How we work

A four-step engagement, end to end.

Discover, prototype, ship, operate. Working prototype in week one, in production within the quarter, accountable for what we ship.

01

Discover

5 days

We turn your idea into a working prototype shape — outcomes mapped, constraints understood, scope cut to what actually matters.

  • ✓Stakeholder interviews + competitive scan
  • ✓User journey mapped to product surface
  • ✓Tech stack decided based on constraints, not fashion
  • ✓Scope cut to a 4-week prototype + 12-week production plan
You walk away with: A 12-page brief: problem, scope, plan, and risks — yours to share with investors or your board.
02

Prototype

Weeks 1–4

Clickable build in week one. Real data, real flows, no slideware. By the end of week four, your earliest users could (technically) start using it.

  • ✓Working prototype Friday of week one — clickable end-to-end
  • ✓Real data, real validation, real edge cases by week three
  • ✓Internal beta available for stakeholder review every Friday
  • ✓Architecture review at week three before locking decisions
You walk away with: A deployed prototype, source code in your GitHub, and a recorded walkthrough.
03

Ship

Weeks 5–12

Iteratively to production behind feature flags, with evals on every release. Real users, real feedback, real metrics — incorporated weekly.

  • ✓Production deploy in week 6, behind feature flags
  • ✓External beta with first 10–50 users
  • ✓Eval suite runs in CI on every model or prompt change (for AI work)
  • ✓Weekly demos with the senior engineer driving the engagement
You walk away with: A production system serving real users, monitoring dashboards, on-call runbooks, and a release notes log.
04

Operate

Ongoing, monthly

On-call rotation and a quarterly improvement budget — we stay accountable. We hand over when you have the team to take it; we stay if you don't.

  • ✓Shared on-call rotation with your team
  • ✓Monthly retro + roadmap review
  • ✓Quarterly improvement sprints (cost, performance, UX)
  • ✓Pause anytime with 2 weeks notice — no lock-in
You walk away with: Monthly reports, dashboards we keep current, and a Slack channel where someone senior is always reachable.
FAQ

Questions we hear from every founder.

How is this different from a typical agency?

We do not have juniors. Every person on your engagement is a senior IC with 8+ years of shipping experience. We also do not bill hourly for scope creep — fixed-price prototypes, monthly retainers afterward.

What if scope changes mid-prototype?

Discovery (Phase 1) locks scope. Mid-prototype changes go through a written change order with a re-estimate. No surprises on the invoice, no missed deadlines from quiet creep.

Do you sign NDAs?

Yes — on request, before any discovery work begins. We also sign IP assignment so the code is yours, no escrow tricks.

What if the prototype reveals a wrong direction?

That is the prototype doing its job. We will recommend either a pivot, a different scope, or — rarely — to not build it. We do not ship something users will not use just to bill the second half.

How do you price?

Fixed price for prototypes, monthly retainer for ongoing work. Range is $1,500 for landing sites to $7,000 for full MVPs to $5,000/mo for retainers. The Packages page has the public menu.

Ready for Phase 1?

Book a free 30-min consultation. We will tell you whether your project is ready for Discovery.

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