Looking for someonewho builds SaaSthat actuallyworks in production?
Looking for someonewho builds SaaSthat actuallyworks in production?
What I've Built
E-Commerce Platform
Checkout system for one of Europe’s largest e-commerce platforms. Thousands of daily transactions, 1M+ users.
1.5 years on the team where every change touched real money. Small decisions had a way of becoming expensive ones.
Claro
Multi-tenant marketplace where every vendor gets their own subdomain, isolated data layer, and Stripe Connect payouts.
Next.js 15 + Payload CMS 3 + tRPC v11. There's also an AI feature - vendor types a prompt, gets product copy back in the admin UI.
Dotty
Freelancer invoice portal. Admins create invoices, invite clients, track payments. Clients see their invoices and pay through Stripe.
Supabase auth with role-based routing, 5 Edge Functions in production, Stripe end-to-end with webhooks. Also an AI feature that drafts payment reminders - API key stays on the server.
The most expensive mistakes don't throw errors. You don't notice them until the revenue is wrong.
I learned that building checkout systems for over a million users. 1.5 years where downtime wasn't an option. You get a feel for what looks fine but will bite you later.
I bring that to everything I build. What's in front of me and what happens when real users show up.
I'm in Los Angeles, building my own products and taking on a project or two a year. For people who need someone to think, not just build.
Aga Kadela
How I Work
I question the brief
Most problems look technical from the outside. Before anything else, I push back on what we're actually trying to solve - because I've seen what happens when nobody does.
You know where things stand
You hear about what's going on before you have to ask. If something changes, I tell you - not in the next standup, now.
I know when not to build
I'll tell you when something isn't worth building. And when there's a simpler way that nobody thought of yet. And when to just wait.
You leave with something you can own
Not just a codebase. Decisions and context too (so whoever picks this up in six months knows what they're looking at).
Get in touch
The right project shows up maybe twice a year. It's usually someone who has a real problem, knows what they want to build, and needs someone to own the technical side - not manage it.
If that's you - tell me what you're building.