FAQ

Questions before you start.

The questions clients ask most. Anything else: send your brief, and Marian replies within 24 hours.

Working with us

Who will actually do the work?

Marian leads every project and reviews every change. On larger projects he brings in engineers and leads them, and he stays your one point of contact.

What do you build?

Five kinds of work: web apps and SaaS, AI for business, Shopify, premium websites, and fractional CTO work and audits. See all services.

How fast do you reply?

Within 24 hours, 7 days a week. You get useful questions and a proposed next step, or an honest answer if we’re not the right fit.

How fast can you start?

Usually within a week of agreeing scope and price.

Can we talk on a call?

Yes, before and during the project. Most projects start with a written brief and a reply; a call follows when it helps.

Do you work with clients outside the US?

Yes. We work with companies worldwide, and most of our clients are US businesses: we’ve worked with them since 2014, across time zones, contracts and payments. English, German, Romanian and Croatian are all spoken.

Can you take over a project someone else started?

Yes, and it’s familiar work. We read the code first and tell you plainly what’s strong, what’s fragile, what to fix first and what to leave alone, before we quote the rest. See rescue and modernization.

Can you build from our designs?

Yes, pixel-tight on desktop and mobile, whether it becomes a Shopify theme, a web app or a website.

Which technologies do you use?

Usually Angular, Firebase, Node.js and Google Cloud for web apps; Shopify and Shopify Plus for ecommerce; OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini and xAI Grok for AI; and sites coded from the ground up for websites. If another stack fits your project better, we’ll say so.

Why not build it ourselves with AI tools?

You can get a prototype fast. Getting it secure, reliable, connected to your systems and maintained is the hard part, and that’s the part we’re accountable for.

What do you need from me to start?

A few lines on the goal, the deadline and what exists today. Send your brief and we take it from there.

Are your reviews real?

Yes. Every review on the site is from a real client, in their own words. Read them all.

Prices and payment

What’s the minimum engagement?

$2,000. Full products and substantial integrations are scoped and priced separately, often in phases.

How do you price?

Fixed-price packages for agreed scope, monthly plans from $2,000 a month, and custom pricing for enterprise. Prices are on every service page, and on Pricing.

How much does a typical project cost?

A premium website starts at $2,000 with design included, a code or security audit at $5,000, an AI workflow at $5,000, a development sprint at $6,000, a custom web app or SaaS MVP at $10,000, and fractional CTO work at $10,000 a month. Larger platforms and dedicated teams are priced together with you through Enterprise.

Do you work hourly?

For monthly plans and work outside the agreed scope: $200 to $500 per hour, depending on the work. Fixed-price projects are never billed by the hour.

How do payments work?

By milestone, weekly or monthly, depending on the size of the project. The terms are in your written quote before any work starts. How payment works.

What happens after launch?

30 days of free fixes, then an optional monthly plan. Many clients keep working with us for years; others take a documented handover to their own team.

AI and security

Which AI models do you use?

OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini and xAI Grok, chosen per task.

Is our data safe with AI?

It stays in your accounts, with providers that don’t train on it.

Can you audit our code or security?

Yes. A code audit or a security audit, from $5,000 each: what you actually have and where an attacker would get in, with a ranked fix plan in plain language.

Do you sign an NDA?

Yes, before any access. Your code and business details stay private.

Who owns the code?

You do, from day one.

Enterprise

Do you work with larger companies?

Yes. See Enterprise for how we scope, staff and report on larger projects.

Start a project

Have a project in mind?

Where others see impossible, we see solutions.
When a project gets called too hard, our answer is simple: bring it.
We don’t fear complexity. It’s where we do our best work.

Tell us what you’re building and where it’s stuck. Within 24 hours you get useful questions and a proposed next step, or an honest answer if we’re not the right fit.

  1. 01Tell us about it.A few lines on the goal, the deadline and what exists today.
  2. 02A reply within 24 hours.Useful questions and a proposed next step, in writing.
  3. 03Scope and price agreed before work starts.Projects from $2,000. Ongoing fractional CTO work is billed monthly.
Response time
Within 24 hours, 7 days a week