Web Application Development.
Fast, accessible web apps that hold up under real traffic.
Drema designs and builds custom web applications, from marketing sites that need to rank to complex authenticated platforms handling real workloads. We build primarily on Next.js and React, and we treat performance, accessibility and search visibility as engineering requirements rather than a phase at the end.
Fast, accessible web apps that hold up under real traffic.
What usually
goes wrong.
The site looked fine on the designer's laptop. In production it takes six seconds to become interactive on a mid-range Android phone, the forms are unusable with a keyboard, and it renders as an empty shell to every crawler that visits.
Everything that ships
with this work.
Not a menu to choose from. Each piece is here because leaving it out is what makes this kind of project fail six months later.
Architecture and rendering strategy
Deciding per route what is static, server-rendered or client-side — the choice that most affects speed and search visibility.
Component system
A consistent, reusable set of interface components so the product stays coherent as it grows.
Authentication and roles
Sign-in, sessions and permission boundaries enforced on the server, not just hidden in the interface.
Performance budget
Measured Core Web Vitals with image, font and bundle strategy to meet them on real devices.
Accessibility
Keyboard navigation, focus management, semantic structure and contrast that meet WCAG AA.
SEO foundation
Server-rendered content, metadata, structured data, sitemap and canonical handling built in from the start.
The order matters more
than the tools.
Most of what separates a project that lands from one that stalls is sequence. This is the order we work in, and why each step comes where it does.
- 01
Scope and journeys
We map the handful of journeys that carry the value, and design the architecture around those rather than a feature list.
- 02
Foundations
Routing, data layer, component system, auth and deployment pipeline before feature work begins.
- 03
Build in slices
Complete vertical journeys shipped one at a time, so something is usable early and reviewable weekly.
- 04
Harden
Performance, accessibility, error states, empty states and the edge cases demos always skip.
- 05
Launch and iterate
Deploy with monitoring and analytics, then improve against how people actually use it.
Where this gets
put to work.
The situations this service is built for. If one of these sounds like your problem it is worth a conversation — and if none of them do, say so on the call and we will point you at what would actually fit.
Customer-facing platforms
Logged-in products where the web app is the business, as with HyperWork.
Marketplaces and booking
Search, inventory, pricing and checkout flows like BharatTrips.
Content and community sites
Editorial or community platforms where organic search drives acquisition.
Internal tools
Operations interfaces that replace spreadsheets and shared inboxes.
Have a use case that is not on this list? That is usually the interesting one.
Chosen to fit,
not to impress.
We pick tools that suit the problem and that your team can maintain after we hand over — never to pad a capability list.
Questions we
get asked.
Straight answers, including the ones that talk you out of work we would otherwise be paid for.
How much does a custom web application cost?
A focused application with a handful of core journeys is a meaningfully smaller engagement than a multi-tenant platform with billing, roles and integrations. We scope against your specific journeys and give a range before you commit, rather than quoting a headline figure that changes later.
Why Next.js rather than a plain React app?
Server rendering, which matters for both first-load speed and for search engines and AI crawlers being able to read your content. A client-only React app ships an empty page to crawlers, which is a serious handicap when organic search matters.
Can you work with our existing design?
Yes. We regularly build from Figma files or an existing design system. If the design has gaps around empty, loading and error states, we will flag them early rather than inventing them at build time.
Will the site be fast?
We set a performance budget at the start and measure against it on mid-range mobile hardware, not just a fast laptop. Images, fonts and JavaScript size are the three things that usually decide the outcome, and all three are engineering decisions.
Do you handle hosting and deployment?
Yes, typically on Vercel or AWS depending on your constraints. You own the accounts and the infrastructure definition, so nothing is locked to us.
What about ongoing changes after launch?
Most clients continue with a maintenance arrangement, but you are not required to. Everything is documented and in your repository so another team can pick it up.
Talk it through with a founder.
Bring the actual problem. You will get a straight answer on whether web application development is the right approach
— including when it is not.
