About
Small team. Direct relationship. Code you own.
SoloStack is a small custom development team built around a single idea: small business owners deserve software that solves their actual problems, at a fixed price, without handing them off to junior developers or locking them into proprietary platforms.
The background
SoloStack was started by someone who has spent years watching small business owners get failed by the available options for software. Agencies that charge $50,000 and hand the project to a junior developer who has never met you. No-code platforms that get you to 80% and then hit a hard ceiling. Marketplaces that give you a developer to manage, not a solution to your problem.
The first project SoloStack built was a full construction management portal for a home builder running multiple active builds on spreadsheets and email. The second was a marketing website for a safety consulting firm whose existing site did not reflect what they actually did. Both are live in production today.
The pattern in both cases was the same: a specific problem that no off-the-shelf tool solved exactly right, a founder who knew what the right solution looked like but could not build it, and no good option in the middle ground between a spreadsheet and a $50,000 agency engagement.
The model
SoloStack takes on a small number of projects at a time. One builder, working directly with the client from discovery call through ongoing maintenance. No account manager. No hand-offs. No context lost between the person who heard your problem and the person writing your code.
Every project is scoped and priced before any code is written. 50% up front, 50% on launch. No hourly billing, no scope-creep invoices, no surprises after the invoice. The final price is agreed in writing before work starts.
The code lives in GitHub and belongs to you. Next.js and Supabase are open-source. You can take the whole codebase to any developer or any hosting provider at any time. No platform lock-in. No exit fee.
The stack
All SoloStack projects use Next.js 14 and Vercel. Web apps and portals add Supabase for the database and authentication. These are production-grade, open-source tools used by thousands of companies — not proprietary frameworks that require a subscription to run.
The choice to standardise on one stack is deliberate. It means the code quality is consistent across projects, the deployment pipeline is well-understood and reliable, and you are not locked into anything that does not have a large and active community behind it.
How we work
A few things that matter.
Written scope before any code
You approve a written document describing exactly what is included, what is out of scope, and what the fixed price is. Changes after the scope is signed are a separate conversation.
Working software at every milestone
We send short Loom walkthroughs of completed, working features — not wireframes, not mock data, not placeholder UI. You give feedback while it is still cheap to change.
No disappearing after launch
Monthly retainers cover hosting, monitoring, and updates. If you hit a bug six months after launch, that is not a new project — it is part of the relationship.
Direct communication
No ticket system, no project manager, no 48-hour response windows. Questions get real answers quickly, from the person who built the thing.
Honest about fit
If your project is not a match — wrong budget, wrong timeline, wrong problem type — we say so clearly and quickly. No stringing along, no project that is set up to go badly.
Code is yours from day one
Your GitHub repository is created at the start of the project. You have access to every commit, every file, every deploy, from the first line of code to the last.
Start a project
Have a specific problem to solve?
Tell us about it. We review every intake form personally and reply within 2 business days. Discovery calls are free and carry no obligation.