WordPress & WooCommerce
Custom themes, plugins and WooCommerce stores — product catalogues, checkout and payments built to stay fast and secure.
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Websites, software, and AI automation for your business
Based in West Covina, California, serving clients across the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK. We build for contractors, restaurants, and growing businesses.
In production
Construction Resource Management System & AI Assisted POS System for Restaurants
Built here
VoiceCore calling agent
Shipped & running in production
Tad’s Construction
Zulu Estate Media
Construction Resource Management System
AI Assisted POS System for Restaurants
Selected work
Recent work
Explore live projects, a calling-platform case study and a workflow concept. See all our work →
Calling operations · Case study
AI Calling Operations Platform
Review call context, structured summaries and human follow-up in one workspace. Concept illustration; no customer data shown.
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Interface concept
Team Workflow Management
A supervisor assigns the job, an employee marks it complete, and everyone sees the progress. Illustrative concept.
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E-commerce · Electric powersports
Greenger Powersports
A California electric powersports brand selling motorcycles, e-bikes, scooters and powerbanks, with a dealer locator covering hundreds of dealers, warranty registration and customer accounts.
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Marketing Site · Construction
Tad’s Construction
A service-led contractor website that turns licence classifications, field experience and an extensive project gallery into a clear path from research to quote request.
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Web App · CRM · Operations
Construction Resource Management System
A contractor operations hub for managing active jobs, project status, site issues, documents, team access and role-based workflows from one clear job directory.
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Web App · POS · Hospitality
AI Assisted POS System for Restaurants
A restaurant POS system with a mobile-friendly digital menu, live availability, menu search, category filters and pricing. Clients can get a free account.
Read the case studyWhat we do
From planning to launch and ongoing support.
One team across every service. We design, build, deploy and run the systems — no handoffs between agencies.
Web & Software
Sites, systems and automation people use every day.
01 / Ask in plain language
Change our weekday hours to 9 AM–6 PM on the contact page.
02 / AI prepares the edit
> Reviewing contact.html… − Mon–Fri: 9 AM–5 PM + Mon–Fri: 9 AM–6 PM ✓ Proposed edit ready for review
03 / Review the website preview
Visit usMonday–Friday · 9 AM–6 PM
AI-Assisted CMS
We build your site, set up VS Code and train your team. Make routine edits yourself with an AI assistant, preview the changes and publish when ready.
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Web & Mobile Development
Web apps, native and cross-platform mobile, APIs, and the cloud pipelines that deploy them without downtime.
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Construction Resource Management System
Job directories, project status, site issues, documents and role-based team access in one operations hub.
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Restaurant Order Management System
NFC tap-to-menu access, live menu availability and voice-assisted restaurant management, with ordering workflows configured for your venue.
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AI Automation / VoiceCore
Our own AI calling agent plus workflow automation — qualify leads, book calls and route tickets autonomously.
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Better coverage, organized storage and practical help for your home computer.
Business IT Infrastructure
Business network design, internal fiber links, structured cabling, switches, gateways, WiFi and firewall setup, planned around your office or warehouse.
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Residential WiFi
UCG gateway and WiFi 7 planning, dead-zone fixes and multi-device testing. On-site around West Covina, with wired backhaul where it helps.
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Your library.
Your home cinema.NAS + Plex + connected devices
Your home cinema.NAS + Plex + connected devices
Home Media Server & Plex Setup
Set up Plex on a compatible NAS or mini PC, organize your personal media and configure playback on TVs, phones and computers.
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Home Computer Repair
Gaming PC and desktop diagnosis, full-size ATX upgrades, Windows installation and Microsoft Office setup at home around West Covina. Costs agreed before booking.
Explore home PC repairWhy work with us
Who you’d be working with
ZuluLab is the website brand of Zulu Alpha Inc., a small engineering studio based in West Covina, California. We build websites, business software and automation for contractors, restaurants and growing businesses, and we run most of what we ship rather than handing it over and moving on.
Our three developers have 20, 22+ and 15+ years of experience in backend and data work, Java, and WordPress and PHP respectively. You deal directly with the people doing the work.
We let the live projects above speak for themselves. Client testimonials and project metrics will appear here only once the client has agreed to publish them. Our rates are published.
Where we work
West Covina based. Globally connected.
On-site work — Los Angeles area
WiFi and network installation means physical work: site surveys, cabling, mounting access points and racking hardware. Business networking covers the greater Los Angeles area; home WiFi and home PC repair cover roughly 40 miles around West Covina. Send us the address and we will confirm whether we cover it.
Remote work — US, Canada, Europe and the UK
Websites, custom software, mobile apps and AI automation are delivered remotely. Teams in Eastern and Western time zones extend our working day, and we agree communication hours with you per project.
How we build
AI-assisted development
We use AI tools to speed up coding, testing and documentation. Our developers stay responsible for technical decisions, code review, testing and delivery. This is how we work, separate from the AI automation we build for clients. If you would rather we did not use AI tooling on your project, we will scope it that way.
How we work
Our software development process
Four stages, with regular updates and working software at each milestone.
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01
Discover
We dig into your users, your data and your constraints. No assumptions. A short discovery phase produces a technical architecture and scope you can rely on.
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02
Design
System design before interface design. We map data flows, define APIs and prototype interactions — ensuring the experience is rooted in what’s technically sound.
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Build
Two-week sprints with regular updates and working software at each milestone. We write tests first and deploy to staging continuously.
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Ship & Scale
Staged deployment, performance benchmarking and an agreed post-launch support period. We stay on while the system settles into real use.
Pricing
USD $30–$100 per hour
$30–$100/hr depending on the type of work. We confirm your rate and scope before paid work begins.
$30/hr for maintenance, data processing and ongoing webmaster work (updates, content changes, monitoring); $100/hr for development, architecture and solution design, and collaborative project work. Third-party costs such as hosting, software subscriptions and hardware are separate. Network installation is normally quoted as a fixed price after the site survey.
Deadline guarantee: Before work starts, we agree the deadline with you in writing. If we miss that deadline through our own fault, you don’t pay. To keep the deadline, you provide requirements and complete your testing and feedback on time.
No obligation
Start with a free project analysis
Free initial consultation and scope estimate, with no obligation to proceed. Tell us what you want to build or improve and we’ll recommend next steps.
Questions
Common questions
Where is ZuluLab based?
ZuluLab is based in West Covina, California, and serves greater Los Angeles. We serve clients in the US, Canada, Europe and the UK, and we schedule work across Eastern and Western time zones.
Do you travel for on-site work?
On-site work — WiFi and network installation, cabling, access point mounting and rack builds — is physical, so we deliver it in the Los Angeles area. Websites, custom software, mobile apps and AI automation are delivered remotely to clients in the US, Canada, Europe and the UK. Tell us where you are and we will confirm what we can cover.
What do you charge?
USD $30 to $100 per hour, depending on the type of work: $30/hr for maintenance, data processing and ongoing webmaster work (updates, content changes, monitoring); $100/hr for development, architecture and solution design, and collaborative project work. We confirm your rate and scope before any paid work begins. Some services, such as network installation after a site survey, are quoted as a fixed price instead.
Is the first conversation really free?
Yes. Send us your business goal, your existing website or system, the improvements you want, and your timeline. We review it and recommend next steps in writing, with no obligation to proceed. It is a review of what you send — not a security audit, a full architecture, or implementation work.
Do you use AI to write our code?
We use AI tools to accelerate coding, testing, and documentation, helping reduce repetitive work and improve delivery efficiency. Our team remains responsible for technical decisions, code review, testing, and delivery. It is a working method rather than something you buy, and it is separate from the AI automation products we build for clients. If you would prefer we did not use AI tooling on your project, tell us and we will scope it that way.
What have you actually built?
Construction Resource Management System, a job management system in daily production use at Tad's Construction; AI Assisted POS System for Restaurants, the digital menu serving Hearth & Grain; and the websites for Tad's Construction and Zulu Estate Media. Three of those are public — you can open them from our work pages and judge them directly.
How do we start?
Email zarni@zulualpha.net or call +1 626 509 0611. Include what you want to build or improve, anything it has to work with, and your timeline. We reply with whether we are a fit and what the next step looks like.
Do you work across time zones?
Yes. We are based in West Covina, California, and work with clients in the US, Canada, Europe and the UK. Teams in Eastern and Western time zones extend our working day, so work moves forward across more hours; we agree communication hours with you per project.
What happens if you miss a deadline?
Before work starts, we agree the deadline with you in writing. If we miss that deadline through our own fault, you don’t pay. To keep the deadline, you provide requirements and complete your testing and feedback on time.