Services - A software development subscription for month-plus builds
Serious product builds on a flat monthly subscription. One senior, founder-led engineer takes a month-plus build, such as a SaaS MVP, platform, or migration, and ships it as reviewable production code. One scoped increment at a time, on a cadence agreed before work starts.
Delivery model
Agree the cadence before work starts
The core model stays simple. One senior engineer, one scoped increment in active development, and a clear delivery target. Larger requests are split into visible subtasks before they move.
Who it's for
- You have a month-plus build ahead, such as a SaaS MVP, platform, or migration, and want one senior engineer owning it increment by increment.
- You want to hand off a real roadmap, not a queue of tickets, and see production-ready code merged in your repo as it ships.
- You'd rather pay a flat monthly rate you can pause than carry a full-time salary through the quiet stretches between builds.
- You value senior, founder-led judgment on architecture and trade-offs over a cheap seat that needs constant direction.
Who it's not for
- You need several engineers in parallel to hit a hard deadline. That calls for a team, and we'll say so.
- Your work is a steady stream of tiny fixes with no larger build behind it. Smaller tasks are welcome, but they are not the main use case.
- You need someone on a 24/7 pager for production incidents. We build product code, but we do not run on-call operations.
- You want someone else to own product decisions. You set the priorities, and we build them.
How the subscription works for a serious build
A month-plus build is not one giant delivery. It is a parent request with a prioritized sequence of subtasks, each scoped, shipped, and reviewed on its own.
Turn the outcome into deliverable increments
We keep the full outcome as a parent ticket and break the work into reviewable subtasks. You approve the sequence and always know which increment is active.
Ship one scoped increment at a time
Each active increment gets a delivery target based on the agreed cadence. Production-ready code lands as a pull request in your repository, ready for review.
See the parent ticket move toward done
Completed subtasks update the parent ticket's progress. You see the build arrive piece by piece instead of waiting for one large delivery at the end.
Reprioritize without losing the record
Move a ready request up the queue when priorities change. The active delivery clock pauses when we need review, access, decisions, or other client input.
Builds this subscription carries
The kind of month-plus work founders hand off. Each is a real build you can read end to end.
How it compares
Honest contrasts with the other ways to get a build done. Follow any of them for the full breakdown.
vs Toptal
A vetted marketplace of hourly contractors. We're one senior engineer on a flat monthly rate, no hourly clock and no rebilling to find a fit.
Read the comparison →vs Upwork
A freelance bidding pool where quality is yours to vet. We're a single known senior engineer who owns the build end to end.
Read the comparison →vs an agency
Agencies staff a team around the full project. We're one senior owner delivering scoped increments in sequence, best when parallel tracks are not required.
Read the comparison →vs in-house
A full-time hire is a salary, benefits, and a hiring cycle. A subscription is senior capacity the month you need it, and paused the month you don't.
Read the comparison →vs DesignJoy
The subscription model applied to code instead of design, and aimed at month-plus builds rather than a stream of small deliverables.
Read the comparison →Frequently asked questions
- What delivery setup fits my build?
- It depends on the scope, capacity, and support the build needs. We agree the delivery cadence, responsibilities, and starting conditions before development begins. A month-plus build can span several billing cycles, and you can pause or cancel anytime.
- What's the difference between task mode and build mode?
- The workflow is the same. A standalone request can move through the board as one scoped increment. A larger build stays visible as a parent ticket with a sequence of reviewable subtasks underneath. One subtask is active at a time.
- How fast do things ship?
- We agree the delivery cadence before work starts. Turnaround applies to one active, scoped increment, not the full size of a parent request. If a request is larger than that window, we split it into reviewable subtasks. The clock starts when scope and access are ready, and pauses while we wait on client input.
- Who owns the code?
- You do, fully. Everything ships as pull requests into your repository, matched to your conventions, and you review and merge. There's no proprietary wrapper and nothing you can't read or take over yourself. When the subscription ends, you keep every line.
- How many meetings does this involve?
- As few as you want. We work asynchronously by default. You set priorities on the board, we ship pull requests, and you review them. A kickoff or focused call can help with a larger build, but there is no standing calendar of status meetings.
- When is an agency or an in-house team the better call?
- Choose a team when several engineers must work in parallel to hit a hard date, when you need standing on-call coverage, or when you want someone else to own product decisions. This service is one senior engineer delivering scoped increments in sequence. If that does not fit the work, we'll say so.
Got a project? Let's ship it.
3 spots open. Tell us what you need shipped. We'll agree how the work will run and give each active item a clear target. Larger requests stay visible while smaller subtasks move toward done.