Engineering notes on fixed-price cloud development
Real lessons from delivered projects: how we estimate, how we scope, how we handle scale, AI integrations, bots, MVP cycles. Written by the team, not marketers.
June 17, 2026 · 11 min read
4-week MVP: shipping a SaaS prototype on a fixed price
How we ship a working SaaS MVP in 4 weeks fixed-price: scope, stack, week-by-week plan, what we cut, what we keep. With real numbers.
June 16, 2026 · 14 min read
AI startup dev shop: building MVP in 6 weeks fixed-price
How AI startups can ship MVP in 6 weeks with a fixed-price dev team. RAG, LangChain, OpenAI / Anthropic integration patterns.
June 17, 2026 · 13 min read
Building Telegram bots at scale: webhooks, queues, sharding
Architecture lessons from running Telegram bots at scale: webhooks vs long polling, message queues, sharding, rate limits, observability.
June 17, 2026 · 10 min read
Why we charge for discovery: the case for a paid pre-engagement
Free discovery calls are a race to the bottom. Why we charge for the pre-engagement phase, what we deliver in 2-3 weeks, and how it pays back.
June 16, 2026 · 11 min read
Fixed-price vs hourly billing
Why fixed-price beats hourly billing for most B2B cloud development. The risks for the customer, the discipline it forces on the team, and how we estimate.