Backlog Execution

Your product backlog,
shipped continuously.

A supervised AI engineering pipeline that ships founder backlogs into reviewed PRs. Senior engineering judgment in every critical loop. Start small with a $299 founding proof-of-work, then graduate into a monthly execution lane if the workflow fits.

Claim a $299 First PR Sprint →Apply for Backlog Execution

10 founding slots available at $299. Standard price will be $499.

8 agents · parallel · live--:--:--

A1build

feat(auth): magic-link signin

A2verify

fix(api): rate-limit headers

A3build

feat(billing): Stripe webhook

A4build

test(orders): edge cases

A5review

fix(ui): empty-state polish

A6verify

perf(db): index migration

A7scope

feat(dash): stale-data badge

A8merged

chore(deps): bump 14 pkgs

4 building2 verifying1 in review1 merged

This is for you if…

This is for founders with a real product, real users, and a backlog that keeps slipping.

You have a working product in production
Your backlog grows faster than you can ship
You've tried freelancers, dev shops, or AI tools and the gap is real
You can define acceptance criteria for the work you want done
You'd rather pay for shipped work than for hours

If three or more of those land, the Backlog Execution Retainer is built for you.

Who you'd be working with

The pipeline runs daily, on my own work.

I'm Matt Turley. Twenty years of shipping software for founders. Last year I built a supervised AI engineering pipeline that ships commits to my own engineering toolchain every single day. It is not a prototype, it is not a side project, and it is not a wrapper. It is the same system I now run for clients who want their backlog shipped the same way.

100%

of PRs human-reviewed before they reach your repo

475 tests

in the pipeline core, generated and maintained by the same pipeline

0 incidents

attributable to autonomous merges, because nothing is autonomous

Matt TurleyFrance · UTC+1

How the work happens

The pipeline.

The pipeline can move fast because it does not merge blindly. Every diff passes through me before it reaches your repo.

Scope

Acceptance criteria and boundaries agreed before the pipeline touches anything.

Plan

The pipeline proposes the implementation path. I review it before a line of code ships.

Build

Specialized agents execute in parallel through a supervised assembly-line architecture. Tests, lints, type-checks gate every step.

Verify

Automated coverage runs against the diff. Anything red blocks the PR from leaving the runner.

Review

Human review before you see it. I read every diff line. The pipeline produces volume, I apply judgment.

Ship

Reviewed PR lands on your branch with a Loom walkthrough. You merge on your own schedule.

Volume from the pipeline. Judgment from a senior engineer. That is the whole trick.

Is this for you?

A quick gut check before you book.

This is for you if

You have a working product.
You have users or customers.
You know what needs to be built.
Your backlog keeps slipping.
You want reviewed PRs without hiring or managing another developer.

This is probably not for you if

You are still validating an idea.
You do not have an existing codebase. MVP Build →
You want someone to figure out the whole product strategy. Fractional CTO →
You need emergency production support. Project Rescue →
You want unlimited development for a fixed monthly price.
You cannot define what "done" looks like.

What's included

Three public offers. Same pipeline behind all of them.

Pricing is fixed and upfront. No hourly billing, no surprises, no contact-us tricks.

TierPriceDurationWhat you get

First PR SprintFounding offer · 10 slots at $299

$299

48–72 hours

One small, scoped issue from an existing product. Read-only repo access. Reviewed PR delivered as patch, mirror branch, or gist, or a clear technical recommendation if the issue is larger than expected. 10 founding slots available at $299. Standard price will be $499.

Backlog Execution RetainerPrimary monthly offer

$3,500 / month

Monthly

One monthly execution lane. One codebase, one active workstream, weekly prioritization, reviewed PRs, senior engineering review before merge. Usually 4 to 8 small-to-medium backlog items per month, depending on complexity. Not unlimited dev. No emergency SLA.

Scale RetainerMore capacity

from $8,500 / month

Monthly

Multiple workstreams or repos, higher throughput, faster async response, more proactive roadmap and architecture input, priority scheduling, custom scope.

The First PR Sprint is a test drive, not the main business model. Most clients graduate into a Backlog Execution Retainer once the workflow fits. Have something bigger than one small PR but not ready for a retainer? Send it over. If it's a fit, I can quote a fixed-scope sprint privately. If your build is already broken before any of this can help, see Project Rescue first.

Proof

Real codebases. Real shipped work.

Two cases that show the pipeline running at different scales: one client product, one self-operated.

Client · Live

Travel SaaS, sustained weekly PR cadence, founder-time reclaimed.

Owner-operated travel-booking platform. Three founders, a backlog growing faster than commits. We onboarded in week one, set up the branching model in week two, and have been shipping reviewed PRs weekly since. Every diff reviewed by me before it lands.

Weeklysustained PR cadence

100%human-reviewed before merge

NDAspecific PR counts on request

Read the case →

Dogfood · Daily

The pipeline on my own engineering toolchain, every day.

475tests

21files / day

dailycadence

See the dogfood case →

Pattern

What the pipeline ships, week-in-week-out.

Feature flags wired in and toggled. Stripe integrations end to end. Auth boundary fixes. Empty-state and error-state UI. Migration scripts with rollback. Test coverage for the parts that broke last quarter.

See the tiers ↓

FAQ

Straight answers.

The questions every founder asks before they commit.

No. It covers one small, scoped issue from an existing product. If the issue is larger than expected, I'll explain why and recommend the right next step before starting.

This is a limited founding offer for the first 10 qualified projects. The goal is to prove the workflow, collect feedback, and build early case studies. The standard price will be $499.

I'll tell you before starting. You can either reduce the scope, move into a private fixed-scope quote, or apply for the monthly Backlog Execution Retainer.

One monthly execution lane: one codebase, one active workstream, weekly prioritization, reviewed PRs, and senior engineering review before merge. Most clients can expect 4 to 8 small-to-medium items per month, depending on complexity.

Send it over. If it fits, I may quote it privately as a fixed-scope sprint. It is not a standard public offer.

No. Read-only access on the First PR Sprint. Branch-only access on the Retainer. I review every diff before merge. Nothing autonomous touches main, ever.

You do. Always. Repo stays yours, history stays clean, rollback is always possible. I sign over IP on day one.

I catch it in review before you see it. If something bad ever lands, it's because I approved it, and I own it. Hotfix and post-mortem on me, no extra invoice.

JS/TS, Python, Go, Ruby. React/Next, Node/Django/Rails. Postgres, Redis, the usual suspects. Unusual stacks: send it over first so we can sanity-check before you commit.

Yes. I run a parallel workstream against your team's branch model. We agree on owned files and conventions up front. No stepping on each other's commits.

Vague "build whatever you think" scope. Total rewrites. Regulated systems without proper review structure. Emergency on-call. If your task fits any of those, I'll tell you up front.

No. It's me, plus AI agents I've architected and supervised for over a year. The same pipeline runs on my own engineering toolchain daily. I'm the only human in the loop.

Two clear doors.
Pick the one that fits where you are.