faq
Questions I get asked.
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working together
- Do you work in our codebase?
- Yes, that's the default. Your repo, your CI, your review process. No parallel codebase for your team to inherit at the end.
- How much of your time do we get?
- Fixed-scope builds get most of a week, every week, with a weekly demo. Retainers are capped days agreed up front.
- Do you take agency subcontracts?
- Yes. White-label delivery and direct client contact both work.
- Are you available for full-time roles?
- Not currently. Freelance engagements and retainers only.
scope & pricing
- Can you take over a stalled AI project?
- Often. Start with a two-week audit: what works, what's unmeasured, what to cut. It ends with a written recommendation you can act on with or without me.
- How do you price?
- Fixed fee per scoped engagement, or a monthly retainer with capped days. No hourly billing.
- What if the scope changes mid-build?
- We re-scope in the open. Usually something gets cut rather than the timeline getting longer.
- Do you do proof-of-concept work?
- Only where there's a path to production. A demo nobody can ship isn't worth either of our time.
data & security
- Our data is sensitive. How do you handle that?
- Under your DPA and access controls. Self-hosted and VPC-only deployments are routine, and I work with redacted or synthetic data where that's the right call.
- Which model providers do you use?
- Whichever your compliance position allows, including self-hosted open weights. The architecture shouldn't depend on one vendor.
after handover
- What do we actually get at the end?
- Working code in your repo, the eval suite gating it, architecture notes explaining the decisions, a runbook, and a working session with the engineers taking it forward.
- Is there support afterwards?
- A month of questions is included. Beyond that, a small retainer if you want me reachable.
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