Technology Partnership Organized for Mutual Benefit
Not billable hours. Not process theater. Work organized differently.
Most businesses face a frustrating choice: corporate consultancies that optimize for extraction (more meetings, more complexity, maximum billable hours), or agencies that sell process overhead (sprint ceremonies, story points, methodology theater). Both drain budget rather than build capacity.
I offer a structural alternative: partnership based on value creation, fair compensation, and solidarity when it matters.
The Underdog Alliance
You have market access and a mission. I have technical capacity. Let’s align our strengths.
Small businesses and skilled developers often face the same trap—undervaluation, cash-flow pressure, the choice between compromising values and failing economically. This model addresses that constraint for both of us.
When developers are fairly compensated and genuinely invested in outcomes, you get strategic thinking about what moves your business forward—not scope creep, vendor lock-in, or estimation games. When partnership structures acknowledge different business realities, you get access to professional capabilities without unsustainable cost pressure.
This isn’t consulting with values. It’s work organized for mutual benefit.
What You Get
Complete technology capabilities through one collaborative partnership. Development, infrastructure, automation, strategic planning—integrated understanding of your business, not multiple vendors optimizing for their own interests.
Direct collaboration means you talk to the person building your system. No project managers, no intermediaries. We deploy when features are ready, not at sprint boundaries.
Value-based prioritization assesses every opportunity through business impact: cost reduction, revenue potential, worker empowerment. The question becomes “how do we make this happen?” not “is this worth the effort?”
Technology that works: Web applications that don’t break. Infrastructure optimized for actual usage. Automation that saves real time and costs. Systems built to accommodate change and transfer to you when you’re ready.
Partnership Structures
From focused support for specific challenges to comprehensive retainers for ongoing work—or strategic co-investment when budget is constrained but partnership potential exists.
Three approaches to engagement:
Solidarity Partners: Workers’ cooperatives, grassroots organizations, groups building alternatives. Pro bono work when capacity permits,.
Strategic Alliance: Ethical businesses constrained by cash flow but committed to fair practices. Co-investment models, virtual accounts, the Parallel Path revenue engine -structures that generate the capital we need, together.
Advanced Partnership: Mission-aligned businesses with stable funding seeking non-extractive technical relationships. Professional rate (€100/hour Berlin standard), comprehensive retainers, strategic collaboration.
We assess collaboratively what fits your situation. Not rigid tiers or adversarial negotiation—collaborative problem-solving about structure and mutual benefit.
Where The Work Goes
My work generates resources beyond what I need to sustain my family.
Surplus flows to people and projects that can’t and shouldn’t have to commodify themselves: mutual aid networks, grassroots organizing, cooperative experiments, families navigating precarity, workers building alternatives.
This includes my own community—refugees, people displaced by war and economic transition, friends doing precarious work despite real skills. Material solidarity with people I know, not abstract beneficiaries.
By working with me, you’re not just getting technology partnership. You’re participating in an infrastructure of mutual support—whether you share that framing or just want good tech work with someone who cares about outcomes.
Measurable Business Impact
Value-based prioritization delivers concrete outcomes:
E-commerce integration eliminated 75% of order processing time, letting small teams handle 3x volume while focusing on mission work.
Infrastructure optimization saved $40k+ annually in hosting costs—direct bottom-line impact equivalent to new revenue.
Automation implementations freed 20+ hours weekly from administrative overhead, redirecting capacity to high-value activities.
Strategic technology thinking that understands business outcomes, not just technical execution.
Who This Works For
Growing businesses where strategic cost reduction creates bottom-line impact. Manual processes eating time, infrastructure costs higher than necessary, need for strategic thinking beyond task execution.
Mission-driven organizations tired of consultancy extraction or process theater. Worker cooperatives, community organizations, businesses valuing direct collaboration without management layers.
Ethical underdogs constrained by cash flow but committed to fair practices—where co-investment structures could generate the capital we need together.
Good fit signals: Value strategic thinking about business outcomes. Prefer working software over status meetings. Open to collaborative arrangements over rigid vendor relationships. Treat workers fairly.
Not a fit: Need large team capacity immediately. Require fixed-price guarantees or formal Scrum process. Seeking geographic discount (paying less because I’m in Belgrade, not Berlin).
