Ways to work with us

One team, for years. Or a project to start.

We work best as your long-term technology partner: a standing team that owns the health of your software and stays for the long haul. If you would rather start smaller, a fixed-scope modernization project is the way in. Both lead to the same place, one team that knows your product and stays accountable for it.

Where we do our best work

The relationship

Long-Term Technology Partner

A standing retainer with one team that owns the health of your software for the long haul. This is what we are built for, and the relationship most of our clients are in.

  • Best for a founder-led SaaS or e-commerce business whose product is the business.
  • We take a small number of clients at a time and keep them for years.
  • You get ownership and continuity, not rotation. The same team, every time.
  • Priced as an investment in stability and ownership, set on the call.
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The on-ramp

Modernization Project

A fixed-scope engagement to modernize a specific part of your software. A clear, de-risked way to see how we work before committing to the long-term relationship.

  • Best when you have one pressing problem: a fragile module, a slow path, a risky upgrade.
  • Defined scope, a clear plan, and a running product that stays running throughout.
  • Most projects surface the next three things worth doing, and lead into the retainer.
  • Scoped and priced to the specific work, agreed on the call.
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The partnership

What you get when a team stays

A retainer with us is not a block of hours. It is a standing relationship with people who know your software as well as you do, and who are accountable for keeping it safe to change.

  • One accountable senior team that learns your codebase and stays with it.
  • Continuous modernization, so your software keeps getting safer and faster, not just patched.
  • A standing migration discipline: no change to your data or product without a plan.
  • Priority access to the same people, not a ticket queue or a rotating cast of contractors.
  • A technology partner in the room for the decisions, not just the tasks.

On pricing

We set the number with you, not at you

There is no price list here on purpose. The right investment depends on your software, what your business depends on, and how much risk is sitting in the code today. We work that out together on a call, then we are straight with you about what we would modernize, what we would leave alone, and what it takes to keep it safe. No surprises, no comparison-shopping a number that was never about you.

Questions founders ask

How working together actually works

Yes, and it is the relationship we are built for. We take a small number of clients at a time and keep them for years, so the same team that modernized your software keeps owning its stability. The retainer is the primary way we work.

Because the right number depends on your specific software, its risk, and what your business depends on. We set it on a call, after we understand your situation, not from a list price you would comparison-shop. The work is a relationship, not a product off a shelf.

Yes. The Modernization Project is exactly that on-ramp. A fixed-scope engagement that solves one real problem and lets you see how we work, with no obligation to continue. Most clients do continue, because by then we already know their system.

A small number, deliberately. The model only works if each client gets a team that genuinely knows their codebase. That is the trade we make: fewer clients, far deeper ownership, partnerships measured in years rather than projects.

Have a codebase you cannot afford to break?

Tell us what your business runs on. We will tell you, plainly, what we would modernize, what we would leave alone, and how we would keep it safe while we do it.

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