one click. The invoice, deposit and reminder follow.
Expenses
A photographed purchase invoice is read, filed and counted.
Analytics
Your own metrics, on your own server, no third-party tracker.
System health
Verified backups, issues flagged before they hit you.

These fourteen pieces aren't a mock-up: they run every day in the studio's own control room, which is a small business like any other — it invoices, it schedules, it chases hours. Ours isn't sold as is: a tool shaped around one trade doesn't fit another.

Frequently asked questions

The questions.

Can these tools be purchased?
DeepLinkrs is open to everyone at deeplinkrs.com. BETA BEAT is joined by invitation or by applying. The HQ is not sold as is — we build one for you, fitted to your trade.
Do you build this kind of tool for others?
Yes — it is the work described on the Web & applications page. The lab serves our own needs; what is learned there ends up in client projects.
Does everything have to be replaced to start?
No, and it is rarely a good idea. We take the most expensive gap — the one that comes back every week — and deliver that screen first. The rest is added when it earns its place.
What is it built with, and where does the data live?
React and TypeScript on screen, PHP and MySQL on the server, on a dedicated server in Montréal, ours. No WordPress, no purchased template. You can leave with your database: it belongs to you.
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