About us
The workshop that rarely says no
Tinkoder was born from a simple observation: the world is full of problems with no product to buy — but with a solution to build.
Tinkoder is a Tampere-based workshop that combines three things you usually have to buy from three different places: mechanical design, electronics and software. When one maker controls the whole chain, the solution comes out more coherent — and the project moves faster.
Our background is years of hands-on building and hundreds of finished projects: smart homes, sensors, motorised mechanisms, replacement parts and devices that didn't exist until someone needed them. The same curiosity carries into client work. The most interesting commission, for us, is the one everybody else turned down as too weird.
How we work
We believe in local-first solutions that don't depend on any single cloud service. We document everything so the client can carry on independently if they want. And we say it out loud when an idea isn't worth building — before a single euro has been spent on it.
Our values
- Repair before replace. One well-designed part often saves the whole device.
- Openness. You get the source code, the models and the documentation — the solution is yours, not ours.
- Honesty. Fixed price, realistic timeline, no surprises on the invoice.