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Discovery call
A 30-minute call to understand the project. You talk to the people who will write the code, not a salesperson.
- Scheduled within 2 business days
- Bring sketches, docs or just ideas
- We tell you honestly if we are the right team
Process
How we work
No hand-waving. This is what actually happens when you hire the collective.
Behind the scenes
Remote by choice, not by accident
Remote pairing, code reviews and live demos across Tokyo, Hong Kong and our clients’ timezones. No project depends on someone being in a room.
Demo · 2 wk
Code review
GMT-3 → GMT+9
Freedomica · Behind the scenes
Step by step
Six steps, zero surprises
- 2
Scope & proposal
A detailed proposal with milestones, timeline and fixed pricing per phase. No vague estimates.
- Delivered within 5 business days
- 2 to 4-week milestones
- Risks and assumptions stated upfront
- 3
Squad assembly
We pick 2 to 5 collective leads based on the stack and domain. You approve the line-up and meet everyone.
- Clear roles for each person
- One main point of contact
- Direct access to the whole team
- 4
Build & iterate
Two-week sprints with a demo at the end of each. Working software early, not a big reveal after months of silence.
- Weekly async updates
- Live demo every 2 weeks
- Access to the repo and CI/CD
- 5
QA & launch
Review by at least two engineers, automated tests and a staging environment for your team to validate.
- Unit, integration and E2E tests
- Staging for final sign-off
- We handle the production deploy
- 6
Handoff & support
Source code, documentation, deployment guides and credentials. The code is yours. Maintenance retainers are optional.
- Documented codebase
- Knowledge-transfer session
- 30 days of bug fixes included
Tools
Our default day-to-day stack
We adapt to whatever your team already uses. But starting from scratch, this is how we set up shop.
Communication
- Slack
- Loom
- Notion
- Google Meet
Code
- GitHub
- VS Code
- Cursor
- Conventional Commits
Delivery
- GitHub Actions
- Vercel
- Docker
- AWS
Quality
- Jest
- Playwright
- Sentry
- Lighthouse
Principles
Rules we do not break
Honest scoping
We would rather lose a project than promise an impossible deadline.
The code is yours
Repository, documentation and infrastructure belong to you from day one.
Async by default
Timezones are an advantage when communication is written and clear.
Measurable quality
Tests, monitoring and performance metrics on every project.
Want to see how the work happens?
No mystery: a transparent six-step process with demos every two weeks.
