You need a quick API integration. The freelancer goes dark mid-project. You hire an agency, pay 5x markup, wait 2 weeks. Your engineer is drowning in tech debt work. You want to outsource it, but hiring and managing contractors is almost as much work as doing it yourself.
Our solution: We productized software development. Instead of hiring or negotiating with vendors, you describe your task, get a fixed-price quote instantly, and a vetted developer gets to work. Most tasks ship in 1–3 days. No contracts. No management overhead. No surprises. We've delivered: - Bug fixes (critical production issues resolved within hours) - API integrations (Stripe, Twilio, third-party platforms) - UI/UX updates (responsive design, polish work) - Database optimization (queries cut from 2s to 50ms) - CI/CD automation (teams going from manual deploys to daily shipping) - Test infrastructure (legacy code now covered with automated tests)
The model: We vet developers across multiple tech stacks (.NET, Node.js, React, Python, Go, etc.). When you submit a task, we match it to the best developer for your stack and requirements.
Everything is transparent pricing—no hourly rates, no scope creep. Why this works better than alternatives: - vs. Freelancers: Variable quality, unpredictable timelines, no recourse if work is bad - vs. Agencies: Expensive, slow, overkill for small tasks - vs. Hiring: Takes weeks, adds payroll, you're stuck with capacity you don't need
Traction: Early users include Y Combinator startups, bootstrapped SaaS founders, and digital agencies managing multiple client projects.
Customers report: 50% faster turnaround than traditional hiring 30-40% lower cost than agencies Team focus stays on features, not maintenance work
We're starting with small dev tasks, but the vision is bigger: make it frictionless for any software business to access expert help on-demand, at any scale. You can see it here: https://www.flexytasks.dev/
We're in early launch and actively looking for feedback from the HN community.
What small dev tasks are slowing you down right now? What would make outsourcing actually appealing to you?
plakhlani2•2mo ago
The insight that led to this: I watched a friend's startup spend 3 weeks hiring a contractor for a 2-day task. The friction—interviews, contracts, onboarding—wasn't worth it. But they couldn't just ask their engineers to drop everything, and they couldn't wait 3 weeks.
Productized services work great for other verticals (design, marketing, copywriting). We thought: why not development?
The hard part wasn't the development—it's the matching. Getting the right developer for each task's tech stack. We've built our vetting and matching process around that.
Feel free to ask about pricing, use cases, tech stack limitations, or why we think this is better than Toptal/Upwork/agencies. Happy to engage.
throwaway81523•1mo ago
IME the client always wants to change the scope of the work after it starts. How do you handle that?
plakhlani2•1mo ago
We have scope of work in the quote. If client wants to change anything, depending on status of the task and the impact of change, we charge additional amount and record a scope of work change or additions.