Station Eight Labs

Services

API development

REST and GraphQL APIs, integrations, and webhooks — documented, versioned, and built to be someone else's dependency.

The constraint

An API built as an afterthought behind a frontend eventually becomes the frontend's ceiling. We design the contract first — resources, auth, versioning — so the mobile app, the partner integration, and the dashboard you have not built yet can all stand on it.

Who it is for

  • Mobile teams that need a real API, not a shared database
  • SaaS products opening a public or partner API
  • Companies integrating multiple internal systems

What we build

  • REST and GraphQL API design
  • Authentication and rate limiting
  • Webhooks and third-party integrations
  • API documentation and versioning
  • Monitoring and uptime alerting

Stack

  • Node.js
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • GraphQL
  • AWS

How we work

  1. 01

    Discovery

    We sit with the problem: users, constraints, existing systems, and what “done” actually means.

  2. 02

    Strategy

    Architecture, scope, and a sequence that ships value before it ships theatre.

  3. 03

    Design

    Interfaces and flows that are quiet, legible, and built for the people who will live in them.

  4. 04

    Build

    Clean code, tests, and weekly visibility. You own everything we write.

  5. 05

    Launch

    Deploy, observe, and harden. Stores, domains, analytics, and the boring details that keep nights quiet.

  6. 06

    Hold

    Maintenance, iteration, and productization when a custom system is ready to become a product.

Questions

REST or GraphQL — which do you recommend?

It depends on the consumers. One mobile app and a dashboard usually favor REST for simplicity; many varied clients with different data needs often favor GraphQL. We size it to your actual consumers, not a trend.

Can you build an API on top of our existing system?

Usually yes — we design an API layer that fronts the existing data and logic, so you get a clean contract without a full backend rewrite.

Do you handle API documentation and versioning?

Yes — documented endpoints, a versioning strategy, and a deprecation path, so the API stays a stable dependency for whoever builds on it next.

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