For Companies

# every line we ride

we catch expensive mistakes

A leader is about to commit to the wrong tool for the job. It's the exciting choice, the one that demos well, and everyone in the room wants it to work. Ask the AI and it'll help: confident code, a tidy plan, not a word of warning. AI tells you what you want to hear, and what you want to hear is rarely don't.

So the decision rolls forward, six figures and a quarter riding on it, clock running. That's when you want the person who's actually lived it, to look at your case and say the one thing that changes the outcome: sometimes the fix, more often the don't.

That "don't" is the most valuable sentence we sell. AI won't say it, and a consultant with something to build will find a reason not to. The people we bring have nothing to upsell you, they gave the code away for free, so their only stake is being right.

not like everyone else

  • A brokerage, not a consultancy. We don't staff a project or bill by the hour. We broker you a scoped answer from the person who built the thing, and step out of the way.
  • The real answer, not a plausible one. When the stakes are high and the question is specific, you want judgment from someone who's hit this exact wall before, not a guess dressed up as certainty.
  • The clutch no. We'll talk you out of the expensive mistake as readily as we'll talk you through the fix. The mistake not made is the cheapest money you ever spend.
  • Vetting done in the open. The commits, the merged work, the releases, all public. The expertise is verifiable before you engage it.
  • Scoped means precise, not small. No retainer, no ranging engagement. We answer the exact question blocking you.

core components, not verticals

We broker advice from the builders of the foundation your business is built on. Core components, not verticals: databases, big data, streaming, cloud, security, build tooling, IoT, machine learning, the foundation layer. Not your industry, the stuff your industry is built on.

the final price, from $2,000

You're paying for the answer, not the clock. The right answer can save a week, and we price for that: a scoped fee, set up front, not a meter running. Urgent or thorny questions run higher. Sized to fit discretionary budgets, including Other Direct Costs on cost-plus and T&M contracts. Contact us for a quote.