Freelance marketplace, dev agency, or studio: who should build your MVP?
The decision is usually argued on hourly rates. The failure data says argue about something else.
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Notes from a software studio that builds products from zero to one: hiring a studio, AI-native engineering, and rescuing stalled codebases.
AllZero To One Build PlaybookAI-Native Product EngineeringProduct Rescue And HandoffsHiring A Software Studio
What should you ask a software studio before you sign anything?
Seven questions that expose scoping, ownership, and accountability, which is where budgets actually blow up.
Fixed milestones vs hourly billing: which pricing model actually protects your budget?
Neither model is safe on its own. What protects a budget is scope that gets priced before anyone opens an editor, and only one of these two forces that.