Cape Town, SAST (UTC+2)
Tell me what you're trying to build.
Three ways to reach me, all of them direct.
Whichever you pick, it reaches me and nobody else. There is no account manager in the middle.
Best for anything with detail. Replies within one business day.
Phone
Weekdays, Mon – Fri, 08:30 – 17:30 SAST (UTC+2).
Studio
Studio 04, Bree Street, Cape Town
Visits by arrangement. Send a note first and I'll put the kettle on.
A few details now saves a whole call later.
Nothing here is compulsory beyond your name, an address to reply to, and a description of the problem. The rest just means my first reply can be useful rather than a list of questions.
With a thirty-minute call, at no cost. You describe the problem, I ask questions, and within two working days you get a written summary with a rough shape, a rough number and an honest view on whether I am the right person for it.
Both. Roughly a third of my work is white-labelled through design and marketing agencies who need senior engineering they can rely on. I can stay entirely behind the scenes or join client calls, whichever suits the relationship.
Typically four to twenty weeks. Anything shorter is usually better served by an audit or a focused retainer; anything longer generally wants a team rather than one person, and I will tell you that rather than take it on.
Yes, and often that is the better arrangement. I join your standups, work in your repository and follow your conventions. Plenty of engagements are about adding senior capacity rather than replacing anyone.