Custom applications
When existing products don't match your processes, we build tools around the way your organisation actually works. From internal applications to more complex web platforms.
Business applications · Internal tools · Web platforms
Software development · Automation · Data protection
Your business shouldn't have to work around its software.
Disconnected tools, repetitive work, unreliable processes or sensitive data that's difficult to protect?
Reciproque builds and improves software to solve the problems behind them. From practical internal tools to custom applications, automation and better data protection.
Typical challenges
Technology should make your work easier.
You don't need to know which technology to use. Start with the problem you want to solve.
We enter the same information into several different systems.
Too much of our daily work depends on repetitive manual tasks.
Our existing software doesn't quite do what we need.
Our information is scattered across websites, files and applications.
We handle sensitive data, but aren't sure who can access it.
We need a solution that fits our organisation, not the other way around.
What we do
The right solution for the problem.
Sometimes that means building something new. Sometimes it means improving what you already have.
Automation & integration
Reduce repetitive work, connect existing systems and bring information together. We develop automated workflows, data integrations and processing pipelines.
Automation · APIs · Data pipelines · Integrations
Data protection by design
Sensitive information deserves more than a privacy policy. We help examine how applications store, process and expose data, and implement appropriate technical safeguards.
Access control · Data minimisation · Secure architecture
Data protection
Who can actually access your data?
Having a privacy policy is not the same as having technically protected data.
Many organisations store personal or confidential information in applications and databases without a clear understanding of who can access it.
Employees, administrators, service providers and external developers may have broader access than their work requires.
Reciproque can help examine the technical handling of sensitive information and implement appropriate improvements, including:
- Restricting access according to roles and responsibilities
- Limiting unnecessary exposure of personal data
- Separating development and test environments from real customer data
- Improving database and application security controls
- Considering encryption and other protective measures where appropriate
Technical improvements can support GDPR compliance, but do not replace legal assessments or formal compliance audits.
Discuss your data protection concerns →Selected work
Real projects. Real technical challenges.
Two examples of software engineering, integration and automated data processing.
Web application
Breeze
A practical assessment platform owned by Tomorrow Never Knows, used by Volvo Benelux.
Supports real-time collaboration between examiners, assessment scoring and report generation.
Engineering challenges
- Real-time application behaviour
- Coordinating multiple users and workflows
- Data processing and report generation
- Integration of external services
TypeScript · Next.js · GraphQL · Ably · Sanity
Data platform & automation
ArtNowDatabase
An independently developed platform collecting and organising information about art exhibitions across Europe.
Automated extraction, validation and processing of information from hundreds of different websites, using custom scraping infrastructure and local AI models.
Visit ArtNowDatabase ↗Engineering challenges
- Automated collection from diverse sources
- Data extraction and validation
- Asynchronous processing at scale
- Integration of local language models
Python · Crawl4AI · Local LLMs · MongoDB · Next.js
Our approach
Practical engineering, without unnecessary complexity.
01
Understand the real problem
We start with your existing processes, technical constraints and business objectives, rather than assuming new software is always necessary.
02
Design a practical solution
We identify what can be improved, connected or built, keeping complexity and ongoing maintenance in proportion to your needs.
03
Build, test and refine
We develop working solutions, validate them against real situations and improve them as requirements and experience evolve.
About Reciproque
Work directly with the engineer.
Reciproque is the independent IT and software development activity of Dirk Mertens.
You work directly with the person who analyses your needs, designs the solution and develops the software.
Experience with web applications, data infrastructure, automation and IT systems makes it possible to approach problems across the boundaries between software, infrastructure and business processes.
Explore our IT infrastructure services →Contact
What problem can we help you solve?
Tell us about the challenge you're facing, your current tools or the idea you want to explore. You don't need to have a technical specification.