Engineering

The real cost of a cheap rebuild

Sam Whitaker·Principal Engineer·5 min

We're often called in to rescue a rebuild that came in under budget and over its head.

Cheap has a long tail

Cheap usually means junior, and junior means learning on your project — decisions that look fine now and cost you for years in maintenance, downtime and rework.

What to look for instead

Who exactly writes your code, and how senior are they?

Can they show you their testing, security and accessibility practice — not just screenshots?

Do they tell you what not to build?

Senior engineering costs more per day and less per outcome. That's the trade we'd make every time — and the one we'd advise you to make too.

Ready when you are

Let's build something that lasts.

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