Center Point Labs·Center Point, Texas·Est. 2011
CPL Software studio · Now launched

World-class software.
Built in the Hill Country.

Business websites, online stores, photography platforms, and custom business tools—powered by AI, built around you. Explore our live products or start a custom build with an independent Texas Hill Country studio. Software packages from $399. Explore packages & get in touch →

Location
Center Point, Texas
Operated by
nicksosa.tech LLC
Status
● Now available
Built for
Small businesses & creators
01 — Flagship storefront·CPL-01
Nordhaus — the Signature Store showcase Explore the Nordhaus showcase ↗
CPL-01 · From $899

Signature Store

Your brand. Your customers. Your own store.
  • A store that feels like your brand — considered design, collections & product pages
  • A complete shopping experience — cart, Stripe checkout & order confirmation
  • A reason to come back — accounts, Google sign-in, saved carts & order history
  • Your content. Your site. — a permanent license to use & modify your copy
Design
Tailored to your brand
Showcase
Nordhaus · test checkout
Launch
Scope agreed upfront
Let’s buildBuild your store — tell us what you sell→
Custom AI · Built around your business
One workflow. A useful place to start.
“What’s holding this job up?”
  1. Look up the records you authorize.
  2. Bring back an answer with sources.
  3. Prepare a next step for your review.
Custom engagement · Discussed individually

AI Assistants

● Available by inquiry

Less chasing information.
More time for the work.

Custom AI assistants and agents for Hill Country businesses. Find information across approved systems, see the supporting records, and review a draft before anything goes out.

  • Start with one workflow and a focused pilot.
  • Integration feasibility checked before a build is agreed.
  • Scope, usage, hosting and support discussed for your business.
ExploreAn assistant for the way you work→
03 — Photography Platform·CPL-03
Alderlight photography platform — public gallery and owner photo-management tools alderlight.net · gallery + owner tools ↗
CPL-03

Alderlight

● Operational
  • Your photography. Your own platform. A polished portfolio with the tools to run it yourself.
  • Multiple galleries — separate collections, custom ordering, and shareable links
  • Live owner panel — bulk uploads, drag-to-reorder, photo editing, and moves between galleries
  • Collaborator access & passkeys — plus image and metadata ZIP exports for each gallery
Launch
$599 · first gallery
Add a gallery
$199 each
Owner tools
Live & ready
See the live demo — Alderlight ↗

Explore the public gallery and preview the admin tools in the live demo.

06 — Available now·CPL-06
Nick’s Computer Rescue — navy-and-cream service-business website example Nick’s Computer Rescue · see the example ↗
CPL-06 · For local service businesses

Small Business Starter

● Available · $499
  • Your business. Ready to be found.
  • A polished, mobile-friendly website adapted from our proven service-business layout
  • Put your services, service area & contact details in one clear place
  • Call, email & existing booking links make the next step easy
  • Your supplied branding and content, a focused launch, and one revision round
Starter package
$499 one-time
Made for
Service businesses
Approach
Template-based
See the website example ↗ StartLaunch your business website — $499→

Includes a single-page adaptation; the example shows optional expanded pages and integrations. Domain, hosting, copywriting, extra pages, custom booking and ongoing updates are separate. No online store or owner dashboard included. Scope agreed before purchase; standard CPL license applies.

05 — Available now·CPL-05
The Curated Shop — an elegant one-of-a-kind boutique, the Solo Store demo The Curated Shop · explore the boutique ↗
CPL-05 · For solo operators

Solo Store

● Available · $399
  • Your own shop. Ready to sell.
  • A branded, mobile-friendly boutique for independent sellers, makers, and curated collections
  • Product listings, descriptions, categories, and one-of-a-kind inventory
  • Cart, customer accounts & order history — a focused boutique starting point
  • A focused single-seller launch, not a marketplace or a sprawling custom build
Launch package
$399
Made for
One-person shops
Demo checkout
Test mode · no charges
Explore The Curated Shop ↗ StartLet’s build your shop — $399→

The Curated Shop is a demo, not a real retailer. Live payments require your Stripe setup. Catalog setup, owner workflow, hosting, domain, and any extras are agreed before work begins.

07 — Creator launch package·CPL-07
AFTERHOURS — cozy lavender streamer website with a sleepy-cat gaming nookAFTERHOURS · explore the streamer demo ↗
CPL-07 · Kit $399 / Pro $599

Streamer Kit

● Available by inquiry
  • Your stream. Your community. Your own space.
  • A branded website with Twitch or YouTube, clips, schedule & community links
  • Phone-friendly owner tools to keep your home base current
  • Guided OBS setup — one session up to 60 minutes, basic scenes, audio/video capture and a test stream
  • Pro adds your merch store — variants, cart and checkout setup for up to 10 supplied products
Creator Kit
$399 one-time
Creator Pro
$599 one-time
Handoff
Go-live checklist
Explore the demo & package details ↗ StartLet’s build your creator home base→

Template-based, supplied content and one revision round. OBS session covers one computer and one streaming platform; hardware, internet troubleshooting, custom overlays and ongoing stream support are separate. Domain, hosting and commerce costs separate. Website includes 30-day bug-fix support. Preview edits are browser-local and checkout is simulated; production setup agreed before work.

Research & live demos

Research/Demos

Ideas in development. Software you can explore.

Lot & Found preview
RD-02 · Research prototype

Lot & Found

Fast-moving inventory, quick purchases, and a seller workbench. Isolated demo inventory; simulated checkout.

Explore demo ↗Seller workbench ↗
Real Estate Tools preview
RD-01 · Research project

Real Estate Tools

Rural property research: local restrictions, flood risk, water and off-grid context. Sourced data, free to explore.

Explore tools ↗
Nordhaus preview
01A · Signature Store demo

Nordhaus

Explore a complete shopping experience, from product discovery to customer accounts and checkout. Test mode; no charges.

Visit store ↗View case file →
04 — Available for acquisition·CPL-04
Hill Country Home Help — local task marketplace hillcountryhomehelp.com ↗
CPL-04

Hill Country Home Help

◇ Complete project · $2,500
  • A two-sided task marketplace for an underserved rural area
  • Includes hillcountryhomehelp.com, website and full source code
  • Helper onboarding, dashboards, reviews
  • Deployment setup, database schema and demo data included
Model
Two-sided market
Region
Texas Hill Country
Stage
Live MVP
$2,500Inquire about buying the complete project→ Case File Walk the Marketplace Stack build, screen by screen →
03 — Research & Development·RD-03
Manufacturing Intelligence synthetic-data consoleManufacturing Intelligence · Research demo ↗
RD-03 · Ongoing research

Manufacturing Intelligence

● Working capabilities demo
  • 5,412,559 synthetic records / 24 linked tables in real PostgreSQL.
  • Follow commitments and lot genealogy through operations, quality and shipments.
  • Investigate material risk with explicit metrics and record-level drilldowns.
  • Stage, validate and recover CSV imports in an isolated visitor workspace.
Explore research demo ↗ResearchRead the white paper→

Ongoing research, not packaged ERP. Fictional operations; no real manufacturer affiliation. Architecture, measured results, reproducibility and limitations documented in the paper.

02 — Research & Development·RD-02
Lot and Found reseller demo with quick-add inventory and shopping filters Lot & Found · Reseller demo ↗
RD-02 · Research project

Lot & Found

● Working prototype
  • Small transactions. Fast-moving inventory. A commerce experiment built around the reseller workflow.
  • Find it, add it, keep moving — quick search, filters and a combined cart
  • A seller workbench for rapid listing, editing and marking items sold
  • Condition, SKU & stock tracking for one-off finds and multi-unit items
  • Oversell protection when buyers reach for the same last item
Focus
High-turnover resale
Stage
Research demo
Checkout
Simulated only
Explore the storefront ↗ DemoTry the seller workbench↗

Each visitor gets isolated demo inventory. No real payments or fulfillment. Photo uploads and production seller sign-in are not yet included; this is research, not a released package.

01 — Research & Development·RD-01
permithub — rural land due-diligence engine permithub.co ↗
RD-01 · Research project

Real Estate Tools

● Operational
  • Real-estate buyer due diligence — rules, risks, restrictions and local context, before they commit
  • Off-grid viability, solar & well depth from TWDB driller reports, septic suitability
  • FEMA flood & wildfire risk, broadband, USGS river levels, TCEQ water sampling
  • Distance to fire & EMS, plus the STR zoning check
  • Every figure sourced and cited — free, no signup
Coverage
14 counties
Data sources
TWDB · FEMA · USGS · TCEQ
Access
Free · no account
Open permithub.co ↗
01a — Live demo·Case file
Nordhaus product detail — Meridian Wireless Headphones, pricing and add-to-cart controls nordhaus.biz ↗
Signature Store · Demo

Nordhaus

● Live · test mode
  • A complete working storefront — not screenshots, not a mockup
  • Accounts, Google sign-in, cart, checkout, order history
  • Embedded Stripe card field — run a checkout start to finish
  • Test card 4242 4242 4242 4242, any future date, any CVC
Charges
None · test mode
Customers
Accounts & saved carts
Ownership
Your brand & data
Read See the shopping experience, from discovery to returning customer →
08 — Method & engagements·By inquiry

Thoughtful design.
Exceptional software.

Start a conversation ↗ About the studio (830) 510-1425
How the work gets built
  • AI-native shop — frontier models: Claude Fable & GPT-6 Astra
  • Open agent tooling — OpenClaw, on Linux
  • Leverage that lets one shop research, prototype and ship like a team
  • Start with a single build; move to retainer when you want it ongoing
  • Your content stays yours. Clear software licensing →
RD-01 is the method made public: a question nobody had answered, built into a tool that answers it end to end.
  • $399 / $599CPL-07 · Streamer Kit / ProYour creator website, plus guided OBS setup. Pro adds merch. Explore the packages →
  • $499CPL-06 · Small Business Starter A focused service-business website. Explore the package →
  • $399CPL-05 · Solo Store Your own shop. Ready to sell. Explore the package →
  • from $899CPL-01 · Signature Store A tailored brand and shopping experience. Catalog, setup & launch scoped upfront; hosting and processing extra.
  • from $1,500Custom build Deliverables and ownership agreed in writing.
  • $2,500/ month retainer Ongoing tooling & iteration. Limited slots.

Paid packages & custom builds include 30 days of bug-fix support from handoff.

Center Point Labs by nicksosa.tech LLC · Licensing & ownership Est. 2011 · Reclaimed 2026 · nicksosa.tech
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About Center Point Labs

Lifelong spark. Modern tools. Useful software.

Center Point Labs is an independent software studio in the Texas Hill Country, operated by nicksosa.tech LLC and led by Nicholas Sosa. We build business websites, online stores, photography platforms, and tools for creators—with thoughtful design and a practical understanding of the people who will use them.

The person behind the work

Nicholas has spent a lifetime exploring, using, and building with computer software. His background includes studying computer science and working with privately owned Internet businesses in Carson City, Nevada, during the 2000s, followed by years helping people and small businesses make technology work for them.

He writes code, works directly with the underlying systems, and brings that experience to an AI-assisted development process. Today’s tools expand what an independent studio can accomplish; the spark behind the work goes back decades.

How we build

We start with the job the software needs to do: who it serves, what gets in their way, and what a successful result looks like. From there, we build working prototypes, refine the experience, and test the important paths—from a visitor’s first click to the tools an owner uses every day.

AI is an active part of that process: researching approaches, generating and revising code, exploring designs, and helping investigate problems. Nicholas directs the work and makes the product decisions. The result is a close, iterative collaboration between an experienced builder and a powerful set of development tools.

Inside the workshop

Our toolchain combines frontier AI with established software infrastructure:

The advantage is a shorter path from an idea to something you can actually try—and more opportunities to refine it along the way.

A direct working relationship

You work with the person shaping and building your software. Scope, deliverables, licensing, and ongoing costs are agreed clearly. Your content and branding remain yours, and paid packages and custom builds include 30 days of bug-fix support from handoff under our published terms.

Built in the Hill Country. Ready for what’s next.

Explore the projects, try a demo, or start a conversation about what you want to build.
Center Point Labs · Inquiries

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