Think Together
CTO Deep Dive · $250 · up to two hoursWork through your technical questions in a CTO Deep Dive. Leave with a practical plan.
Architecture questionsProduct planningAI assessmentTechnical diagnosis
Book a CTO Deep DiveDevelopment & Thinking StudioChicago
Bring your idea, problem, or unfinished project.
Work directly with an experienced developer to decide what to build, then make progress in one-week cycles.
Building since2006
Cycles, one week eachWeekly
Code ownership, day one100%
Pricing, no black boxesPublished
01 / The two paid paths
Two ways to work together.
Choose paid advice to work through a decision, or weekly development to put agreed work into practice. Start with the problem as it stands today.
Build Together
Momentum Sprints · from $3,000 per weekWork with the studio in one-week development cycles, with clear priorities and regular reviews.
PrototypesIntegrationsProduct improvementsModernization
Start building weeklyAlready know what you need built? Go straight to weekly development. The Deep Dive is optional.
02 / Situations
Recognizable founder problems.
The studio works on situations like these. None of them need a specification to start.
01
An idea that needs a practical first version
The concept is clear in your head. The buildable core is not on paper yet.
02
A product or project that has stalled
Momentum stopped, and the way back in is not obvious from the inside.
03
A build versus buy decision
Build it, buy it, or adapt something that exists. The trade-offs need an experienced read.
04
Uncertainty about where AI would help
Plenty of tools, little signal about what actually pays off in your product.
05
An application that has become difficult to change
Every feature risks breaking another, so the team has learned to avoid the code.
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Recognize one of these?
That is enough to start. Bring the situation as you understand it today.
Start here →03 / The working rhythm
How progress happens.
Each week has one clear priority, visible work, and a review to decide what comes next. The context carries forward when you return.
Mon–Thu
Focus and build
The week has one agreed priority. You see commits, deploys, and screenshots as they land, working directly with the person writing the code.
Friday
Review and decide
What shipped, where things stand, and what is proposed next. You approve, adjust, or redirect before Monday. Continue, pause, or stop: your call, every week.
Progress Notes
Every week ends with a short written recap of what shipped, what it means, and what is proposed next. If you return later, the working context carries forward. The full process lives on How We Work.
How we work →04 / Client record
What clients say.
His code usually works the first time I try it — and on a complex product like ours, that’s saying something. I’d recommend him to anyone, so long as they don’t take hours away from us.”
Zeljko has a remarkable ability to rapidly understand complex challenges and translate them into effective, actionable solutions — consistently driving measurable results.”
He didn’t just build a solution — he made sure I understood it, every step of the way. Clarity, patience, and proactive problem-solving.”
05 / Studio Library
Useful guides, free to read.
The Studio Library answers common founder questions. Each guide is useful on its own and ends with one clear invitation, never a paywall.
From Backlog to Learning Loop
For stalled projects: turn the backlog into a weekly decision, a small proof, and a clearer next move.
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Prepare Your Codebase for AI Agents, One Change at a Time
For applications that resist change: name one painful change, clear only its path, and let the result justify the cleanup.
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What We Still Do Manually When Building With AI
For teams weighing AI: choosing the problem, judging the experience, and accepting the result stay human.
read →Next step
Find the next useful step.
Bring a decision to make or work to build. Not sure which yet? A short conversation sorts that out.