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A sealed desktop application parcel being weighed on a steel bench scale

About 10LB BAG

Weigh the release first, then decide how it ships.

About 10LB BAG, the Burbank desktop consulting team. We help teams in the United States choose, build, modernize, and deploy desktop software — and we weigh the release before we recommend how it ships.

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Frameworks we discussWinUI 3WPFQtElectronNW.js

Narrow focus

A small practice with a narrow focus

10LB BAG is a desktop application development consulting practice at 1063 Via Alta, Burbank, CA 91501. We work with teams in the United States that need to choose, build, modernize, or deploy desktop software. The name comes from a simple idea: a release should be weighed before it is shipped, with the same care you would give a sealed parcel on a bench. Every recommendation we make is meant to hold up under that pressure.

We consult on desktop software only. That focus is deliberate. Desktop applications have their own frameworks, their own packaging rules, and their own failure modes, and a generalist practice can miss the details that matter at release time. Narrow focus also means our advice is specific: we talk about WinUI 3, WPF, Qt, Electron, and NW.js in terms of what each one does to your build, your installer, and your support queue.

Compare desktop frameworks
Installer packaging and deployment preparation at the bench
Packaging is part of the advice, not an afterthought
Cross-platform build testing on Arm hardware at the bench
We test the risky part of the plan first

How we work

How our guidance is produced

Each engagement begins with the client's constraints: target platforms, team skills, existing code, and release cadence. We then review architecture, measure performance where relevant, and test the risky part of the plan, whether that is an Arm64 build, an MSIX package, or a migration of a single WPF screen.

Start with constraintsPlatforms, skills, code, cadence
Review and measureArchitecture and performance
Test the riskArm64, MSIX, or one screen first
Written recommendationYour team can execute it alone
A finished installer plate ready for dispatch on pale steel

Burbank base, United States clients

1063 Via Alta, Burbank, CA 91501
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
+1 (818) 592-0048

Burbank base, United States clients

Our office is in Burbank, California, and most clients are elsewhere in the United States. That distance shapes how we work. Discovery, design reviews, and working sessions happen by video. Findings are delivered as documents the team can keep. Where a prototype or build review is needed, we agree on a short schedule and a clear definition of done before work starts.

Working at a distance also keeps the record honest. Decisions are written down, the reasoning travels with the recommendation, and your team does not need us in the room to act on it. If you are in Burbank, we can meet in person; if you are anywhere else in the country, the same written standard applies.

Boundaries

What we do not do

We do not sell licenses, operate as an agency that takes over your roadmap, or promise outcomes we cannot control.

We do not invent metrics or case studies to make our advice look stronger.

If a framework is a poor fit for your product, we will tell you, even when that answer points away from the work we were asked to scope.

Architecture

Desktop app architecture consulting, done in the open

Architecture is the core of our consulting material because it decides so much of what comes later. Separation of concerns, local data storage, service calls, and update mechanisms all shape performance, security, and maintenance. We review those decisions with your team before framework selection when possible, because changing them after code is written is far more expensive.

Separation of concerns Local data storage Service calls Update mechanisms

As a Burbank desktop software consulting team, we put those trade-offs in writing so the next person on your team can see why a choice was made.

Modernization

Modernization as a long view

Many of our clients maintain Windows software that the business depends on every day. We treat modernization as a long program, not a single project. The goal is a product that holds up over time: a codebase the team can change, an installer the support team can explain, and an update path that does not require a site visit. Short-term wins matter, but they should point toward that longer position.

Read about desktop modernization
An older desktop application being resealed and updated
CodebaseThe team can change it
InstallerSupport can explain it
Update pathNo site visit required

Engage the team

How to engage the team

Start with a message through the contact page at 10lbbag.club or by email at [email protected]. Describe the application, the platforms it must run on, and the decision you are facing. We reply to discuss scope, timing, and whether a review, a prototype, or a roadmap would serve you best. A first conversation carries no obligation to proceed.

Contact the 10LB BAG team [email protected]

The standard

The standard we hold

A desktop app that ships on time and cannot be updated, measured, or maintained has not finished its work. We judge our advice by whether your team can release the next version more easily than the last one. That is the standard behind the name, and it is the standard we apply to our own recommendations.

Working hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Write with the decision you face, and we will tell you plainly whether we can help.