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I turn ideas into working products in weeks.Ideas to working products. In weeks.

A production application on your own domain, under your own accounts. Design, build, and deployment included. The code and IP are yours.

I build the thing you have been describing to people for months.

Web & phone apps · AI integrations

MVPs start at $5,000 · first version live in 14 days

Sidra Vaines, freelance MVP developer who builds and ships web and phone apps in 14 days
Hi, I am Sidra. I build the thing you have been describing to people for months.
Founder & Builder
Hi, I am Sidra

Real product. No mockups.

Your first users can sign up on day 14. One builder, no agency.

Live portfolio

Three products I designed, built, and shipped.

Share your idea
How a project runs

Every idea ships in phases. We build the part that earns first.

01

We find the one thing

You share the idea. I find the one thing it must do on day one.

Free call
02

I build the first version

One user type, one core workflow, deployed live.

from $5,000 · 14 days
03

We grow it, if it is working

More features once the first version proves itself.

Scoped later
What $5,000 gets you

A complete, deployed first version, not a demo.

Payments

Three payments, each tied to something you can see.

40%
Scope signed

Before I start.

30%
Core workflow live

You can log in and use it.

30%
Handover

Live on your domain, code transferred.

Nothing is billed for time spent.

Start your project
Additional features

Already built something? I can add the part it is missing.

An existing app, website, or internal tool. I build the piece it is missing and hand it back working. Feature work starts at $1,500, quoted by scope.

AI

  • Chatbot trained on your own content
  • AI customer support and ticket triage
  • Search that understands what people mean
  • Pulling data out of documents and forms
  • Voice and call handling

Bookings & payments

  • Booking and scheduling with calendar sync
  • Stripe payments and subscriptions
  • Invoices, receipts, and refunds
  • Automatic reminders by email and text
  • Coupons, deposits, and cancellation rules

Accounts & access

  • Google, Apple, and Facebook sign-in
  • Two-factor authentication
  • Roles and permissions
  • An admin dashboard you can actually use
  • Audit trails of who changed what

Everything else

  • Multi-language, including right-to-left
  • Reporting and analytics you can read
  • Connecting the tools you already use
  • Moving off Squarespace or Wix onto something you own
  • Speed and search-ranking fixes

"An idea and a real budget beat ten ideas and none."

New builds start at $5,000, feature work at $1,500. Not there yet? No hard feelings. Come back when you are ready to build.

Before you ask

The questions I get every time.

Money and terms
How much does it cost to build an MVP?

Mine start at $5,000 for a first version with one user type and one core workflow, live in 14 days. Most land between $5,000 and $15,000, depending on how much the product has to do. Adding a feature to something you already have starts at $1,500. You get the number before anything starts, and it does not move unless you change the scope.

How do payments work?

Three payments: 40% when the scope is signed, 30% when the core workflow is live and you can log in and use it, 30% at handover, when it is live on your domain and the code transfers to you. Each one is tied to a deliverable, not a date, so nothing is billed for time spent.

Who owns the product?

You do. Code, design, and IP transfer to you at final payment. It sits in your GitHub, on your domain, under your accounts. I keep nothing and I do not resell your build.

Will you sign an NDA?

Yes. Send yours before you tell me anything, or use mine. I do not resell builds and I do not reuse your idea. The three products on this page are my own, which is why I can show you working code instead of someone else’s.

How we work
How fast is the first version?

14 days from the day we agree scope. Fixed price, fixed timeline, agreed in writing before I start.

What if it takes longer than 14 days?

Then it takes longer and the price does not change. Both are fixed when we agree scope. If I misjudge the build, that is my problem, not your invoice. If you add something new halfway through, we scope it separately and you decide whether it is worth it.

What do you need from me while you build?

A scoping call, then about an hour a week. I send you a working link as things land, so you are reacting to a real product instead of reading status reports. Decisions I cannot make without you, I ask. Everything else I just build.

What happens after launch?

14 days of bug fixes are included. After that you choose: scope new features one at a time, or take ongoing support, quoted monthly. Neither is locked in, and you can take the code to any developer.

You are one person. What if you are unavailable?

Your code sits in your GitHub from week one, not mine, on standard tools, with written handover docs. If I disappear tomorrow you hand the repository to any developer and they carry on. That is true from the first payment, not just at the end.

Can you take over a project another developer started?

Yes. I read the code first and tell you honestly whether it is worth continuing or cheaper to rebuild. That review is quoted separately, based on size, and you keep the write-up either way, even if you take it to another developer.

Where are you based?

Dallas, Texas, on US Central time. I work remotely with clients anywhere, and most of what I have shipped was for products outside the US. If our hours barely overlap, we fix a weekly slot that suits both of us and you get a working link to click between calls, so progress never waits on a meeting.

The build
Do you build phone apps as well as web?

Both. If your idea works better as an app people install, I build it for iPhone and Android from one codebase and put it in the App Store and Google Play. If it works better in a browser, you save time and money and get a site that behaves like an app on a phone. I will tell you which one your idea needs before you pay anything.

Do you design it too, or just build it?

Both. Layout, type, and colour are chosen for your product, not pulled from a template. If you already have a brand, I build to it. If you do not, you get one that looks deliberate from day one. The three products above are my own design work, so you can judge it before you hire me.

What do you build with?

Usually Next.js and React on the web, React Native for phone apps, Postgres or Supabase behind them, and Vercel for hosting. Payments through Stripe, or whichever processor actually works in your market. I pick the stack that fits the job, and I stay with well-documented tools any developer can pick up later.

Is it secure?

I build with hashed passwords, HTTPS, and row-level access rules so each account only queries its own data. Payments run through Stripe, so card numbers never touch your database. Standard practice, applied from day one.

Will it scale past the first users?

It runs on the same stack as Hayat Health and Navi CoHost: serverless hosting and a managed Postgres database. Going from 10 users to 10,000 is a settings change, not a rebuild.

What guardrails do AI features get?

Every AI call has a spend cap and a rate limit, so one user cannot run up your bill. Prompts stay server-side where users cannot rewrite them. Outputs are validated before anything is saved or shown.

I am not technical. Can I still run it?

Most of my clients are not. You get an admin panel built for non-developers, written handover docs, and a walkthrough call so you know where everything lives.

Tell me what to build

A few lines is enough. If it is a fit, I reply with a fixed quote.