About SoftDeck

I started SoftDeck to make practical bespoke software more accessible.

I help Australian small businesses automate day-to-day administration, connect their systems and create more capacity for revenue-generating work.

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Portrait of Tawanda Nyakudjga, founder of SoftDeck

Sydney, Australia · Australia-wide delivery

Founder and senior full-stack engineer

Why I founded SoftDeck

Small businesses deserve software that fits the way they work.

I have spent more than nine years building software for education, government and corporate teams.

That work showed me how often small businesses need bespoke software but lack the resources or technical context to choose and build it with confidence. The right system can remove hours of day-to-day administration and give the team more time to run the business.

I started SoftDeck to close that gap. I advise small businesses on where software and AI can help, then build practical systems around the work they already do.

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What I help with

Turn time-consuming administration into useful capability.

I work with the systems, knowledge and constraints already present in your business, then build the smallest useful change that helps your team move.

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Find the work worth changing

I help you map the administration, handoffs and information gaps that take time away from customers and decisions.

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Build around your business

I build bespoke software, websites, integrations and AI workflows around the systems and knowledge your team already uses.

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Create room to grow

I build for practical capacity: less repeated administration and more time for the work that needs your judgement.

Proof from production work

The work spans AI platforms, modernisation and financial software.

These figures come from production projects SoftDeck has delivered or supported.

25+

specialised AI agents shipped

14+

AI workflows in one platform

$11m+

transactions supported by production software

$300k

estimated project savings at UNSW

Selected work

A few projects you can inspect.

Each project started with a business need and ended with a system people could use in production.

AI workspace · Production platform

ActiveGospel

SoftDeck built an AI workspace from concept to production with specialised agents, repeatable workflows, RAG, billing and usage metering.

25+ specialised agents run across 14+ workflows in one platform.

Next.jsLaravelPostgreSQL/pgvector

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Application modernisation · Production delivery

UNSW

SoftDeck rebuilt a legacy university application with a Symfony REST API and React single-page application, improving testing and independent service releases.

Delivered ahead of schedule with $300,000 in estimated project savings.

ReactTypeScriptSymfony

Financial SaaS · Production infrastructure

VCEX

SoftDeck built the product, APIs, microservices and AWS delivery system for a venture capital exchange.

The platform supported more than $11 million in transactions.

LaravelVue.jsAWS

How I work

Keep the path from problem to production clear.

You do not need to know the final tool before you start. Bring the work that takes time and I will help define a sensible first capability.

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Assess

You share the work that takes time, the systems it touches and the outcome you want. I help identify the first useful capability.

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Build

I scope and ship the smallest useful workflow, assistant, integration or product capability for the business.

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Support

I stay involved after launch through clear ownership, production support and improvements as your needs change.

Human review stays part of decisions that need judgement, context or accountability.

Start with the work

Tell me where your team loses time.

Send the work that takes time, the systems it touches, the outcome you want and your timeframe. I will recommend a sensible place to start.

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