I turn what you know into software.

I’m Tony Mowers, building software in Switzerland since 2004. We work side by side, and I leave both your software and your team more capable. Keeping me becomes optional. That’s the goal.

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How I help

Taking an unfamiliar domain to shipped code

Elevator configuration, malware analysis, network provisioning: I learn the domain from your experts and turn it into working software.

Building a shared language between your experts and your code

I show your team how to name the concepts your experts work with, so the code speaks the language of the domain and new problems get easier to solve.

Leading software engineering teams without leaving the code

Technical leadership from inside the team: planning the work, pairing, and writing production code myself.

Untangling service boundaries that have grown rigid

Reworking microservices toward hexagonal architecture so the key components become easy to change again.

How I work

I build a pipeline that turns knowledge into software, and keep it running.

Your experts’ knowledge

I sit with the people who know the domain and learn how it really works, from their point of view.

A shared language

Together we name the concepts, so experts and engineers mean the same thing, and the code says it too.

Working software, shipped continuously

I write code from week one and ship in small steps, so you see the product grow and can steer it.

Tony Mowers

Principal Software Engineer & Technical Lead, Alika AG (ah-LEE-kah)

Since 2004, Alika AG has been my hands-on product development practice: I build software products, from simple tools to complex platforms, and I’m writing code from week one, not month three.

I focus on the product, not just the software. I measure my success by what I leave behind: software that can be changed, and a team that can change it.

I’ve been writing software since 1980, which is why I get up to speed fast: futures trading, malware analysis, public transit, network provisioning and elevator pricing, each entered cold.