We become your technical department.
Ecliptic Ideas was founded in 2015 by Brendan Ronan in San Diego. What started as a one-person practice has grown into a dedicated engineering team that runs the technical side of our clients' businesses.
We're not a body shop. We don't do staff augmentation. We don't build your app and hand you the keys. We embed as your long-term technical team - making architecture decisions, shipping features, managing infrastructure, and handling the hundred small things that keep production software running. Most of our clients have worked with us for years, not months.
Our longest partnership is going on 8 years. Our newest client found us through a referral from our oldest one. That's the kind of business we run.
Our clients usually end up calling us their CTO.
Not because we asked them to - because that's what the relationship becomes. We make the technical decisions they shouldn't have to. We handle the roadmap trade-offs, the vendor evaluations, the "should we rewrite this or patch it" calls. The outcome is a CTO relationship. The method is a retained team.
Architecture first, syntax second. We built our reputation on Ruby on Rails, but we solve problems with engineering. Whether the stack is Rails, Node, or something we inherit from your last developer, we provide the architectural seniority to make sure your team is building assets, not technical debt.
What we build with
Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, React, React Native, Render, AWS - augmented by cutting-edge AI development tools. We build on proven, production-grade technologies and use the latest AI tooling to ship faster without cutting corners. The tools evolve. The judgment behind them is what matters.
Is this a fit?
- Your product exists but your developer doesn't - and you need someone to take over and run it.
- You have an idea and the funding to build it right - and you need a technical team, not a freelancer.
- You're tired of managing the technical side of your business and want to hand it to someone you trust.
If any of that sounds familiar, let's talk.
