TL;DR · Dakic Online in Under Two Minutes

Dakic Online in under two minutes

An experienced principal engineer embeds directly into your project and ships real code in focused, one-week momentum cycles.

No agency middle management. No junior developer handoffs. No discovery phase that stalls you for a month. One engineer, focused on your product, delivering working software every week.

How it works

Ship daily. Review weekly.

  • Monday–Thursday: Focused build cycles. You see commits in your repository, preview deploys, and measurable progress every day.
  • Friday: Weekly synthesis. You see everything that shipped, test the build, and decide what’s next. You approve, adjust, or redirect before Monday.

Tasks are organized simply as Now, Next, Later. No bloated Jira ceremonies, no multi-month planning theater. One week at a time. You pay upfront for the week and continue only as long as each cycle delivers immediate business value.

Two paid paths to work together

  1. Think Together · CTO Deep Dive ($250 flat fee)
    A 60-to-90-minute recorded diagnostic session with founder Zeljko Dakic. Bring an architectural fork, a tech stack decision, or an unfinished project; leave with a concrete decision and next steps within 24 hours.

  2. Build Together · Weekly Development Cycles ($3,000 / week)
    Full-stack senior product engineering delivered in one-week momentum sprints. Daily commits, daily preview deploys, and end-of-week production releases.

What we build

  • Prototypes and MVPs: Working, production-grade software that validates whether an idea is viable—not Figma mockups or slide decks.
  • Legacy Modernization & Codebase Triage: Untangling legacy systems that have started fighting you, modernizing what’s there, and keeping features shipping while refactoring.
  • AI-Powered Development & Automation: Integrating LLMs, agentic workflows, and pragmatic automation into production applications while maintaining architectural discipline.

Tech stack & infrastructure

We choose the best tool for your problem rather than forcing a rigid proprietary stack:

  • Frontend & Web: TypeScript, Astro, React, Tailwind CSS, HTML5/Modern Web APIs
  • Backend & APIs: Node.js, TypeScript, Python, REST, GraphQL, Microservices
  • Databases & State: PostgreSQL, SQLite, Supabase, Cloudflare D1/KV, Redis
  • Cloud & Edge: Cloudflare Pages & Workers, AWS, Vercel, Docker

You always retain 100% IP ownership, code access, and infrastructure credentials from day one. No vendor lock-in.

Who you actually work with

You work directly with Zeljko “Jake” Dakic, founder and principal engineer, building software for a living out of Chicago since 2006.

Every engagement operates on the Super IC model: a senior engineer who carries both architectural judgment and hands-on execution.

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