What's new in our 2026 delivery model
We've tightened the 30-day process into four fixed phases, with a clearer handover at the end. Here's what changed and why.
A short note on how we're running projects from this month onward. If you've worked with us before, most of it will feel familiar — but we've tightened a few things, and we wanted to explain why.
The biggest change is the shape. Previous engagements had a rough weekly cadence but no fixed checkpoints; in practice, that meant the "design" and "build" phases bled into each other, and the handover at the end was something we did on the last day rather than something we planned from the start. We've now locked the process into four explicit phases — Day 1, Day 5, Day 10, Day 25 — each with a concrete deliverable and a decision point.
The phases themselves aren't new. What's new is that they're non-negotiable. Day 5 is where scope gets signed off; after that, anything that wasn't on the list becomes a "phase two" conversation, not a last-minute add. Day 10 is where we start iterating in public rather than in a staging environment. Day 25 is where the launch checklist kicks in, so the last week is about landing cleanly rather than scrambling.
The second change is the handover. We used to hand over a running system and a README. Now we hand over a short, opinionated document that covers how the system is structured, how to deploy it, where the secrets live, how monitoring works, and what the first six months of maintenance typically look like. It's the kind of document we wished existed when we inherited other people's projects, so we wrote the version we'd want to receive.
A few things are deliberately unchanged. Fixed-price engagements, scoped before we start. Small teams — usually two to three people close to the work. A weekly rhythm you can actually keep up with. No hourly billing, no change-request theatre, no surprise invoices.
If you're mid-way through a project with us, none of this affects your engagement — the new model applies to projects starting from April onward. If you're thinking about starting something new, the best way to see how the new cadence works is still the thirty-minute discovery call.