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Product partnership

We build what fits.
Nothing extra.

Our products are the day job; partnering funds the lab. We take one or two engagements a quarter — fixed scope, project-priced — and when we do, we work like the in-house team: the real problem, from discovery to production.

How it works

Discovery
We start by understanding the problem — not just the brief. What users actually need, what the constraints are, where the real value is. Scope gets written around what done means for you.
Iterate
Short cycles, real users, real feedback. We build, ship, measure, and adjust — and we flag drift early, before it becomes a surprise.
Hand back
Engagements end. We hand back something running — the source, the infrastructure, and the freedom to never call us again. Most people still do.

What we build

  • Web and desktop products — SaaS, internal tools, B2B platforms, operations software
  • Agentic systems — LLM-integrated products, automation pipelines, AI-native workflows
  • Infrastructure and backend — serious API work, data systems, enterprise integrations

Not marketing sites. Not pure design. Not projects without a real problem at the centre.

Stack

TypeScript · Python · C#/.NET
Chosen per problem, not per comfort. Web products and APIs, data-heavy backends, enterprise systems — each language where it earns its place.
Cloud & infrastructure
Cloudflare-first at the edge; AWS, GCP, or a plain Hetzner box when that’s the honest answer. The stack is a consequence of the problem, not a menu.
Agentic systems
Running in our own products before they run in yours. The model is the smallest part; the system around it — what it sees, what it can touch, how you know it’s working — is the work.

Ask us about a specific one.

Who we work with

  • Founders and product leads with a real problem — we work on it together, from discovery through delivery
  • Companies that have outgrown what they’re running and need the next version built to fit
  • Teams that want someone in the work for the duration — and a clean hand-back at the end
  • Builders with one real problem and a clear idea of what done looks like

Get in touch

Currently full — next slot Q4. Tell us what you’re building anyway: the clearest briefs get the sharpest answers. We’ll reply if it’s a fit, or point you somewhere more useful if it isn’t.

hello@clandestinehours.com