Modish 0161.
A Manchester software studio led by engineer Matthew Collins. We design and ship serious systems across fintech, blockchain and AI — from a single 3D landing page to a 21-product banking ecosystem.
What we do.
Fintech & market systems
Real-time market-data platforms, KDB+/q tick architecture, transaction-cost analysis, trading terminals and quant tooling — built to production standards with full observability.
- ▹ KDB+/q tick plants & TCA
- ▹ Trading terminals & DEX UIs
- ▹ TimescaleDB market data
Blockchain & smart contracts
Solana/Anchor and EVM infrastructure, institutional Solidity libraries, multi-ledger adapters, and protocol-level consensus design — with audit-aware governance and no-mainnet-by-default safety.
- ▹ Solidity / Anchor / Hardhat
- ▹ Multi-ledger adapters
- ▹ Consensus & tokenomics
AI agents & RAG systems
Retrieval-augmented generation, AI-native workflows and tool-using agents with citation controls, injection guards, golden-test evaluation and human-in-the-loop sign-off.
- ▹ RAG & vector search
- ▹ Tool-using agents
- ▹ Evaluation & guardrails
Full-stack product engineering
End-to-end product delivery — Next.js/React frontends, FastAPI/Node.js backends, design systems, dashboards, documentation and the investor-facing narrative around a serious product.
- ▹ Next.js / React / TypeScript
- ▹ FastAPI / Node.js / Python
- ▹ Design systems & dashboards
The Modish portfolio.
Companies and products designed, built and operated under the Modish 0161 umbrella.
Indigo Pascal
Zero Blockchain
Zero Bank
Zero AI
Oddly Useful
Machu DesignHave a system to build?
Fixed-scope products, fractional engineering leadership, or a full venture build — let's talk.