MVP Development

Turn your idea into a live product in weeks, not months

You have an idea and a deadline. I take it from concept to a working, real-user v1 — scoped tight, built right, and deployed live. One senior developer owning the whole thing, so there's no team to manage and no hand-offs to fall through.

What an MVP actually is (and isn't)

A minimum viable product is the smallest version of your idea that real users can use and you can learn from. It isn't a cheap, throwaway prototype, and it isn't the whole roadmap crammed into version one. The goal is to prove the core value fast, put it in front of users, and keep what works. I've spent 20+ years shipping software, and the most expensive mistake I see founders make is building too much before anyone has touched the product.

What you get

  • One core flow, built end to end — the single thing your product must do, working properly from front end to database.
  • A clean, responsive interface your users and investors will take seriously on any device.
  • Real backend and data — accounts, auth, and the integrations your first users actually need, not fake screens.
  • Deployed and live on production infrastructure, with the basics of analytics so you can see what's happening.
  • A codebase built to scale later — typed, documented, and structured so v2 doesn't mean starting over.

How the build works

We start with a short scoping conversation to find the one flow worth building first and cut everything else to a later phase. From there I work in weekly increments — every week you get a working slice you can click through, not a status update. You'll always know what's done, what's next, and where the trade-offs are, in plain English. No jargon, no month-long silences, no big-reveal risk.

Fixed price, fixed timeline

You get a clear, fixed quote before any work starts — no open-ended hourly meter. Most MVPs fall into three tiers: aLaunch MVP (one core feature, ~2 weeks), aGrowth MVP (accounts, dashboard, and integrations — the sweet spot for most startups, ~4 weeks), or aScale MVP (payments, admin, custom APIs, ~6 weeks). You can see exactly what's included in each on thepricing section.

Who this is for

  • Non-technical founders who need a technical partner that translates business goals into a real product — and tells you the truth about trade-offs.
  • Funded startups that need to ship a credible v1 before the next milestone or raise.
  • Established businesses validating a new product line without pulling their internal team off the roadmap.

Why work with me

I'm a full-stack developer, so I own the whole product — design, front end, back end, and launch — not just one slice. I've built and shipped MVPs and full products across the stack: aticketing platform that handled 20,000+ registrants, a mobile app that grew past 200,000 downloads, and a news platform tuned for 200,000 daily visitors. I'm pragmatic — I ship instead of polishing forever — and I'm equally comfortable in greenfield code or a messy legacy base.

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