Question 1

One week is not a real timeline.

Accepted Answer

For a sprint with a frozen scope, it is. For a product with billing, roles, an admin panel and three integrations, it is not, and I will tell you that on the call rather than after you have paid a deposit. One week is what a sprint is, not what everything is.

Question 2

What happens if you get hit by a bus?

Accepted Answer

The repo is in your GitHub organisation from the first commit and the infrastructure is in your accounts. The handover video and the written change guide exist from day one, not day ninety. Worst case you hand it to any competent developer, which is the situation the README exists for.

Question 3

Is this going to be AI slop?

Accepted Answer

Slop is unreviewed. Most AI code is bad and the research agrees with you. Everything here is reviewed, tested and monitored by the person who is still on the hook in six months. I do not hide that I use it — there is a whole section about it above.

Question 4

Why are you not as expensive as an agency?

Accepted Answer

You are not paying for a salesperson, a project manager translating between us, an office, or a junior learning on your project. Same output, one third of the org chart. I am also not the cheapest quote in your inbox: projects start at $4,000 and I do not negotiate that down.

Question 5

What if my thing is smaller than $4,000?

Accepted Answer

Then buy a day instead of a week. One working day, $2,000, on a date you pick, and no call at any stage. You write the brief first and it costs nothing. I read it and tell you inside one business day whether it fits in a day, and if it does not I tell you what it actually is before you have paid me anything. The $2,000 comes off any project you book in the next thirty days, down to $4,000 and not below, so on a floor-priced sprint it is worth nothing and I would rather you read that here. If your thing is smaller than a day, I am the wrong person, and saying so takes me one email.

Question 6

What if I need changes after handover?

Accepted Answer

Two options. Hire me monthly for changes and ops, or hand it to anyone else. You own it, so both actually work.

Question 7

Can you take over an existing codebase?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Always the audit first, and you keep the findings document whether or not you hire me for the fix.

Question 8

Will you sign an NDA?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Mutual is fine. Send yours.

Question 9

What if we are four days in and it is clearly not working?

Accepted Answer

Then we stop on day four and you pay for the four days. I would rather lose half a sprint than deliver something you are going to resent.

Question 10

Can I talk to someone you have built for?

Accepted Answer

Not yet. I am building this practice in the open and I am not going to invent a reference. Ask me on the call and I will walk you through the work I cannot publish, in detail, including the parts that went badly.

Who you are dealing with.