# Nought Digital

> Product engineering and WordPress infrastructure company. Nought builds difficult software — and the tools we wish already existed.

- Base URL: https://nought.digital
- Products: https://nought.digital/suite
- Operations: https://nought.io
- Contact: jake@nought.digital
- Location: United Kingdom

## What Nought is

- **Engineering** — bespoke software and integrations for companies.
- **Agency partner** — your client, your relationship, our engineering.
- **SuperControl** — independent specialist technology, not an official partnership.
- **Nought Suite** — WordPress products: Files, Backup, Guard, Optimise, FieldCraft, Conjure, Hewn, Sync and Local.
- **Nought.io** — WordPress operations infrastructure.
- **Nought Local** — host-neutral desktop WordPress development (in development).

## Nought Suite

- [Files](https://nought.digital/suite/files) — WordPress file management that does not fight the filesystem. (beta)
- [Backup](https://nought.digital/suite/backup) — Your server shouldn't have to be healthy enough to back itself up. (beta)
- [Guard](https://nought.digital/suite/guard) — Security work that does not have to happen inside PHP. (beta)
- [Optimise](https://nought.digital/suite/optimise) — Find what is actually slowing the site down — off the origin. (in_development)
- [FieldCraft](https://nought.digital/suite/fieldcraft) — Change ACF architecture without throwing the data away. (available)
- [Conjure](https://nought.digital/suite/conjure) — A new WordPress theme should not leave people on a blank site. (available)
- [Hewn](https://nought.digital/suite/hewn) — A WordPress theme and editor that keep pages as real content, not a locked canvas. (beta)
- [Sync](https://nought.digital/suite/sync) — Move the intended change. Leave the live data alone. (in_development)
- [Local](https://nought.digital/suite/local) — Local WordPress. Any host. (in_development)

## Engineering services

- [Legacy System Rescue](https://nought.digital/services#legacy-system-rescue)
- [AI Workflow Automation](https://nought.digital/services#ai-workflow-automation)
- [Laravel & Filament Builds](https://nought.digital/services#laravel-filament-builds)
- [WordPress Modernisation](https://nought.digital/services#wordpress-modernisation)
- [Ecommerce Automation](https://nought.digital/services#ecommerce-automation)
- [Codebase Intelligence Audits](https://nought.digital/services#codebase-intelligence-audits)
- [Performance & Reliability](https://nought.digital/services#performance-reliability)
- [Production AI Systems](https://nought.digital/services#production-ai-systems)

## Legacy modernisation

- [COBOL modernisation](https://nought.digital/cobol-modernisation) — Mainframe migration
- [VB6 modernisation](https://nought.digital/vb6-modernisation) — .NET migration
- [Delphi modernisation](https://nought.digital/delphi-modernisation) — Desktop modernisation
- [ColdFusion modernisation](https://nought.digital/coldfusion-modernisation) — CFML migration
- [AngularJS modernisation](https://nought.digital/angularjs-modernisation) — Frontend upgrade
- [Struts modernisation](https://nought.digital/struts-modernisation) — Spring Boot migration
- [SSIS modernisation](https://nought.digital/ssis-modernisation) — Pipeline modernisation
- [FileMaker modernisation](https://nought.digital/filemaker-modernisation) — Web platform migration

## Priority service and location pages

- [AI Development Cheshire](https://nought.digital/ai-development-cheshire) - AI development in Cheshire for workflow automation, CRM and inbox integration, internal search, and production-ready AI systems.
- [AI Development Manchester](https://nought.digital/ai-development-manchester) - AI development in Manchester for businesses that need production-ready workflows, not demos. Build useful AI into real operations.
- [Web Development Cheshire](https://nought.digital/web-development-cheshire) - Web development in Cheshire for service businesses that need faster websites, cleaner systems, and a platform built to scale.
- [Web Design Cheshire](https://nought.digital/web-design-cheshire) - Web design in Cheshire for local service businesses. Fast websites, sharper SEO, and lead systems built to generate more enquiries.
- [WordPress Development Cheshire](https://nought.digital/wordpress-development-cheshire) - WordPress development in Cheshire for businesses that need faster pages, cleaner editing, better SEO, and fewer plugin headaches.

## Case studies

- Support workflow automation: Support workflow automation for a growing team. A growing team had thousands of support tickets and too much manual triage. We mapped the workflow, identified repeated ticket patterns, built an AI-assisted triage system, and improved internal reporting — reducing manual handling and giving the team clearer visibility over recurring issues.
- Legal Document Processing: From 40 hours/week to 2 hours: 95% time reduction in 6 weeks. A law firm was spending 40 hours/week on document review. We built an AI system that processes contracts, extracts key terms, and flags potential issues automatically.
- E-commerce Personalisation: From 12% to 34% conversion: 183% increase in 10 weeks. An e-commerce retailer was struggling with low conversion rates. We built an AI-powered personalisation engine that delivers tailored product recommendations and dynamic pricing.

## Featured insights

- [Building Production-Ready AI Agents](https://nought.digital/insights/building-production-ready-ai-agents) — Essential patterns for deploying AI agents that actually work in production environments.
- [RAG vs Fine-tuning: When to Use What](https://nought.digital/insights/rag-vs-fine-tuning-when-to-use-what) — A practical guide to choosing between retrieval-augmented generation and model fine-tuning.
- [How We Reduced Support Tickets by 41%](https://nought.digital/insights/how-we-reduced-support-tickets-by-41-percent) — Behind the scenes of building a fintech support copilot that actually delivers results.
- [Rapid AI Prototyping with LangChain, Supabase, and FastAPI](https://nought.digital/insights/rapid-ai-prototyping-langchain-supabase-fastapi) — How we go from idea to working AI prototype in days, not weeks — using LangChain, Supabase, and FastAPI to turn experiments into production-grade systems.
- [Claude Code Workflows That Scale](https://nought.digital/insights/claude-code-workflows-that-scale) — A practical workflow for using Claude in real engineering teams, from task shaping to safe rollout.
- [AI Coding Tools Landscape 2026](https://nought.digital/insights/ai-coding-tools-landscape-2026) — How to evaluate AI coding tools by reliability, cost, governance, and developer experience.
- [The ACF trap: dragging a field does not move the data](https://nought.digital/insights/acf-field-migration-without-losing-data) — Renaming or moving an ACF field leaves stored values behind. Treat schema changes as migrations with preview, transaction and rollback.
- [Keep SuperControl, rebuild the guest experience](https://nought.digital/insights/keep-supercontrol-rebuild-the-website) — Dated templates and bolted-on calendars are not a reason to rip out the PMS. Keep SuperControl. Rebuild the public site around it.

## Primary pages

- [Home](https://nought.digital/)
- [Engineering](https://nought.digital/engineering)
- [Nought Suite](https://nought.digital/suite)
- [Nought.io](https://nought.digital/nought-io)
- [Nought Local](https://nought.digital/suite/local)
- [WordPress platform](https://nought.digital/wordpress)
- [Agency partner](https://nought.digital/partners)
- [SuperControl](https://nought.digital/supercontrol)
- [Check a SuperControl website](https://nought.digital/supercontrol/check)
- [Contact](https://nought.digital/contact)
- [Insights](https://nought.digital/insights)
- [Changelog](https://nought.digital/changelog)

## Notes

- Product statuses are data-driven. Do not describe planned functionality as released.
- The company changelog records shipped releases, milestones and collabs only. It is not a roadmap.
- Nought.io plan entitlement does not automatically include the entire Suite.
- SuperControl, Stripe, WP Engine, Kinsta and Cloudways integrations are not official partnerships.