Find your next move
One question about where you are, one optional question about what’s in the way, and a straight answer about what to do next, including when the answer is that you don’t need to hire anyone yet.
Step 1 of 3
Where are you right now?
Pick whichever sentence sounds most like your situation. There is no wrong answer and nothing to fill in.
Step 2 of 3 (optional)
What’s actually in the way?
This adjusts the answer below. Skip it and the answer still stands.
Step 3 of 3
Your next move
Where you are
You have real users and real constraints, which makes this the easiest position to give useful advice from: the product is telling you what it needs. The job is separating what users are asking for from what’s actually limiting you.
You also said: It won’t scale
Worth checking whether it actually won’t scale, or whether it’s slow for a reason that has nothing to do with scale. Those get fixed very differently, and the second one is much cheaper. A security and performance review is a defined 3–4 week sprint.
What matters now
- Confirm the diagnosis first
- Find out which problem is costing you the most: support load, churn, manual work, or a limit you’re hitting
- Fix the thing that’s already breaking before adding the thing that might help
- Know what your current architecture can and can’t take
What can wait
- A redesign
- Scaling for traffic you don’t have yet
- A rewrite
- Features requested by people who aren’t using it
Common risk at this point
Building the feature the loudest customer asked for. It’s the easiest thing to justify and often the least valuable.
What I’d suggest
A Backend, API & Security Module Sprint (from $1,500) for one defined technical outcome: an integration, a payment flow, a security review, a data-model change. If what you need is broader, the Web Development package covers dashboards, admin panels, and portals from $2,000.
One next action
Book a call. Bring the thing that’s annoying you most.
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