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It never shipped

You’ve paid for months of work. You still don’t have software.

The launch date keeps moving. Your developer builds something other than what you asked for, or goes quiet for weeks. I take over stalled .NET and Angular projects and get them finished.

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Sound familiar?

  • The date keeps moving. Every estimate is “a few more days,” and a few days turns into weeks.
  • You’re not getting what you paid for. You paid a designer for screens, and the developer built something different.
  • Things that worked last week are broken. Every update seems to break something else.
  • Your developer disappears. You can’t get a straight answer, sometimes for weeks.
  • You’re not sure what you actually own. You’ve never seen the full source code, or you’re not sure you have all of it.

Why projects stall

Most stalled projects aren’t stuck because the idea is too hard. They’re stuck for one of four reasons:

The vendor ignores the spec. They build what’s easy for them instead of what you asked for, and every correction costs you another invoice.

You don’t control your code. The source code, hosting and accounts sit with the developer. If they walk, you’re stuck.

The team can’t use its own tools. Developers who don’t know .NET or Angular properly write code that fights the framework, so every feature takes longer and breaks more.

Nobody’s steering. Without someone technical on your side, nobody notices the project drifting until the money is nearly gone.

What I do

  1. Get you control.

    I get your complete source code, hosting and accounts into your hands. One founder’s previous developer had handed over a download that was missing pieces. That’s the first thing I check.

  2. Find out where it really stands.

    I review what’s been built, what works, and what’s worth keeping, and I tell you plainly.

  3. Put the right team on it.

    I tell you who on your current team can deliver. If you need more people, I interview and hire them. I’ve run technical interviews since my years at Capgemini.

  4. Steer it to launch.

    I set up bug tracking so you can see progress for yourself, and I stay involved day to day. When the team gets stuck, or people clash, I step in.

Two projects I finished

“The developer built a different design than the one I paid for.”

A startup making plugins for animation software · team of 1 to 10

The previous firm ignored the specifications, built a different interface than the one the founder had paid a designer for, and disappeared for stretches at a time. The plugin was never finished. I recovered the complete source code, interviewed and hired a new team, and stepped in whenever they got stuck. The project was finished in 3 months.

Later, an outside team quoted “a few days” to move a key feature to the cloud, stretched it to two weeks, and asked for more equity. I built a working proof of concept over a weekend, showing the existing code could run in the cloud as it was.

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“Six months late, and the money was running out.”

A market research firm whose data informs hedge fund decisions · team of 1 to 10

Five developers were 6 months over deadline and budget, missing feature targets and ignoring the designs. None of them really knew Angular or .NET. Within a month, working with the owner and CTO, I identified the three who couldn’t follow direction or accept training. Letting them go freed $55K for the people who could deliver. The project was finished in 3 months, before the money ran out, and is now maintained by one developer I trained.

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Let’s get it finished.

Tell me where your project stands. In 15 minutes, you’ll know what’s wrong, what’s worth keeping, and what it’ll take to launch.

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