CENTER POINT LABSIndependent software studio
CENTER POINT, TEXAS · INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN

Professional-grade
software.
Built in the
Hill Country.

Websites, online stores, and custom software for business owners ready to put technology to work.

Reach customers, sell online, and simplify day-to-day operations—with systems built around your business.

Find your starting point ↓Let’s talk →
A little Hill Country perspective. Photography by Nicholas Sosa.
AI-assisted. Personally accountable.Clear scope · Direct access to your builder · Packages from $399
01 / SERVICES

A good place to start.

Choose a focused package or a custom business tool. Clear scope and costs agreed before the work begins.

Business websites

Small Business Starter

A focused home for your services, service area, and the next booking.

$499 · Pro $799Explore →
A tailored storefront

Signature Store

A considered shopping experience shaped around your brand and catalog.

From $899Explore →
Photography

Alderlight

Your photography, beautifully presented. Your own tools to keep it current.

$599Explore →
Business workflows

AI Assistant Pilot

Start with one useful workflow, approved information, and reviewable results.

From $1,500Explore →
Records & reporting

Custom Databases & Business Tools

Organize your records, replace repetitive spreadsheet work, and give your team a simpler way to find, update, and use its information.

Scoped to your workflowExplore →
For creators & independents

Creator Packs

Launch-ready packages for one person with something to share: Streamer Kit for creators, Solo Store for independent sellers, Dispatch Press for writers and Reseller Shop for resellers.

From $399Explore →

You own everything we build.
Your site runs in your own accounts, on your own bill, so you’re never locked in.

Something that doesn’t fit a package?
Custom builds from $1,500. Reserved-capacity retainers from $2,500/month, scoped separately.

Tell us what you have in mind →
02 / SELECTED WORKWild Focus website by Center Point Labs, with an antelope photograph and the title Paul E. Stafford Photography.

Wild Focus

Photography by Paul E. Stafford. Software by Center Point Labs.

View Wild Focus →
03 / ONGOING CARE

Launch is a beginning.

Your next idea doesn’t need to become a whole new project. Keep improving with a defined monthly allowance and a direct relationship with your builder.

Compare plans & full terms →
CARE PLUS

$99/month

Three small improvements.
Up to 90 delivery minutes total.

FEATURE PARTNER

$299/month

Up to three scoped requests.
Four delivery hours total.

Optional · One site · No rollover except work delayed by us. Paid packages include the first 60 days of Care Plus free. Enrollment by inquiry.

Research and demos

Interface LabExplore ＋
Manufacturing IntelligenceExplore ＋
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.

Lot & FoundExplore ＋
02 — Research & Development·RD-02
Lot and Found, the Reseller Shop demo, with secondhand finds and condition grades Lot & Found · Reseller Shop demo ↗
RD-02 · Research project

Lot & Found

● Now a Creator Pack · from $499
  • 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
Package
Reseller Shop · $499 · Pro $699
Checkout
Simulated only
Explore the storefront ↗ DemoTry the seller workbench↗

Each visitor gets isolated demo inventory. No real payments or fulfillment in the demo. This research became Reseller Shop, a Creator Pack from $499; owner sign-in, photo upload and checkout through your own Stripe come with the client build.

Real Estate ToolsExplore ＋
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 ↗
NordhausExplore ＋
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 →
Hill Country Home HelpExplore ＋
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 →
05 / ABOUT & CONTACT

Thoughtful design.
Exceptional software.

Center Point Labs is Nicholas Sosa’s independent software studio in the Texas Hill Country. Modern AI tools, hands-on judgment, and responsibility for what ships.

About the studio →Developer & stack →Follow along ↗
  1. Start with the job. Agree the audience, scope, costs, and a useful outcome.
  2. Build something you can try. Review working software and refine the details.
  3. Launch with a clear handoff. 60 free days of Care Plus, then optional ongoing care.
Start a conversation →(830) 510-1425
Nicholas Sosa · Center Point, Texas

Under the hood.

Arch Linux on the desk. Visual Studio Code open. A terminal never far away. Here’s the working stack behind Center Point Labs—from the workstation to the edge.

01 / Interfaces
HTML, CSS, JavaScript & TypeScript. React, Next.js, Vite and Tailwind CSS where they fit. Plain HTML and JavaScript when that’s all a project needs.
02 / Applications & data
Node.js, Cloudflare Workers, PostgreSQL & D1. R2 for files and photos; Durable Objects for stateful features. The database and runtime depend on the job.
03 / Hosting & delivery
Cloudflare, Vercel & DigitalOcean. Serverless sites and APIs, plus Docker and Caddy for applications that need a server. Git tracks the work.
04 / AI & agents
OpenAI / Codex, Anthropic / Claude & OpenClaw. Used for research, design exploration, writing and revising code, debugging, and running checks. Models change as the tools evolve.
05 / Payments & integrations
Stripe, HTTP APIs & webhooks. Checkout, payment records, and connections between systems. Google sign-in and passkeys appear in projects that need them.
06 / Verification
Playwright & project-specific automated tests. Browser interactions, responsive layouts, data validation, and error paths. A mobile-size browser check isn’t the same as a test on a physical phone.
07 / Workbench
Arch Linux (rolling release) & Visual Studio Code. Linux is the daily development environment; VS Code is the editor. A MacBook Air M1 rounds out the workbench. Git, terminal sessions, Python and shell scripts keep repeatable work repeatable.
08 / Images & creative tools
darktable, GIMP, ExifTool & ImageMagick. RAW development, image editing, metadata, and web exports. Photography and visual design are part of the build, too.
09 / This website
HTML, CSS & vanilla JavaScript on Cloudflare Workers. Google Analytics is optional and consent-based. CPL checkout uses Stripe. No framework needed for this website.
10 / Silicon
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G · NVIDIA RTX 2060. Six cores / twelve threads, with a discrete GPU for the creative workload. darktable uses the RTX 2060 through OpenCL for RAW development.
11 / Delivery plumbing
Git · Wrangler · Docker · Caddy. Versioned source, Cloudflare Worker deployments, containerized server applications, and HTTPS at the server edge. Static assets where possible; APIs and persistent state where needed.
12 / Agent plumbing
OpenClaw · MCP · HTTP APIs. Tools and project context connected to an AI-assisted workflow. Public agent experiments use bounded tools for record lookups and reviewable drafts; the underlying application remains ordinary, inspectable software.

AI-assisted. Personally accountable. I direct the work, make the product decisions, and take responsibility for what I deliver. I don’t claim every line is hand-typed. The point is useful software, clear scope, and checking that it does what we agreed.

This is the working toolkit across my projects—not a claim that every site uses every tool. Client systems and data stay private.

Meet Nicholas ↗See the AI demo →Packages & working together →
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 60 free days of Care Plus from handoff under our published terms. Optional care plans start at $99/month.

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

What would you like to build?

A new idea, a better workflow, or a shop of your own. Start with a few details.

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