A disciplined process, built for momentum.
No black box between kickoff and launch. Here's exactly what happens at each stage, what you get, and roughly how long it takes.
Discover
We dig into the problem before the product — your users, constraints, and what "done" actually needs to mean. This includes stakeholder interviews, a review of any existing systems, and a written problem statement you sign off on.
Typically 1–2 weeksArchitect
A technical plan and design direction you can sign off on with confidence, before a line of production code is written. This is where we make the big, hard-to-reverse decisions deliberately.
Typically 1–3 weeksBuild
Senior engineers ship in tight, visible iterations — you see progress every week, not just at the end. Weekly demos, a shared task board, and direct access to the engineers doing the work.
Scoped per projectLaunch
A considered rollout with monitoring and rollback plans in place — launch day should be uneventful. We prefer phased rollouts over a single high-stakes cutover wherever possible.
Typically 1 weekScale
We stay close post-launch, tuning performance and cost as real usage — not assumptions — comes in. Many clients continue into an ongoing Dedicated Team or Advisory arrangement here.
Ongoing partnershipOur actual "Definition of Done."
"Done" is a word most agencies use loosely. Ours is a specific, non-negotiable checklist a pull request has to clear before it merges — not a feeling someone has on a Friday afternoon.
Every Merge Requires
- A second senior engineer's approval — not a rubber-stamp, an actual review
- Passing automated tests, including the ones covering the edge case you just fixed
- No new linter or type-checker warnings introduced
- Documentation updated in the same PR, not deferred to "later"
Branching & Review SLA
We work trunk-based with short-lived feature branches — long-lived branches are where merge conflicts and integration surprises come from. Pull requests get a first review within one business day, so work doesn't stall waiting on us.
Choose the engagement model that fits.
Every model comes with the same senior engineers, standards, and communication cadence.
Dedicated Team
An embedded pod of engineers who work inside your roadmap, sprint after sprint, as if they were your own hires.
- Direct access to your engineers
- Flexes up or down with scope
- Ideal for long-term product ownership
Fixed-Scope Delivery
A clearly scoped project with a fixed timeline and price — ideal for launching a new product or platform.
- Detailed proposal before kickoff
- Milestone-based delivery
- Predictable cost and timeline
Fractional AI / Tech Advisory
Senior technical leadership on demand — architecture reviews, AI strategy, and hands-on guidance for your in-house team.
- Architecture & AI strategy reviews
- Hands-on mentorship for your team
- Flexible monthly engagement
Why "senior-only" is a promise, not a slogan.
Every deliverable passes through the same discipline, regardless of project size.
Peer Code Review
Nothing reaches production without a second senior engineer reviewing it first.
Automated Testing
Unit, integration, and regression tests baked into the workflow, not bolted on at the end.
Security by Default
Input validation, secrets management, and access control treated as requirements, not afterthoughts.
Documentation That Lasts
Clear technical docs and handover notes, so your team is never locked out of its own codebase.
Performance Budgets
Speed and cost are tracked from day one, not discovered after launch.
Transparent Communication
Weekly check-ins, visible progress, and a direct line to the engineers doing the work.
Common questions about how we work.
They usually do, at least a little — that's normal. On Dedicated Team engagements this is simply re-prioritized in the next sprint. On Fixed-Scope projects, we scope change requests transparently rather than absorbing them silently or refusing them outright.
Enough to make key decisions and answer questions quickly — typically a weekly sync plus async availability. We don't need a full-time product manager on your side, but disappearing for a month mid-build isn't ideal either.
Weekly demos exist so this gets caught early, not at the end. If something's off, we adjust in the next iteration rather than after months of silent divergence.
Yes — many relationships start with a small Fixed-Scope project specifically to build trust before a larger Dedicated Team engagement.