Michael Ciccarelli

Scoped work, priced by the week.

One to three weeks of design and engineering on one thing: a storefront, an editorial site, a payments flow, a product feature. Scope and price fixed before work starts.

Terms

From $5k a week · one to three weeks · remote

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What a project looks like

Most projects are one of these, same rate, different length.

  • Storefronts 2–3 weeks

    Headless commerce: catalogue, CMS curation, and a checkout built to the brand.

  • Editorial and portfolio sites 1–3 weeks

    A CMS the editors can run, pages built from components.

  • Fintech and payments 2–3 weeks

    Onboarding, ledgers, transfers, and statements, with the edge cases handled.

  • DeFi and dapp interfaces 2–3 weeks

    The UI over a smart contract: wallets, signing, positions, swaps.

  • AI workflow dashboards 2–3 weeks

    AI-enabled workflows across teams: shared context, runs, approvals, token usage and cost, on your models.

  • Product interfaces 1–3 weeks

    A product area or a new feature, end to end, in your repo.

How it works

Week 0
A 30-minute scoping call: scope, timeline, price, deposit.
Weeks 1–3
Daily async updates. Code in your repo from day one. One week or three, same cadence.
End
Walkthrough, one revision pass, final deliverables, final invoice.
After
Done, extended by another week, or continued as embedded work.

What it costs

From $5k a week, whatever the work. Most projects land between one and three weeks.

By the week, not the hour: a fixed fee for shipped work. I work AI-native, with Claude Code and Cursor, which is why one person can design, build, and ship in a week or two.

Who does the work

Me. Two decades building for the web, for Pentagram, Grey, Amazon, VICE, and Condé Nast. I scope it, design and build it, and walk you through it.

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Questions

Do I need designs first?
No. I design and build. If you have designs or a system, I start from them.
What if scope changes mid-project?
Small changes are absorbed. Larger changes get a written adjustment before work continues.
Do you work with our existing designers and engineers?
Yes. Most projects happen in your repo, alongside your team or the studio that designed the work.
What tech stacks?
I'm fastest in TypeScript on Next.js and Vercel. React, Motion, GSAP, WebGL, Sanity, Stripe, and headless Shopify when needed. If you are on something unusual, ask.
Do you use AI?
Every day. Claude Code and Cursor are how I work. I review and stand behind every line.
Who owns the work?
You do. Code, deploys, and documents transfer at the end.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes.

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