For founders & operators

Your idea — live, paid,
and yours in 30 days.

A real product your customers can use and pay for — launched in 30 days, fixed price under $10K, and 100% owned by you. Not a prototype. Not an $80K agency quote. Not six months of waiting.

For founders launching something new — and operators automating something painful inside their business.

Products already built — live and earning

DST Travel ↗ · WarmLane ↗ · +1 in build · real paying users · launched in weeks

The kind of product teams charge $500K+ and 6 months for — delivered, live, and owned by the client.

Meet the builder

One engineer. Two live products. Here's why that's enough.

You've been told a real product needs a team and half a year. Not anymore. With 16+ years of senior engineering plus AI leverage, I design, build and ship production software solo — the same architecture a funded team would use, at a fraction of the time and cost.

And you don't have to take my word for it. app.dst.travel and warmlane.io are live right now — go use them. That's the whole pitch: real, working proof instead of promises.

See it for yourself

Two real products, live and earning right now. Open them, click around, and judge the finish yourself.

See it working

A real product, built solo — watch it run.

A 3-minute walkthrough of Dream Spirit Travels — the live AI travel platform, its revenue & operations dashboard, and a partner network that actually pays out. Silent & captioned — just press play.

The problem

You have the idea. The market won't wait. Building it is the bottleneck.

Agencies

$80,000+ quotes. 3–4 month timelines. "We'll get back to you in 2 weeks." By the time they ship, your market window has closed.

Hiring engineers

60 days to find. 30 days to onboard. $150K/year fixed cost. You need the MVP yesterday, not next quarter.

Freelance marketplaces

Cheap quotes, weak architecture, no production readiness, ghost-able. You get what you paid for — and it shows when you try to scale.

Free 60-second check

Is your idea 30-day-able?

Four quick questions and you'll get an honest read on whether your product can be live in 30 days — or whether it's smarter as a phased build. No email needed to see your result.

What are you building?

Why this is possible

The product a team charges $80K and 6 months for — now yours in 30 days, for under $10K.

Tier 1 · The MVP Offer

30-Day Production AI MVP

Senior founder-engineer · Solo execution · AI-assisted development

A live product your customers can sign up for and use
Payments working — so you can charge from day one
AI that does the work your users came for
Runs on solid cloud infrastructure that won't fall over
Launched to production + 60 days of support after
100% yours — full code, IP & docs, zero lock-in

Best fit for AI products — but the same 30-day launch works for non-AI SaaS, internal tools, and admin platforms too. If you can describe the product you want live, I can probably ship it.

Under $10,000 fixed

30 days · 2–3 builds/month · No hidden fees

Book a Discovery Call →

Milestone-based payments · You're protected at every step

40%
On signing — work begins
40%
Deployed to your server — test before you pay
20%
Final handover — full code + docs

You see working software running on your own server before the final payments. No large upfront risk.

Tier 2 · Production SaaS Build

Bigger than an MVP?

A bigger platform — many customers on one system, usage-based billing, messaging at scale, advanced AI, and full admin control — the kind a funded team usually spends 6+ months on. I build these too, scoped and phased to your roadmap. WarmLane — an outreach platform shipped solo in ~6 weeks — is the proof.

Run many customers on one platform
Usage-based billing built in
Scales reliably as you grow
Full admin control over everything

Custom scope · phased delivery

Fixed price per phase · Quoted after a scoping call

Scope a Build →

Why under $10K — and still safe

If a team charges $80K for this, how can one person do it for under $10K?

Fair question — and the honest answer matters. It isn't cheaper because it's lesser. It's cheaper because the overhead an $80K quote pays for simply isn't there.

No agency overhead

No project managers, account handlers, sales teams or office to fund. You're paying for engineering that ships — not the layers wrapped around it.

Senior + AI leverage

One senior engineer with AI-assisted development now does in weeks what used to take a team of 5–6 many months. Same architecture, same decisions — multiplied execution speed.

You're protected, not exposed

Milestone payments mean you see it running on your own server before you pay the rest — and you own 100% of the code at handover. Low price, low risk, zero lock-in.

The same approach already shipped DST.Travel and WarmLane — both live and earning. The savings are real; the quality is on the screen.

Proof, not slideware

Real products. Real users. Already live.

One my own product, one a client now owns and runs. Both are in production with real people paying to use them — here's what they actually do.

DST.Travel admin dashboard — live revenue, orders and AI assessment analytics

DST.Travel

The outcome: a traveller gets a clear visa assessment in 10 minutes instead of weeks of anxiety — and the founder got a live product with paying customers, in 3 months. What powers it:

  • Three tools in one — instant visa checks, country discovery and trip planning
  • AI that answers in minutes — clear visa guidance instead of weeks of anxiety
  • Takes payments worldwide — five currencies, customers pay from day one
  • Live admin dashboard tracking every order, lead and payout
  • 400+ pages bringing in traffic that turns searches into paying customers

3

months solo

Live

paying users

400+

SEO pages

Client-owned platform

WarmLane

The outcome: a client now owns an outreach engine that finds customers and books qualified meetings straight onto the calendar — automatically. Instead of renting five separate tools, they own a platform they can run and sell. What powers it:

  • Reaches prospects everywhere — email, SMS, WhatsApp & an inbound voice agent, from one place
  • Lands in the inbox, not spam — sending reputation protected automatically
  • AI writes and replies — trained on each customer's own material
  • Bills every customer automatically and runs many clients on one platform
  • Books qualified meetings straight onto the calendar, hands-free

~6

weeks solo

100%

client-owned

$200K+

agency-equiv.

WarmLane dashboard — outreach platform built solo for a client

Trusted by US clients since 2010

Not a new face — a decade of delivering for US founders

The 30-day builds are new. The track record behind them isn't — building software for US clients since 2010, who keep coming back.

2010

delivering since

10,000+

hours on Upwork

8+ yrs

longest client

5.0★

from repeat clients

“Adnan has done quite a bit of development work for our team over the past 7 years. He always does a great job, and when there are problems he's quick to resolve them and complete the project. If you hire Adnan, expect excellent work — he guarantees it, so you end up with excellent results.”
CT

Curt Thiel

US client since 2015

“Adnan has strong technical skills and a strong work ethic — he goes out of his way to find and recommend solutions and takes initiative in everything. His communication was excellent. I would definitely hire him again.”
OS

Ovi Sandu

Founder, ManageQuick.com · Canada

Worked directly with founders & teams at — no agency, no middleman

Curt Thiel · USA · Eastside Funding · USA · ManageQuick · Canada · Complete Coders · USA

Consistently 5-star across 24+ engagements — many multi-year. References available on request. See recommendations on LinkedIn ↗

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What you actually get

A product that just works — and grows with you

You don't need to care what it's built with. You need it fast, reliable, and yours. Here's what that means in practice.

Fast & reliable

Built on proven, battle-tested foundations so it stays quick and stays up as real users arrive.

Ready to grow

Clean foundations mean adding features later is straightforward — no costly rebuild when you scale.

100% yours

Everything is handed over and fully owned by you — no lock-in. Hire anyone to extend it.

The Process

From signed agreement to production launch in 30 days.

WEEK 1

Architecture + Foundation

  • ✓ Final scoping + 1-page spec
  • ✓ Secure sign-in set up
  • ✓ Live foundations in place
  • ✓ First clickable preview by Day 5
WEEK 2 – 3

Core Features + AI

  • ✓ Production-quality core flows
  • ✓ AI that does the work
  • ✓ Admin tools + dashboards
  • ✓ Weekly demo + iteration
WEEK 4

Payments + Launch

  • ✓ Payments working
  • ✓ Final polish + speed testing
  • ✓ Production launch
  • ✓ 60-day support + handover

Full Ownership · Zero Lock-In

You own everything. No dependency on me.

When your build ships, you don't just get a working app — you get the complete package, documented thoroughly enough that any developer can pick it up and extend it.

Complete source code

The full repository, transferred to your GitHub. Clean, commented, production-grade code — yours to keep, modify, and extend forever.

Code & feature documentation

Architecture overview, feature breakdowns, and inline documentation. Any engineer can navigate the codebase from day one.

Built to be extended

Clean architecture and consistent conventions, so adding features later is straightforward — whether you hire in-house or bring in another team.

The point: I'm one person — but you're never dependent on one person. You're never locked into me. Hire your own team, switch developers, or scale in-house whenever you want — everything you need to keep building is documented and handed over on day one.

What's in, what's not

Clear scope upfront. No surprises.

Included

  • Custom-built to your exact requirements
  • Full-stack engineering
  • Custom UI design + branding
  • AI features that do the work
  • Payments + checkout
  • Cloud hosting that scales
  • Admin + ops tooling
  • 60-day free post-launch support
  • Full source code + IP transfer
  • Requirements + code + deployment docs

Handled separately

Not gaps — just separate engagements. Need any of these? I'll scope it or point you to the right path.

  • Ongoing maintenance — optional retainer after the free 60 days
  • Native mobile apps — a separate engagement, happy to scope
  • Compliance certifications (SOC2, HIPAA) — I'll point you to the right path
  • Custom enterprise integrations — scoped per project
  • Hiring or managing other engineers
Adnan Umar — Senior Founder-Engineer

About

Adnan Umar

Senior Founder-Engineer · 16+ years

I've been building production software for over a decade — currently Senior Engineer and Solution Architect at BIZSOL, and shipping AI products solo at DST Travel. More recently I delivered WarmLane, an outreach platform, for a paying client — solo, in ~6 weeks. My focus now: helping founders compress idea-to-launch timelines from months to weeks, using senior engineering + AI leverage.

Based in Islamabad, Pakistan · Available globally.

FAQ

Common questions

The objections I hear most — answered straight.

Still have a question?

Ask me directly on a quick call. No pressure, no prep.

Book a 30-min Call →
Will I actually have a product I can charge money for? +
Yes. You get a live product on your own domain with working payments — real customers can sign up and pay from day one, not click through a demo. It's the same approach that's already live and earning on DST Travel and WarmLane.
What if I need it in less than 30 days? +
Possible for tighter scopes. We discuss timeline trade-offs on the discovery call — if a 14- or 21-day build is realistic for your scope, I'll say so honestly. If not, I'll tell you the same.
What if my project is bigger than $10K scope? +
Most projects fit in $10K if scoped well. For larger projects, we discuss phased delivery — phase 1 ships in 30 days, additional phases priced separately. You get a working MVP first, then expand.
Some of your projects took longer than 30 days — why? +
Because the client chose to add more — not because the build slipped. The 30-day timeline covers the agreed MVP scope. Once a client sees the product taking shape, they often want extra features: that's exactly what happened with WarmLane, which grew into a full outreach platform over ~6 weeks. Those additions are agreed upfront and priced separately, and the codebase is deliberately built to be extended, so adding on is clean rather than a rewrite. The goal never changes: get your core product to production as fast as possible, then grow it from a live, revenue-ready base — not a half-finished one.
Do you only build AI products? +
No. AI is my sweet spot — but the same 30-day timeline applies to non-AI products too. Internal tools, SaaS dashboards, marketplaces, admin systems — anything that benefits from senior solo engineering. AI-assisted development is the leverage I use to build fast; it's not a requirement for your product.
What about ongoing maintenance after launch? +
60 days of post-launch support included free — covers bug fixes, deployment issues, and minor adjustments. New features and scope additions move to an optional technical retainer ($1,000–$3,000/month depending on scope, or $50/hour on-demand). Or take it fully in-house with full source code + documentation provided.
Can you sign an NDA before we talk? +
Absolutely. Mutual NDA signed before any technical discussion. I can send my standard mutual NDA, or sign yours.
What does the discovery call actually cover? +
30 minutes. You describe what you're building, your deadline, and budget. I tell you honestly whether I'm a fit. If yes, I follow up with a 1-page scope + proposal within 24 hours. No pressure, no prep needed.
Do I own the code? Am I locked into working with you? +
You own everything — full source code, IP, and complete documentation, transferred to you. That includes a requirements doc, code & feature documentation, the technologies used and why, and a deployment guide covering how and where it's deployed. Any developer can pick it up and extend it. You're never locked into me — hire your own team or scale in-house whenever you want.
You're one person — what if something happens to you mid-build? +
Fair question — and the answer is built into how I work. You're never dependent on me: milestone payments mean you only pay as real, working software lands on your own server, and you receive the complete code and documentation as we go — so any developer could pick it up and continue. You hold the product, the accounts and the IP throughout. The structure protects you, not just me.
What if you're not available when I need you? +
Your product never depends on me being around. You own the complete code, accounts and documentation from day one, so any developer can run or extend it. During a build we use a dedicated channel with daily updates and I reply within a few hours on business days — and if I'm ever travelling, you'll know in advance. After launch you get 60 days of support, then the choice of an optional retainer or taking it fully in-house. No lock-in, ever.
Can I see code from past projects? +
After NDA. Happy to do a live code walkthrough on the discovery call for serious prospects. DST.Travel is the most recent public example — see the case study page or watch the 3-min demo above.

Ready?

Let's get your product
live and earning.

Launching something new, or improving a business you already run — tell me what you have in mind. I'll be honest about whether 30 days is realistic, and I only take 2–3 builds a month, so timing matters.

Free · No prep needed · 30 minutes · We both decide if there's a fit