technical partnership

Let the system do what is now done by hand

I become your technical partner. I learn how your processes actually work, take the manual labour out of them and apply AI where it demonstrably saves time. A fixed monthly fee, a fixed rhythm, and something new live every month.

One process at a time. The rest of your company simply keeps running.
~/your-company · zsh
$ codelabs partner --status
✓ fixed monthly fee, no timesheets
✓ manual work mapped, removed process by process
✓ AI where it measurably saves time
// one process at a time, the rest keeps running
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1 point of contact with a technical mandate
3 mo minimum term, monthly after that
100% code, data and documentation are yours
who this is for

Who this works for

For companies where people do work a system should be doing. That is not tied to a size or a sector.

Too much happens by hand

Quotes in Word, data retyped from one system into another, an inbox doing the job of a workflow. It works, but it does not grow with you.

Nobody leads the technology

Things get built, but nobody guards the direction. Decisions are made per project instead of per company, and you only see the consequences a year later.

AI was promised, not delivered

You know something is possible with AI, but not what, not where, and not whether it actually pays off. You do not want a pilot that fizzles out, you want less work.

the model

Fixed rhythm, flexible effort

No timesheets, no half-days to tick off. You buy a fixed rhythm and a single point of contact, not a bag of hours.

01

Understand first, then build

I sit with the people doing the work by hand today. That is where the knowledge lives that no document contains, and without it you automate the wrong thing.
02

A fixed rhythm

Contact every week, something going live every month. One fixed monthly fee, whether it was a week of building or a week of deciding.
03

I bring the proposals

You do not have to work out what needs to happen technically. I bring the initiatives, with what they are worth attached. You decide which ones go ahead.
04

One process at a time

Every improvement goes live alongside what is already running. If it does not work, you switch back. No company ever goes down for an improvement.
the first 90 days

From shadowing to measurable

I have to genuinely know your processes before I can automate them. That time is not a run-up, it is the measurement everything afterwards rests on.

month 1

Shadow and measure

I sit with the people doing the work and record where the time leaks away: which action, how often, how long. At the end there is a ranked list of candidates, ordered by what automating them is worth.

month 2

First process live

We pick one, I build it, and it goes live alongside the existing process. Within that month you see the difference against month one, or we drop it and take the next.

month 3 onwards

Rhythm

A next process every month, plus maintenance and further development of what is already running. And technical decisions that no longer sit for six months.

nothing to fear

What does not happen

Taking technical leadership does not mean turning your company upside down.

No reorganisation

Nobody has to work differently before the system exists. The change follows the software, not the other way around.

No big bang

No migration weekend, no date on which everything is suddenly different. Each process goes live on its own and can be rolled back on its own.

No AI for the sake of AI

If a simple script does it cheaper and more reliably than a model, it becomes a script. AI is a means, not a goal.

No lock-in

Code, data and documentation are in your name and in your environment. Even if we stop tomorrow, someone else can carry on.

in practice

Where this already runs

Ongoing engagements where building, automating and deciding together all run into one another.

availability

When I can start

I take on a limited number of partnerships at a time. This is what is free per week, updated by hand.

Sep 2026 full
Oct 2026 full
Nov 2026 full
Dec 2026 full
Jan 2027 3 days/wk
Feb 2027 3 days/wk
Mar 2027 3 days/wk
Apr 2027 3 days/wk

Next start: Jan 2027, 3 days a week.

Updated 25 August 2026
investment

What it costs

One fixed monthly fee. No timesheets, no reconciliation, no surprise at the end of the quarter.

investment
On request

per month, excluding VAT


  • A fixed rhythm: contact weekly, results monthly
  • Building, maintenance and further development in one
  • Technical decisions and initiative, not just execution
  • A direct line: no ticket system, no account manager
  • Minimum of 3 months, monthly notice after that
Book an intro call
still unsure

Then start with the review

Three weeks, fixed price, and afterwards you know exactly what you have and what is worth tackling. You are tied to nothing, and I find out whether I can genuinely help you.


More or less capacity is possible and the fee scales with it. What does not scale is the rhythm: something going live every month is what the whole model runs on.

More about the technical review

Frequently asked questions

Do you work on site or remotely?

Whatever works best at the time. Early on I want to be there, because who retypes which file where and why there are three exceptions is something you only hear sitting next to the person doing it. Once that is clear, most of it works fine remotely.

What if there is little to do in a given month?

Then there is time for maintenance, overdue technical work and the things that otherwise never happen. The fee is fixed, how it is spent is not. If it structurally runs dry we scale back: I do not invoice for air.

Do we have to do a technical review first?

No. But if you already have software running, it is the fastest way to see whether we fit: three weeks, fixed price, and you are tied to nothing afterwards.

Do you only work with Laravel?

I build in Laravel because that is where I am fastest and most reliable. But automation is more often about connecting systems you already have than about building new ones, and that is independent of the stack.

Do you replace our current team?

No. I take on technical leadership and the things that keep getting postponed. If you have people, we work together: I am there to let your team do more, not to replace it.

What if we want to stop?

Three months minimum, monthly notice after that. Everything built keeps running and is yours, including the documentation someone else needs to carry on.

a conversation, not a proposal process

Shall we look at what can be automated?

Thirty minutes and you know whether this model fits. If it does not, I will say so, and usually I know what would help you instead.