Ejaz Hussain
Builds software in Adelaide.
Yes, the goat is a metaphor. No, I won't explain it.
I build the things that have to work on a Monday.
Naiko Retreat
Luxury accommodation, 2026
Two coastal retreats on the Fleurieu Peninsula, opened from the air: the hero flies the coastline as you scroll.
Dandy Rugs
Retail / E-commerce, 2026
Candlelit threads weave themselves into a Persian rug as you scroll, for a family rug house in Dandenong.
Kabul Fashion
Boutique / Fashion, 2026
Handmade Afghan and Hazaragi couture for Eid, weddings and henna nights. No checkout, on purpose.
FormaOS.
Compliance software for regulated Australian providers. One person designed it, built it and answers the phone.
The database, drawn in the order it was written. 222 tables across 258 migrations, one engineer.
January 2025000 base schema
Founder, Architect & Sole Engineer. Live at formaos.com.au
How it is built- API routes
- 283
- SQL migrations
- 252
- automated tests
- 467
- compliance frameworks
- 13
Build.
Craft.
Judgement.
Things that survive contact with real users.
Next.js, React, Supabase, Stripe, background jobs, the lot. FormaOS is the proof: a compliance platform I designed, built and still run for paying tenants, which means when it breaks at 2am it's my phone that rings. It hasn't, much. Lighthouse in the 90s is where I start, not where I finish.
Interfaces with opinions.
I did graphic design before I did code, so the typography gets the same scrutiny as the queries. Sites that meet WCAG, hold their Core Web Vitals under real traffic, and don't look like they were assembled from a template at four on a Friday. Every ornament on this page had to argue its way in. Most lost.
I read the brief. Then I read what you meant.
Seven years in customer-facing jobs taught me the feature list is rarely the problem. I'll ask what the build needs to earn back, then argue with you about scope, politely, once. Running my own studio and a SaaS means I've paid for my own bad decisions, which is the fastest education there is.
Ten years in. Still self-taught. Still shipping.
Ejaz Hussain builds production software from Adelaide. Founder of Launch Nest Studio, the one person behind FormaOS, and the only human in this film.
I run Launch Nest Studio and have for about six years. Almost everything I know I learned by shipping it, watching it break, and fixing it before anyone noticed. FormaOS is the clearest example: a compliance platform with multi-tenant data, billing and access control that I designed, built and still operate for paying customers. Around it sit a shelf of Next.js sites for real estate, fashion, jewellers and a rug shop, all held to the same bar, which is that I'd be happy to be caught using them.
I did not come up through an engineering team. I spent seven years in customer-facing jobs first, including a stretch at Red Energy, which is where I learned that the thing a client asks for is usually two questions away from the thing they need. Before that: IT support, consulting, a CCNA, and enough hardware to know exactly how systems behave when they fall over. Graphic design, video editing and a bit of teaching did the rest.
I don't lead with credentials because you can open the work and judge it yourself. That's the whole pitch. It is also why the goat is black.
Got something real to build? Good. Email me.
I take on a few projects a quarter, so the ones I say yes to get all of me. Tell me what you're building, who it's for, and roughly what it's worth to you. Concrete beats polished. I reply within a business day, usually faster, unless the goat's out.
Ejaz@launchnest.com.au+61 469 715 062Adelaide, South Australia
© 2026 Ejaz Hussain. Founder & Lead Developer, Launch Nest Studio.