Startup Tech Consultation
Independent technical advice for non-technical founders making stack, hiring, and build-vs-buy decisions before those decisions get expensive.
Startup Tech Consultation
- req/s, zero deadlocks
- 15Kreq/s, zero deadlocks
- double-charges in production
- 0double-charges in production
- production systems shipped
- 10+production systems shipped
- years building for clients
- 7+years building for clients
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Non-technical founders are routinely asked to make five-figure technical decisions — who to hire, what to build first, which platform to bet on — with no way to independently evaluate the advice they're getting from vendors or candidates. A single wrong call on stack or hiring in the first year can cost months of runway.
Every vendor recommends the thing they sell
The agency pitching the build recommends their own stack, the freelancer recommends what they know best, and the founder has no neutral party to check the advice against. There's no way to tell if the recommendation serves the product or the vendor's convenience.
Technical interviews are a black box
The founder can evaluate a candidate's communication and culture fit but has no way to assess whether their technical answers actually hold up. A bad senior hire can set the product back a year before anyone outside engineering notices.
Big technical bets get made on gut feel
Decisions like going no-code versus custom-built, or picking a payments provider, get made based on whichever vendor pitched hardest rather than a sober cost-benefit comparison. By the time the tradeoffs are obvious, switching costs have already piled up.
What you get.
Independent second opinion on vendor proposals
A plain-language review of what an agency or freelancer is proposing, flagging inflated scope, missing details, or red flags before you sign anything.
Technical interview support
Participation in or review of technical interviews for engineering hires, so you have a qualified read on whether a candidate's answers actually hold up.
Build-vs-buy and platform decisions
A structured comparison of the real options — no-code, custom build, existing platforms — mapped against your budget, timeline, and long-term flexibility needs.
On-call technical advisory access
A standing channel to ask technical questions as they come up, instead of saving them for a quarterly board-style meeting.
Roadmap sanity checks
A regular review of your product and engineering roadmap to flag sequencing problems or unrealistic timelines before they cause a missed launch.
Four steps, no mystery.
Quick scoping call
A short call (or async over WhatsApp) to understand what you're working with and what "done" actually looks like for you.
Fixed scope, no surprises
A clear written plan of what's included and how long it takes, before any work starts.
The actual work
Progress you can see, not a black box. You get updates as milestones land, not just a status report at the end.
Handover
Everything documented and handed over cleanly, with a walkthrough so your team isn't stuck waiting on me for routine changes.
Frequently asked.
Both work. Some founders bring this in for a single high-stakes decision, like evaluating a vendor contract; others keep it as a standing monthly advisory relationship.
Tell me what you're dealing with.
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Or WhatsApp directly, same link as above