What the studio takes on, and the three shapes you can hire it in.
A new product to build, an existing system to improve, or a team that needs experienced help. Work directly with the senior engineer who makes the technical decisions and writes the code.
Detailed AI data-use posture (providers, retention settings, training warranty) is supplied with the engagement contract. Available on request. AI policy.
For founders and small teams facing a difficult build or needing experienced technical direction. The studio builds new products and delivers alongside existing teams, from architecture and implementation to code review and release practice.
Proof: SpecForge, the studio’s own developer tool, has public source under the MIT licence. Its mutation-testing gate covers changed lines in the two headless crates. Inspect SpecForge
When existing applications or integrations are hard to maintain or change, start by understanding how they work and what is worth keeping. Preserve useful business knowledge and behaviour, then improve the parts holding delivery back. That can mean incremental changes or a replacement justified by your goals and constraints. AWS platforms, replatforming and cloud migration are also in scope, including architecture and release practice.
Proof: in a completed four-year client engagement with Hostettler AG, the studio led the build and AWS migration of a B2B commerce platform. Read the Hostettler case study
When repetitive work is slowing people down, the studio can connect appropriate AI capabilities to existing production systems. Start with the workflow and its data constraints, then decide whether AI integration or simpler automation is the useful intervention.
Proof: MushRoom, the studio’s own property platform, connects LLM clients to live bookings, finances and tax data through its MCP server with tenant-scoped access. That shipped integration turns hours of host admin into minutes. See the MushRoom case study
Free · No commitment
Not ready to commit? Start with a free 30-minute review of your situation and possible next steps. Pick the door that fits: AI-readiness for AI questions, or Engineering for new builds, existing-team support, legacy modernisation, cloud migration and code review. No prep, no pitch, and no obligation to book paid work.
Three to five days, fixed fee, paid up front. The studio scopes a focused problem — an integration, a prototype, a feasibility check, an architecture review — and produces working code or a written recommendation by the end of the week.
Discovery is the lowest-commitment paid step into the studio: a focused way to establish what is worth doing against your codebase, your stack, and your constraints.
Pricing posture
Fixed fee, paid up front. Indicative bands available on request.
Fixed fee, weeks rather than months, scope agreed in writing before kickoff. The studio takes a clearly-defined build — a feature, a service, a migration, a focused rewrite — and ships it. Pricing reflects shape and risk, not headcount.
Project work suits clients who already know what needs building and want a senior engineer to build it without an account-management layer in the middle. Most project engagements follow a successful Discovery sprint.
Pricing posture
Fixed fee, agreed in writing before kickoff. Indicative bands on request.
Ongoing senior-engineering presence billed hourly against a monthly retainer. The studio sits inside the client team — architecture decisions, code review, hiring guidance, on-call contribution, build-and-deploy ownership — for as long as the engagement holds value.
The Hostettler engagement is the proof: four years embedded with the Sursee team, Upwork-verified, full architectural lead through team build-out and platform expansion. Full testimonial on About the Studio
Embedded is the natural progression once trust is earned through Discovery and Project work.
Pricing posture
Hourly rate against a monthly retainer. Bands on request.
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