No Tradeoff Labs

A software lab in Berlin

Most software lives on the edges. We build in the middle.

Fast. Secure. Affordable. Pick three.

Fast

On the Pareto frontier. If there were a faster way to build it, we’d have shipped that.

Secure

Our threat model includes us. Not even we can read or forge any of your sensitive data.

Affordable

Pass-through pricing. No dark patterns. Efficient code is cheaper to run, so you pay less.

Why this lab exists

Fast

Hardware got faster. Software ate it.

6.7× slower from keypress to screen, on a computer with a 4,200× faster processor.

30 ms
200 ms
Apple IIe · 1983PC · 2017
Source: Dan Luu (2017) · Apple IIe vs. Core i7‑7700K
Secure

Vulnerabilities keep exploding

86,554 CVEs published in 2026 so far. Almost double all of 2025.

Source: CVE List · cve.0xosprey.com
Affordable

Subscriptions are built to keep you paying

76% of 642 subscription businesses used dark patterns, like auto-renewal you can’t turn off when signing up.

Source: ICPEN dark patterns sweep (2024)

From the lab

Experimentation platformComing soon.In the lab
Something newSame three promises, a different problem.Next

Hear when we ship.

One email per launch. Nothing else.