How this actually runs.
You are considering a studio that does not put its people or its clients on its website. That is a fair thing to be cautious about, so here is the operating detail instead: the terms, the rhythm, and what the first month looks like.
The arrangement, stated plainly.
Fixed scope, fixed price
We quote a defined piece of work for a defined number. If it takes longer than estimated, that is our problem to absorb, which is the only arrangement that puts our incentive and yours on the same side.
Your repository, from day one
Code is written in your repository, under your account, in your CI. There is no handover event because there is nothing being held back. If the engagement ends tomorrow, you lose a contributor, not an asset.
Written, asynchronous, on your clock
Progress arrives as a written update every week: what shipped, what is next, what is blocked, and what changed in the estimate. Calls are scheduled inside US business hours. Standing meetings are not billed as progress.
Small releases or none
Work reaches an environment you can see within the first week and stays continuously deployable after that. A three-month engagement with one delivery at the end is a three-month bet, and we do not ask clients to make it.
We say no to the wrong shape
We are a small studio and we take a small number of engagements. If a project needs a full-time team on site, or needs staffing rather than solving, we will say so early rather than take it and disappoint you slowly.
Your name is yours to give
Client work appears on this site only with the client's agreement, described the way they are comfortable with. Anything under an NDA is not published at all, and that includes not describing it anonymously.
What the first four weeks look like.
The point of the first month is not velocity. It is to make the engagement legible and reversible before anybody has spent much money.
- Week 1
Read before writing
We get access to the codebase, the database and the deployment pipeline, and spend the first week reading rather than committing. You get a written map of what we found, including the parts nobody on your team wanted to mention.
- Week 2
Something small, all the way out
One real change goes through the entire path to production. Not a feature, but a proof that the pipeline, the review process and the rollback all work with us in them. Everything after this is repetition.
- Weeks 3–4
The first migrated route
The highest-value, lowest-risk route moves. It runs in production behind the same domain, serving real users, with the old page still deployed and one config change away.
- Ongoing
A written update every Friday
What shipped, what is next, what is blocked, and any change to the estimate, in writing and before your weekend. If a number moves, you hear it the week it moves, not the month it lands.
The awkward ones.
Why are there no people on this site?
Because the studio is the thing being hired, not a personality. You will know exactly who is doing your work, and be talking to them directly, before you sign anything. What we would rather be judged on publicly is the work, which is named and linked.
Why is there no modernization case study?
Because the migration experience behind it was earned on systems we are not free to publish, and we will not describe someone else's platform without permission, even with the name taken off. What we can publish is the method, written out in full on the services page along with the architecture it produces. If you want evidence beyond that, ask on a call and we will go as deep into the technique as you like.
How big is the studio?
Small, and intentionally so. Engagements are taken in a number we can do properly, and we would rather tell you we are booked than staff your project with someone we have not worked with. If a piece of work genuinely needs a larger team, we will say so.
Can you work with our existing team?
Yes, and it is usually the better arrangement for modernization. Your engineers know the domain and the history; that knowledge is not transferable and should not be replaced. We bring the migration pattern and do the work alongside them.
What if we only want the assessment?
That is a complete engagement on its own, and it is priced as one. The plan is written to be executed by whoever you choose: your team, another firm, or us. It is not a sales document with a proposal at the end.
Do you do staff augmentation or hourly work?
No. We sell defined outcomes at a fixed price rather than hours, which means we are accountable for finishing rather than for being available. If you need someone in a seat forty hours a week, we are the wrong studio and will tell you so.
Still cautious? Buy the smallest thing first.
The assessment is two weeks and a fixed price, and the document is yours regardless of what you do next. It is designed to be the cheapest way to find out whether we are any good.