Rapid MVP Development
AI-augmented development has completely changed what a lean-startup budget can buy. Working prototypes and validated MVPs in weeks, delivered by a senior engineer.
The opportunity
A useful MVP focuses on the assumptions you need to test. Budget and timeline depend on the scope, integrations and reliability requirements. Agreeing those early helps avoid building features that do not contribute to the first validation milestone.
Agentic AI workflows have collapsed that trade-off. A senior engineer driving Claude, Cursor and a disciplined agent setup now delivers real, production-standard code at velocities that used to be impossible. The judgment is still senior — the execution is accelerated by AI, with the pace depending on scope, integrations and review requirements.
The result: US and Canadian startups can now afford to validate ideas in code rather than in slides — with a real chance of hitting product-market fit before the first round runs out.
How it works
Short kickoff, crisp scope, realistic success criteria. Cut ruthlessly — the purpose of an MVP is to learn, not to launch everything.
AI-augmented development on a modern stack (Next.js, TypeScript, Postgres). You see working software by end of week one, not end of quarter.
Auth, payments (if relevant), deployment, basic analytics. Production-grade even though the scope is deliberately minimal.
Real user feedback drives the next build-cycle. MVPs are a learning loop — I stay light so you can move.
Good fit
If scope is bigger than a single MVP iteration, consider bespoke SaaS development.
Common questions
No-code is fine for quick validation. But if your MVP hits product-market fit, you'll rebuild it in code anyway — usually painfully. I build in real code from day one, using AI to keep the velocity comparable to no-code.
Most rapid MVPs land in the US$12k–40k range depending on scope. I'll quote fixed-price once scope is clear, in USD.
Great — I either stay on as your ongoing development partner, or hand over to your in-house team with full documentation. MVPs are built as proper codebases, not throwaway demos.
I do solid utility-grade UI (Tailwind, component libraries, sensible patterns). For visual polish at the level of a design studio, I partner with dedicated designers. Either way, MVPs don't need award-winning design — they need to validate a hypothesis.
Describe the hypothesis in a paragraph and I'll come back with a rough scope and price.
Working with teams across the US, Canada, UK and Europe
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