Prototype Projects

A working MVP your users can actually pilot — designed, built, and handed off in 8–12 weeks. Deployable, authenticated, CI-backed, and documented. Built by a senior engineer who has shipped systems across healthcare, finance, payments, and entertainment.

From $125/hr · typical engagement ~200+ hrs (~$25K+) · 8–12 weeks.

Who it’s for

• Non-technical founders at SMBs who need a credible first version to show customers, investors, or partners — and who don’t want to hire or manage a development team to get there.
• Operators spinning up a new product line inside an existing business and needing a working pilot to validate the idea before committing internal engineering capacity.
• Technical leaders who are stretched thin and want an experienced builder to take a well-scoped slice off their plate without an agency’s overhead.

What you get

• A deployable MVP on production infrastructure — not a demo, a real pilot your users can sign in to.
• Authentication, basic authorization, and data persistence wired up correctly from day one.
• A CI/CD pipeline so changes can be shipped safely after handoff.
• Written documentation covering the architecture, deploy process, and the two or three judgment calls that will matter most in the next six months.
• A handoff session with whoever takes ownership next — a hire, a cofounder, or the next vendor.

How it works

A typical prototype engagement runs 8–12 weeks on a weekly cadence. You always know what’s in flight and what’s next.

Week 0 — Scoping

A free 60-minute call to confirm the problem, the users, and the smallest thing we can build that would be worth piloting. You leave the call with a written scope, a time estimate, and a go/no-go.

Weeks 1–2 — Discovery and architecture

Working sessions to map the user flow, choose the stack, and stand up the skeleton of the application. You see something running end-to-end in week 2.

Weeks 3–10 — Build with weekly demos

A weekly 30-minute demo of what shipped that week. You’re never more than seven days from the last time you saw the product change.

Weeks 11–12 — Hardening and handoff

Rough edges cleaned up, documentation finalised, CI hardened, and a handoff session with whoever owns the product next.

What it’s not

• Not a fixed-price quote. We work hourly against a shared time estimate. If scope changes, we re-estimate together.
• Not a design-only engagement. You leave with working software on production infrastructure, not a clickable mock.
• Not a production replacement for a full engineering team. A prototype gets you to a pilot. Going to scale usually needs a next step — a hire, a team, or an ongoing engagement.

What clients say

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