Pascal Laliberté

Freelance Bullet Train Developer

Option #1

A Fixed Price for Some Features

1 week of planning + 6 weeks of development and design

Over 6 weeks, I’ll build a bucket of functionality, part-time. To determine the scope and shape of that functionality, we’ll start by a week of planning the functionality. We’ll create a document to form an idea of the bet you want to make, minimize run-off risks, do a rough design of the user interface, and discuss the outcome this feature will do for your business.

The price is fixed, the outcome is known, and the risks to both of us are minimized. You’ll hire me to own that outcome, develop functionality, design the UI, and meet our agreement resulting from that week of planning.

There will be three payments:

1. USD $2,400* for the week of shaping, pre-paid. By the end of the week, we’ll have a document outlining the work with something I can fit within 6 weeks of work part-time.
2. USD $6,100* pre-paid to start the 6-week block. If you choose to continue with the work, we’ll find a 6-week block in our mutual availability and I’ll send you an invoice for the pre-payment. You’ll commit to some of your availability to answer my questions and to provide feedback during development, but you can expect a high degree of leadership on my part and of regular communication.
3. USD $6,100* on delivery. Changes in scope from our initial shaping are subject to my consent. I aim to be a bargain for the outcome you’re looking for.

I build whole features. I might pull in other contractors to help me move faster, at my own cost and with a heads up to you. I’ll be responsible to deliver on the agreed-upon functionality. There’s a chance it’ll take me longer than 6 weeks (I don’t plan to), in which case it won’t cost you any more money and you only pay on delivery.

Infrastructure (servers, code repo, cloud storage, third-party APIs) is to be supplied on your end as needed. Infrastructure costs will be assumed on your end and not included in my fee.

You can expect me to care about the UX, the flow of how things are laid out on a page, matching the words users will have in mind and where they’re looking for them on the page. You can expect system tests for the features I write and model tests for business logic. You can expect my best work to come from you communicating to me the business outcome for the customers you serve so I can delight them with what I build. You can expect me to ask questions, especially during our planning week together.

Start by booking a planning week, or look at options #2 and #3 below.

*Plus applicable taxes in Canada

Option #2

1 Week, Part-Time

Pre-purchased block of my attention

A 1-week block of part-time availability where you’ll be driving priorities. I’ll be working asynchronously and will be in communication via Discord DMs and GitHub issues.

At the beginning of the week, we’ll discuss some priorities. You can expect 30% (roughly) of availability throughout the week, working in half-days and communicating along the way. If available, you can also book more consecutive week blocks, pre-paid.

*Plus applicable taxes in Canada