Hire an MVP Developer Who Ships in 14 Days - Not 14 Weeks

A focused SaaS MVP is buildable in 14 to 28 days when scope is frozen on Day 1. That covers one core user flow end-to-end: auth, database, the primary feature, billing if needed, and deployment to production on a real domain. Two-sprint MVPs (28 days) handle apps that need a second persona, an admin dashboard, or a richer data model. Anything bigger than that is a v1 product, not an MVP, and it should be phased.

A full-stack production MVP: TypeScript across frontend and backend, real authentication (not a demo login), a real Postgres database with migrations, a single primary user flow shipped end-to-end, payment integration if needed (Stripe or Shopify Billing API), responsive UI in your brand, deployment to production, analytics and error tracking wired up, and a README + handoff doc so you or your next dev can take it forward. No throwaway code, no Bubble export.

Yes - Week One Labs is operated by a US-based senior engineer (Dhruv) with shipped Shopify App Store apps and mobile apps in production. You work directly with the engineer building your product. No subcontractors, no offshore handoffs, no account managers between you and the code. Engagements run on a single shared Slack/Linear/Notion stack with end-of-day demo videos so progress is visible every day.

A no-code platform like Bubble or Lovable is great for static landing pages and internal dashboards but breaks down once you need real auth, complex data models, payments, or third-party integrations done correctly. A real MVP development company writes custom code you own - so when you raise a seed round and the technical due-diligence call happens, you are not explaining why your "product" lives inside a third-party platform you cannot self-host or audit. You also avoid platform lock-in, escalating per-record pricing, and the rebuild that almost every no-code MVP eventually triggers.

Yes - 100% ownership transfers to you on launch. The repo lives in your GitHub org from Day 1, deployment is on infrastructure you control (Vercel, Fly.io, AWS, your call), and there is no licensing fee, retainer lock-in, or escrow. You can fire me on Day 15 and ship the next sprint with any developer in the world - the codebase is documented, typed, and tested for exactly that scenario.

Most of my clients are non-technical founders. The 14-day process is designed for that - you bring the customer, the problem, and the wedge. I bring the spec writing, the engineering, and the deployment. We use Loom videos and async-first communication so you do not need to be on calls every day to know what is shipping. The end-of-day video walkthrough is the single most useful artefact non-technical founders tell me they get from the engagement.

Boring, modern, hireable: TypeScript, Next.js or Remix on the frontend, Node.js on the backend, Postgres (via Supabase or Neon) for data, Stripe for billing, React Native or Expo for mobile MVPs, and Vercel or Fly.io for deployment. AI MVPs add OpenAI, Anthropic, or open-source models behind a thin server layer. Every choice is one your future Series A engineering hire will already know - no esoteric framework lock-in.