Guided builds
Turn your idea into a
production-ready app
You bring the idea. I bring two decades of shipping software. We build it together — live, in your own cloud accounts — and you walk away owning every line of it. No agency retainer, no black box, no lock-in.
What we build with
Three steps
How it works
No discovery phase, no statement of work that takes a fortnight to sign. You tell me what is stuck, and we start.
Choose a session block
Pick the block that matches the problem, or describe something custom. I come back with a scope before anything is booked.
We build it together, live
Screen-share sessions where the work happens in your repository and your cloud accounts. You drive as much as you want; I keep us out of the ditches.
You leave owning the stack
A running application, the credentials, the pipeline, and notes on how it all fits together. Nothing stays on my account.
Session blocks
Sessions
Pick the block that fits the problem. Choosing one here carries through to the brief at the bottom of the page — and I always confirm the scope before we book anything.
Selected — The Quick Fix · 1–2 hours
Continue to the briefCurriculum
What we cover
Sessions draw on the same three modules, in whatever order your project needs. You are never paying me to work out what to explain next.
Before session one
Prerequisites and cloud account checklist
Environment setup (IDEs, AI CLI tools)
Module 01
AI-assisted development
- Effective prompting with Claude Code and Codex
- Local agents vs. automated agent workflows
Module 02
Modern deployment & infrastructure
- Cloud hosting selection and containerisation (Docker)
- Automated CI/CD pipelines and version control
Module 03
Operational hand-off
- Billing guards and cloud resource monitoring
- Go-to-market basics (analytics, SEO, webhooks)
Audience
Who it's for
Non-technical founder
- Where you are
- A validated idea, but agency quotes start in the five figures.
- What you get
- Build your MVP hand-in-hand and keep total control of the code.
Busy professional
- Where you are
- Hours a week disappearing into repetitive manual digital work.
- What you get
- Custom automation and AI agents set up around your actual workflow.
Early-stage builder
- Where you are
- Can code, but production and cloud deployment are a wall.
- What you get
- Bridge the gap between localhost and a live production system.
Why this works
Your accounts, your keys
Everything is provisioned in your own cloud, GitHub, and vendor accounts. I never hold the only copy of anything.
You are in the chair
This is not outsourcing. You watch every decision get made, and you can repeat it after I leave.
Cost guardrails from day one
Budget alerts, API spending caps, and a monitoring dashboard, so the bill never surprises you.
Hours, not retainers
Buy the time the problem actually needs. No minimum engagement, no monthly commitment.
Start the conversation
Tell me what you are building
A few lines is enough. I read every brief myself and come back with a scope, an honest hour estimate, and the first thing we would do — or a straight answer that this is not something I should take on.