The TradeYoke build timeline: every part of the build, in order
One page listing every part of Building TradeYoke in date order, from the idea in 2019 and the start in January 2024 to where the platform stands in October 2026.
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Como o TradeYoke é construído — arquitetura, decisões e compromissos.
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From passwords to passkeys: how sign-in and trust grew with TradeYoke
A system that holds a business's customers and invoices has to be hard to break into. Here is how TradeYoke's sign-in grew, and what is live in the web browser today.
Uma aplicação, quatro plataformas: como lançamos para web, iOS, Android e Windows ao mesmo tempo
A aplicação web e as aplicações nativas da TradeYoke são o mesmo código. Eis o que isso traz aos clientes — e as regras que seguimos para que continue a ser verdade.
April 2026: one core, many trades
With window cleaning solid, April 2026 was about whether the core could carry other trades. Each trade is a module on the same core: its own terms, forms and colour.
February 2026: working with no signal, offline-first in practice
February 2026 put the offline-first idea from 2024 to work: the round on the device, changes queued, and a clear rule for when two people edit the same thing.
January 2026: trails and replay, and what a day's route can tell you
January 2026 added trails to the live map and a way to replay a device's day. What a route can settle, and why it is worth having.
November 2025: where is everybody? Live monitoring begins
Every business with more than one van asks the same question sooner or later. November 2025 began live monitoring: the team on one map, with the phone app as the tracker.
October 2025: one set of maps, built on Google Maps
By October 2025 TradeYoke needed maps in many places. We built one shared set on Google Maps, so a customer, a job and the whole team all use the same map.
August 2025: getting the address right, with postcodes and map pins
Everything on a round depends on the address. August 2025 added type-ahead address search, UK postcode lookup and a pin on a map for every customer.
June 2025: inspections, checklists with pass or fail, evidence and sign-off
June 2025 brought inspections: a checklist you build once, work through on site marking each item pass or fail, with evidence for every fail, signed off and sent as a report.
April 2025: searching inside your documents, not just their names
A library is only as good as your ability to find things in it. In April 2025 we made the library search inside the files, not just at their names.
March 2025: the page a customer accepts a quote on
March 2025 gave the customer somewhere to say yes: a secure link to the quote, no login, with lines they can untick and a way to tell you when suits.