One engineer, twenty years
You know your business. I build the software it runs on, and keep it running.
For owners and people who know their field. A first app, the dated one your business already runs on, or a project another developer left half done: I do the engineering myself, and I stay. Twenty years in, with clients who have kept me for a decade or more. No agency, no handoff.
Thirty minutes, no pitch. If you would rather read first, every way of working with me has its scope and price written down.
- years building software
- 20
- years with one client
- 15
- years with another, still going
- 9
- engineer, start to finish
- 1
My cost guides are cited by Netguru, Tech Times, Composio and Apideck.
The proof, named ↓What you are actually worried about
You are not shopping for a tech stack. You are trying not to get burned.
Nobody hires an engineer because of the stack. You hire one because you need to stop worrying. Here is what I hear most, in the words people write to me, and what I actually do about it.
You know exactly what your business needs. You just cannot build it yourself.
Tell me how the work gets done today. I turn that into a working app, starting with the smallest version that proves it, then build from there.
The app your business runs on is dated, and nobody wants to touch it.
I read the code before I touch it and write you an honest assessment. Often the answer is to freshen up the styling and fix what hurts, not the rebuild someone else quoted you.
Your developer keeps missing deadlines, and you cannot tell if the code is any good.
I ship in small pieces on a weekly rhythm, so you watch progress arrive. Architecture, review, deploy, security: all of it goes through me. There is no junior bench behind this page.
You built a prototype with an AI tool. Now it needs to be a real product.
Plain-language, implementation-ready guidance first: what is solid, what is not, and what has to change before real customers and their data touch it. Then I do that work, at a fixed price agreed up front.
Proof, named
The same clients, year after year.
Twenty years of this. The number I would rather you look at is how long people stay.
A private aviation job board I built and ran from 2010 to 2024. Fifteen years, one engineer, no handoff.
Their product team since 2017. Quoting, scheduling, and the site their business runs on.
A travel platform another developer left in disarray. I took it over in early 2025, cleaned up the code, redesigned it, and have run it since.
“I hired Matt to take over a challenging app development project left in disarray by a previous developer. He not only cleaned up the messy code but also completely transformed the app, enhancing its functionality and elevating the user experience (UX) and design to an exceptional level.”
“Matt is fantastic. I’ve worked with him for like 20 years, across hundreds of projects, and even built three companies with his help. He stays current, embraces change, and brings a background in art and product design, which makes him exceptional at turning ideas into visuals before diving in.”
The person you would be hiring
Hi, I am Matt Turley.
Twenty years of building software, most of it for owners who could not afford a wrong turn. I came up through art and product design before engineering, which is why I tend to draw the thing before I build it. I work directly with you. When you send a message, I am the one who reads it.
I will also tell you when not to build. That has saved my clients more money than anything I have shipped.
More about how I workWays to work with me
Start where you are.
Not sure which one you need? That is what the call is for. Every one of these has its scope and its price written down on its own page, so you never need a discovery call to find out what things cost.
Measured, October 2026
Your customers ask AI who to call. Does it say your name?
I asked Perplexity and Gemini fifty questions buyers actually type, like who to call for HVAC repair in Dallas, three times each: 300 answers, 3,781 sources cited. The names change from one run to the next. Fifty-one different HVAC companies were named across sixty answers, and even the most-named one made 11 of 20 checks.
Nobody owns the answer yet. The businesses that get named are the ones described plainly, in the places AI reads, as the answer to the question. That is work, and it can be measured.
Read the study, every answer includedAI Answer Check
Intro price $99 through Saturday, October 10 (regular $299)
The same test, run on your business: the questions your buyers ask, three runs each on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, whether you are named, who is named instead, and the three fixes worth the most. I read every report before it goes out.
In your inbox within 3 business days of your order, or it is free. Not useful? Say so within 7 days and what you paid comes back. Ordered online, no call needed. Exact terms.
Why clients stay.
Most engineering help ends when the invoice does. The reason my clients are measured in years is that nothing gets handed off, including the parts nobody enjoys.
I do not hand you off
The person who writes your code is the person you talk to. Year one and year ten.
I learn the business
After a while I stop asking what you want built and start telling you what I would build.
Nothing goes dark
You always know what I am working on, what it costs, and when it lands.
The quiet years count
Keeping a product alive and patched is real work. I keep doing it when the launch excitement is over.
If it helps, let us just talk about it.
Bring what you have, working or not. I will tell you what I would do, roughly what it would cost, and whether I am the right person for it. If I am not, I will say so. That is the whole call.
Matt Turley, one engineer, twenty years