MVP Development & Design for Dining App
- AI Development Custom Software Development Web Development
- Confidential
- Jan. 2023 - Ongoing
- Quality
- 5.0
- Schedule
- 5.0
- Cost
- 5.0
- Willing to Refer
- 5.0
"They have an incredibly deep team of experienced and skilled professionals."
- Food & Beverage
- Santa Barbara, California
- 1-10 Employees
- Online Review
- Verified
LambdaWorks has been hired to build the MVP of a dining app. They've laid out the foundational architecture and infrastructure of the app, developed its core product features, and enhanced the UX/UI as needed.
After launching the new app, the client has scaled their user base from zero to 150,000 monthly active users within 100 days. The team works in two-week sprint cycles, consistently delivering quality solutions on a regular cadence. Their extensive knowledge and technical expertise have stood out.
The client submitted this review online.
BACKGROUND
Please describe your company and position.
I am the CEO of EveryBite
Describe what your company does in a single sentence.
EveryBite transforms the Foodservice industry by connecting companies with diners in real-time.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What specific goals or objectives did you hire LambdaWorks to accomplish?
- Build and launch an MVP of our dining app
- Build Dynamic Menu App
- Build Website
- Build Analytics and reporting platform
SOLUTION
How did you find LambdaWorks?
From a company I was working for.
Why did you select LambdaWorks over others?
- Great culture fit
- Good value for cost
- Company values aligned
How many teammates from LambdaWorks were assigned to this project?
6-10 Employees
Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.
We started with a POC and it grew from there. Since we began our partnership on July 23, Lambdaworks has been deeply involved in every stage of our product development lifecycle. They’ve acted as our full-stack development partner, taking ideas from initial design concepts all the way through to production-level code. Operating on a two-week sprint cycle, they consistently deliver new features, refinements, and enhancements on a regular cadence. This approach ensures continuous progress, iterative improvements, and rapid responses to evolving business and user needs.
Key Deliverables:
1. Foundational Architecture & Infrastructure:
Lambdaworks laid out the core architecture underpinning our platform, setting up scalable backend services, selecting and configuring the underlying databases, and integrating critical third-party APIs. Their infrastructure work established a robust foundation that can handle growth and complexity as our user base expands.
2. Core Product Features:
From initial user onboarding flows to advanced dish filtering functionalities, Lambdaworks delivered the essential user-facing features that define our platform’s unique value proposition. They built tools that empower users to discover dishes based on ingredients, nutrition, and allergens—aligning perfectly with our dish-centric approach.
3. User Interface & Experience (UI/UX) Enhancements:
The team consistently refined the front-end interface to improve usability, accessibility, and visual appeal. Over multiple sprints, they incorporated user feedback and analytics data to adjust navigation elements, page layouts, and interactive components, ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience.
4. Performance & Stability Improvements:
On an ongoing basis, Lambdaworks dedicated sprint time to performance optimization, code refactoring, and bug fixes. By continuously monitoring key metrics, they proactively identified and resolved bottlenecks, reduced load times, and enhanced overall platform stability.
5. Integrations & Automation:
The team helped streamline development and deployment processes by integrating continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and automated testing frameworks. These deliverables shortened our release cycles, ensured higher code quality, and supported more frequent, reliable updates.
6. Documentation & Knowledge Transfer:
Beyond code contributions, Lambdaworks maintained clear, up-to-date documentation for all major systems and features. This included architectural diagrams, API references, and coding standards, ensuring that our internal team members and stakeholders always had a clear understanding of the product’s technical landscape.
Summary:
In short, Lambdaworks didn’t just build the initial version of our product; they integrated fully into our ongoing development process. By delivering key architectural components, core features, iterative UI/UX improvements, and continuous optimizations, they supported us in moving rapidly from concept to a live, fully functioning platform. Their sprint-based approach ensures that high-quality enhancements and improvements are introduced regularly, enabling us to continually refine the product and respond quickly to the needs of our growing user base.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
We started with a POC and it grew from thereOne of the clearest indicators of success was the rapid growth in our user base. Within the first 100 days following the platform’s launch, we scaled from zero to 150,000 Monthly Active Users, a milestone that significantly outpaced our initial projections. Additionally, Lambdaworks helped ensure a robust and reliable infrastructure, resulting in minimal downtime and only a handful of minor post-launch issues, all of which were addressed quickly and effectively. On the performance side, internal KPIs—such as page load times, search query response rates, and overall platform stability—showed consistent improvement sprint after sprint. Furthermore, user feedback, both quantitative (like usage frequency and retention) and qualitative (via direct user interviews and surveys), indicated a strong positive reception to the product’s new features, usability enhancements, and reliability. In summary, the measurable outcomes included swift user growth, stable system performance, positive user engagement metrics, and improved platform reliability, all demonstrating clear progress and success.
Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?
Lambdaworks has excelled in project management, consistently delivering high-quality work on time within our structured development process. Operating on a two-week sprint cycle, they maintain a steady cadence of deliverables, enabling us to push updates to production daily, often multiple times a day.
We follow a classic development and project management approach, where our Product team defines specifications and designs. Lambdaworks collaborates closely with Product during the definition phase, sprint planning, and throughout the delivery cycle. Their ability to adapt and iterate quickly ensures we refine features over multiple development cycles to achieve a polished, user-ready product.
They have demonstrated exceptional responsiveness to our needs, proactively addressing feedback and swiftly integrating changes into their workstreams. Their disciplined and iterative approach to development has been key to meeting tight deadlines and maintaining a high standard of quality across all deliverables.
What was your primary form of communication with LambdaWorks?
- Virtual Meeting
- Email or Messaging App
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
What impresses me most about Lambdaworks is the exceptional talent level of their team. Despite being a relatively small company, they have an incredibly deep team of experienced and skilled professionals who continually deliver at the highest standards. Their ability to attract and retain such high-caliber staff is remarkable.
Equally impressive is their commitment and dedication to our success. Lambdaworks genuinely cares about the outcomes of their work, consistently going above and beyond to ensure every deliverable meets or exceeds expectations. They thrive on solving challenging problems and have proven time and again that they excel in tackling even the most complex technical and business issues.
This combination of talent, dedication, and problem-solving ability sets them apart and makes them a truly outstanding development partner.
Are there any areas for improvement or something LambdaWorks could have done differently?
Not that we've seen. There are great! I just want to get a bigger budget so I can have them do more work!
What advice do you have for clients with similar needs to yours?
Go with Lambdaworks you won't be disappointed!
RATINGS
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Quality
5.0Service & Deliverables
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Schedule
5.0On time / deadlines
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Cost
5.0Value / within estimates
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Willing to Refer
5.0NPS