Independent Software Studio · Est. 2025
A two-sided studio: indie products and contract work for teams that ship.
We build our own software products under our own roof — and we take on selective engineering work for teams who care about how things are made.
Indie products, built under our own roof.
Software for craftspeople. We're starting with specialty coffee — Coffee Companion, a brewing notebook for the obsessed home brewer — and growing from there.
Selective contract work for teams that ship.
We partner with product teams on websites, web and mobile apps, APIs, AI integrations, and more — the technical foundations that make shipping fast feel sustainable.
- Websites
- Web Apps
- Mobile Apps
- APIs & Integrations
- AI Integrations
Small studio. Real craft.
Off By One Labs is an independent software studio founded by Brenden Manquen, a senior engineer with a decade of experience shipping mobile apps, SDKs, and the design systems that hold them together.
The studio is intentionally two-sided: a portfolio of indie products we build for the craftspeople we admire, and a small dock of selective contract work that funds the products and keeps us close to other product teams.
We work in the open about how things are made. We care about typography, the feel of the first launch, the speed of the third tap, and the kind of code you'd be glad to inherit.