Work with me

I set up software factories for small teams.

A software factory is a crew of AI coding agents working in parallel and unattended on a server. Each task goes from spec to code to review to ship, and people step in only when there's a decision to make.

I build mine on Skelcrew, my own agent harness, and bring twenty years as a software engineer to the decisions that need a human. I work with small teams in one of two ways, depending on whether you have developers of your own.

Have developers? No developers?

Have developers?

I set up your factory.

For teams with developers who want to build with AI coding agents without chatting with them all day. I set up a factory around your codebase and the tools you already use, and we start building with it right away. From there your developers take over, or I stay on and run it for you, whichever suits you.

What I set up

Agents ask clear questions instead of pulling someone into a chat. The agents do the work; your developers make the calls.

Skelcrew will be open source, so you can keep running your factory without me. All code and accounts are yours, and model and server costs go on your own accounts.

Pricing

Factory setup

€6,000 fixed, excl. VAT

The full factory on one codebase in two weeks, invoiced at the start. We agree the scope in writing before work begins. It ends with real tasks shipped through it and a handover.

Running the factory

€4,500 per month, excl. VAT

Two week sprints on one codebase. Your team sets the goals for each sprint; I run the factory and bring the human judgment it needs: approving specs, answering the agents' questions, owning the architecture and making sure results hold up. Pause or cancel between sprints.

No developers?

I build it for you.

For design studios, agencies and small companies that know what they want built but have no developers to build it: a product idea, an internal tool you keep wishing for, or a prototype that has outgrown Figma.

You send tasks the way you would to a developer: a short description, a mockup, a screen recording. I set up a factory for your project and start building it, owning the architecture and making sure the result holds up. Later, developers of your own can take over, or I can stay on as your developer for as long as you need.

Everything runs async: written updates, no standing meetings. All code and accounts are yours.

Pricing

Start with a two week pilot

€4,000 fixed, excl. VAT

Your first sprint: one clearly scoped piece of software in two weeks, invoiced at the start. We agree the goals in writing before work begins.

Then sprint by sprint

€4,500 per month, excl. VAT

If the pilot works for you, continue with two sprints a month. At the start of each sprint we agree in writing what it should deliver, and at the end you get shipped software with a short note on what changed. Reprioritise within a sprint whenever you want. Pause or cancel between sprints.

Next step

Pick one thing you want built, or one codebase you want a factory for. We spend 30 minutes agreeing the scope, and work starts the following week.

Email me@simonbc.com