You don't need a dev team. You need the right person beside you.
Build your product with AI tools and a senior engineer at your side — 10+ years of shipping experience working for your goal, faster and far cheaper than hiring a team. Private, 1-on-1, in English or Russian.
Private, 1-on-1 · no subscriptions, no upsells
session.log — what we actually do
$ ilja run ship --idea "yours"
▸ scoping v1 ... 12 features → 4 that matter
▸ wiring AI · retrieval + structured output
evals passing 47/47 ✓
▸ automating the manual part ... 14 steps → 1
▸ perf pass · LCP 2.4s → 0.9s · bundle −61%
▸ deploy ... live ✓
total: 3 sessions · you own everything
10+
years shipping
1:1
private, live
€650
flat · invoice
01 — The program
From idea to a working v1 — with me beside you the whole way.
You build. I sit next to you — scoping, unblocking, and stepping in where real engineering judgment is needed. You leave with a deployed product you own completely.
Foundations & first build
Set up the AI tooling, scope v1 down to what matters, and ship your first working screen — in session one.
Core feature, real data
Build the one feature your idea lives or dies on — connected to real data, not a mockup.
Polish & ship
Fix the rough edges, run a performance pass, deploy — and leave with a link you can send to anyone.
02 — Services
Already have a product? I make it smarter, faster, and less manual.
01 · AI Integration
Add AI to the product you already have
LLM features that survive production: retrieval, structured output, evals — not a chat widget bolted on.
Good for
- SaaS teams adding their first AI feature
- Products with data an LLM could leverage
02 · Process Automation
Turn manual workflows into pipelines
Agents and integrations that take a 14-step routine down to one — with human review where it matters.
Good for
- Teams drowning in copy-paste operations
- Back-office work: invoices, reports, intake
03 · Performance & Optimisation
Make your product feel instant
Profiling, Core Web Vitals, query and infra cost cuts — measured before and after, not vibes.
Good for
- Apps that got slow as they grew
- Cloud bills growing faster than revenue
04 · MVP Build
Or I build the first version for you
When you'd rather not build it yourself: a scoped v1, shipped fast with the same AI-assisted workflow.
Good for
- Founders with budget but no time
- Validating before hiring a team
03 — Why me
Why work with me
I'm a Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 10+ years building web and mobile products for teams across Europe and the US. AI tools like Claude Code and Codex are part of how I ship real features — in production, for paying users, not in demos.
Whatever your goal — an AI feature, an automated workflow, or learning to build yourself — you work directly with the person doing the engineering. No agency layer, no juniors.
Every engagement is shaped around your goal and your starting point — not a fixed curriculum. Building for the web, a mobile app, or a tablet experience? I work across React, React Native, and responsive web, so the platform your users are on isn't a constraint.
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04 — Pricing
Build it yourself: AI edition
3 sessions
€650flat · pay by invoice
- Idea scoped by email before we start
- 3 × 90-minute private sessions
- A working v1.0 you own completely
- Ongoing development retainer
Bigger goal? Integration, automation, and MVP work for an existing product is scoped by email — tell me what you need below and you'll get a written proposal.
05 — Coming soon
More ways to build with AI — coming soon
New short courses are in the works. Leave your email and I'll let you know the moment each one is ready.
06 — FAQ
Questions, answered.
07 — Book the course
Book your spot.
This form books the course by default — or pick one of the services instead. I reply within one business day with everything you need.