Two ways we engage
Same team. Same standards. Different relationships to your code.
Before we start, we ask one question: is this software your core — the thing your business is actually about — or is it context — necessary, but not what makes you you? The answer decides which side of the table we sit on.
If it's core
Core
Your software, your team. We coach.
If it's the thing your business is about, you should not outsource it. You should build the team, the practice, the muscle. The code stays yours. We help you get there.
When this fits
- You're betting your company on getting this right.
- You need a second opinion on architecture before committing.
- Your team needs to level up — fast — on a hard technical problem.
- You're doing technical due diligence and want senior eyes.
- You want a fractional CTO without the full-time hire.
Modes
Advisor. Coach. Trainer. Auditor. Code reviewer. Architecture review. Tech due diligence. We pick the mode that fits the problem — not the one that maximizes our hours.
How we engage
Monthly retainer, hourly, or scoped engagement. We don't sell you a project we cannot deliver ourselves.
If it's context
Context
Necessary software, fully handled. Design through 3am pages.
If it's necessary work that doesn't differentiate you, take it off your plate. We design it, build it, run it, and keep it running. End to end. One team across the whole lifecycle, not a relay race between agencies.
What we cover
- Design
- Architecture and system design from scratch — or untangling what someone else left behind.
- Build
- Web applications, internal tools, AI-powered products, data and ML pipelines, integrations, migrations.
- Operate
- Production support, on-call, security patching, dependency management, performance and cost optimization.
- Maintain
- Long-term care for systems that need to keep working. Portfolio management for companies running many small apps.
AI is going to generate 1000x more software than the world has ever seen. Most of it will need someone to keep it running, secure, and up to date. That work is engineering. We do it.
How we engage
Fixed scope for well-defined builds. Time and materials for evolving scope. Monthly retainer for run-and-maintain, scaled to portfolio size. SLAs where they make sense. You get senior engineers from day one, not a junior team behind a senior name.
Not sure which is which?
Email us with what you're dealing with. We'll help you figure out which is core, which is context, and whether we're the right shop for either.