How a project moves
What working with me
actually looks like.
No twelve-week discovery phase, no slide decks, no ceremony for its own sake. Here is what a Sprint, a Build, or a Partnership looks like over time, and what stays the same across all three.
Discovery Sprint
2 weeks, fixed price
Two weeks. One question. One answer.
Kickoff
We confirm the single question the Sprint answers, agree what done looks like, and sign the SOW. You get a shared channel and an outline of the two weeks.
Audit and explore
I dig into the stack, read the code if there is any, and gather what I need to answer the question well. You hear from me every day or two.
Mid-Sprint check
A short call to confirm the direction is right. If it isn't, we correct now while there is still time to.
Build the answer
A roadmap, an architecture doc, or a working prototype of the riskiest piece, whatever shape the answer needs. I write it so you can still use it in six months.
Handover
I deliver the recommendation in writing, walk you through it, and say honestly whether a Build makes sense next, or whether it doesn't.
Build Engagement
4 to 12 weeks
A scoped build, from kickoff to production.
Listen and map
Stakeholder conversations, a stack audit, and a written scope-and-architecture doc. You know exactly what is getting built before code is written.
Set up and de-risk
If you have designs, I turn them into a working front end. If the data model, an integration, or an API is ambiguous, I prototype that risky part first. Decisions made here save weeks later.
Build in sprints
One- or two-week sprints. A weekly demo on the same shared call. Direct messages, async-first, no surprises. You see real progress in your repo every week.
Ship to production
Deploy with monitoring, alerting, and a rollback plan. I don't push to prod on a Friday afternoon. I make sure the first week of real users is calm.
Stabilize and hand off
Bug fixes, tuning, and a clean handover with docs. After thirty days you own everything fully. No lock-in, no dependency on me to keep the lights on.
Embedded Partnership
Ongoing, monthly
I become part of your team.
Onboard
I embed into your existing stack, planning rituals, and goals. By the end of the first week I am shipping alongside your team.
Sprint rhythm
Planning at the start of each cycle, code review through it, a demo at the end. Whatever rhythm you already run on, I adapt to it rather than impose one.
Step back
We pause and look at what shipped, what worked, what to drop, what to double down on. A strategy review, not a status report.
Scale or pause
Pause for a quarter to redirect cash. Bring in a second engineer for a launch. Convert to a focused Build. The model bends to your business.
What stays the same
The rhythm of working together
Whatever the engagement type, the cadence holds. Predictable, transparent, and built around your team rather than mine.
Weekly demo, same day every week
A short fixed slot that shows what changed, what's next, and what I'm stuck on. Skip a week and you still get the notes.
One shared channel
A direct line to the person doing the work. No account-manager layer, no 'let me check with the team and circle back.'
Your repo, your dashboards
I work in your GitHub, your board, your hosting. You see the same commits and deploys I do, in real time, not in a Friday recap.
Honest at the next milestone
If something is slipping, you hear it at the next demo, not at the end. If I think a feature shouldn't ship, I say so.
Reference framework
Six stages, scoped to fit
Every project moves through some version of these. A Sprint covers the first two. A Build runs all six. A Partnership cycles through them as the product evolves.
01
Listen
Stakeholder calls, a careful read of your current stack if there is one, and a market check. I arrive without assumptions and leave with the real problem in writing.
02
Map
Roadmap, technical architecture, and success metrics on one page. You know exactly what is getting built, why, and how we will know it worked.
03
Set up
If you have designs, I turn them into a working front end. If a data model, an integration, or an API is ambiguous, I build a prototype of the risky part first. I do not do design from scratch.
04
Build
Senior engineering in one- or two-week sprints. Weekly demos, a shared channel, code review on every change. You see progress, not slide decks.
05
Ship
Production deploy with monitoring, alerting, and a rollback plan. I don't just push to prod, I make sure the first week is calm.
06
Iterate
Real usage data shapes what changes next. Analytics, feedback loops, and a written list of the next round of priorities.
See what your first two weeks would look like.
Send a few sentences about what you're trying to build and I'll sketch the Sprint I'd run on it. No commitment.
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