MVP Development in Eight Weeks, on a Codebase You Can Keep
Fast, production-shaped MVPs. Enough polish to demo, enough structure to not throw away in three months.
An MVP has to do two contradictory things: exist quickly, and not become the reason you have to start over next year. Most of the ways to go fast borrow against the second one.
Our answer is to cut scope rather than quality. Fewer features, but real auth, a data model that survives contact with actual usage, basic observability, and a deploy that is not held together with manual steps. You can always add a feature. Ripping out a rotten foundation three months in is the part that kills companies.
Four to eight weeks is realistic for most ideas if you can make decisions quickly. Ten if the domain is genuinely messy. Anyone selling a two-week MVP is selling a demo — sometimes a demo is the correct purchase, and we will tell you if that is your situation.
What you get
Something you can put in front of users and investors
Deployed, authenticated, instrumented, and stable enough to demo without a rehearsal or a warning about which button not to press.
A foundation the next team can build on
A sensible data model, deploys that repeat, and documentation written for someone arriving cold on a Monday — because that is usually who reads it.
A clear next phase
What we deliberately left out, what will break first at ten times the usage, and what we would build next. Written down, not implied.
Included
- Discovery and scope definition
- Production deployment, not a prototype environment
- Authentication and core data model
- Basic observability and error tracking
- Repeatable CI/CD
- Handover documentation and session
- Prioritised next-phase recommendations
Selected work
A few projects where this was the job.
Joey
Event discovery mobile app that helps users never miss their favourite events. Features personalized category selection (Family, Explore, Music, Pets, Yoga & Wellness, Fitness & Sports) to curate event recommendations based on user interests.
SPOTS
Retail loyalty app providing access to special offers and digital punch cards from favourite stores. Features social authentication with Google and Apple, clean onboarding flow, and a vibrant purple-themed design focused on fashion and lifestyle rewards.
Rewarder
Employee compensation and benefits management platform enabling companies to manage flexible benefit packages. Features company and team budget tracking, expense management with approval workflows, and seamless integration with HR platforms like Sage. Includes admin tools for user management, pending operations, and real-time savings indicators.
Common questions
How fast can you actually ship an MVP?
Four to eight weeks is realistic for most ideas, assuming you know roughly what you want and can make calls fast. Ten weeks if the domain is messy. Anyone selling you a two week MVP is selling you a demo, not a product. We will tell you which one fits your situation.
How do you balance speed with not creating future tech debt?
We cut scope, not quality. Fewer features, but auth, basic observability, a sensible data model, and a deploy that is not duct tape. You can always add a feature. Ripping out a rotten foundation three months in is the part that kills startups.
What happens after the MVP is out the door?
Two typical paths. You keep us for the next phase (most common) or you hire in house and we help onboard them. Either way, we leave docs, a handover session, and a short list of what we would tackle next. No drama, no hostage code.
Our MVP already exists and it has stalled. Can you take it over?
Often, yes, and it is worth doing the assessment before assuming a rewrite. Stalled MVPs usually fail for one of three reasons: the data model cannot express what the product turned out to need, nobody can deploy it safely, or the original build was a demo dressed as a product. The first two are fixable in place and much cheaper than starting over. We will tell you honestly which situation you are in — including when the answer is that a rewrite genuinely is cheaper.
Do we own the code?
Yes, entirely, from the first commit. It is in your repository under your account. No hostage code, no license that depends on us staying engaged.
