A two-person firm, on purpose.
Fyrlux exists because the software small businesses depend on is usually held up by one person — and that is not a plan. We write everything down, hand over the keys, and stay reachable.
The name
A beacon, and a light.
Fyr is Old Norse for a beacon — the fire kept lit so ships could find the coast after dark. Lux is Latin for light. Together it's the whole job description: a small, steady light that shows up when it gets dark, and stays lit.
The mark is a firefly — two wings over a point of light. It predates the firm. Amanda drew it years ago for the system that taught us most of what we now charge for. We kept it.
Who you'll work with
Both of us, on every project.
There is no bench behind us and no account manager in front of us. That caps how many companies we can take on at once — and it's exactly why nothing gets lost in a handoff.
Amanda
Principal — Systems & Data
Amanda runs the assessment and the migration. She reads an old system the way an auditor reads a ledger: what the data actually says, which rules are real, which ones are a workaround somebody added in 2004 and everyone forgot.
She also owns the part most projects skip — sitting at the order desk through a busy morning, so the new screens speak the words your team already uses.
Geoff
Principal — Engineering & Infrastructure
Geoff builds the software and the ground it stands on: environments, backups that have actually been restored, monitoring that pages a human, and the unglamorous discipline that keeps critical systems boring for twenty years.
He's the one who insists on record-for-record reconciliation before a switchover, even when everyone is tired and it's 11pm on a Sunday.
How we're built
Four rules we don't bend.
You own everything. Code, credentials, data, and documentation live in accounts with your name on them from the first week — hosted in Canada.
Fixed price, or we say why not. The assessment is always fixed. Build work is quoted in phases small enough to price honestly and stop cleanly.
No lock-in by obscurity. Ordinary tools, current versions, documented decisions. Nothing that needs us to explain it.
We say when we're the wrong fit. If a packaged system serves you better, the assessment names it and shows the case.
Start with the document, not the pitch.
Twenty minutes, no deck. We'll tell you straight whether an assessment is even the right next step.
A small, steady light that shows up when it gets dark.