On overcoming thousands of bugs in the product.
We fixed the infrastructure and put incident response in place. With a head of product driving the cleanup, the bug count dropped by over 90%.
Finally, an engineering partner who speaks your language.
You stop chasing devs for status updates. You get your roadmap and your runway back.
Sound familiar?
- The re-explaining loop. You explain the same request three sprints in a row, and it still comes back wrong.
- Subtle bugs the team never catches. The build passes, but the product still breaks for real users.
- Releases that feel like holding your breath. Every deploy lands with a question mark on it.
- Deadlines that keep slipping. What was supposed to ship in weeks now lives in next quarter's plan.
- A client who left or escalated. A customer churned or threatened to over something the team should have caught.
From recent clients
"Last month I was able to go on vacation for the first time in years without looking at my laptop."
Brian - Founder (ProBooks)
"We are a nontechnical founder running a tech-based business infrastructure. It was obvious we did not have a grasp of the technical framework of our business, which was somewhat unstructured and vulnerable. Since we have been working with Dustin Rea for less than 2 months now, we feel poised, in control, and quite stable with our technical infrastructure. The Dev team now understands what needs to be done and when."
Olu Ayanwale - CEO and Co-Founder (Ovaflopick)
"Dustin & team make sure to ask the right questions to get to the root of the client's problem before beginning work, which allows them to work quickly and effectively on the biggest pain points."
Isaac Askew - Founder (Ygg)
A founder who walked the same path: Mike Andes, Homeworks.
Mike inherited a SaaS in chaos and grew it to $4M+ ARR. We started when his product was carrying thousands of reported bugs.
On taking an internal tool from zero to $250K ARR.
Mike's product started as something his team used internally. We launched it publicly and built the revenue from scratch.
Mike Andes
Founder - Augusta Lawn Care and Homeworks (formerly CopilotCRM and P4P Software)
What changes when your partner has done this before
Imagine waking up and knowing what to work on each day to move your business to the next stage, because your partner has been here before. That is what life looks like with a partner like me.
Your week opens up.
You stop waking up at 2 AM wondering what shipped, and you go on vacation without your laptop.
The product moves.
The next feature ships in weeks instead of quarters, and version two stops living in the backlog.
The conversations are about the business.
Your engineering calls cover customers, conversion, and retention, not bug triage and on-call escalations.
Why this works when nothing else has
Before
- Equity dilution. A breakup conversation six months in.
- No way to tell if your engineer, contractor, or agency is good.
- Devs are learning on the job. Product is built on vibes.
- The codebase rots into something the next hire can't pick up.
- Your next technical hire is another blind bet. How will you evaluate your next hire?
After
- Monthly engagement. Change it or stop it. No equity, no breakup.
- Honest week-one read on every technical person you already have.
- Proven Repeatable System for building products to $3M ARR.
- Codebase comes out cleaner, documented, AI-ready.
- You learn the framework. I sit on the interviews with you.
Who this is for
The offshore-agency burnout.
You're paying $5K to $20K a month and can't point to what shipped last quarter. You've been through the agency cycle, possibly twice, and you're tired of being the project manager and the QA team.
The vibe-coding wall.
You built v1 with AI tools (Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, Cursor) and hit the limit. You can't ship a new feature without breaking what already works.
The bug-hell trajectory.
You're between $50K and $250K MRR, and the product is held together by you personally. You can't scale past yourself, and you can't step away even for a vacation.
The post-jackpot founder.
You just landed a big contract or hit a milestone, and you finally have budget to fix what was broken. The pain was always there; now there's money to address it.
If you recognized yourself in any of these, the Clarity Audit is the next step.
Selected client work
CastIron
Built and shipped the SaaS MVP, then handed it off. The company was acquired within three years.
P4P Software
Took the product from zero to $250K a year in revenue.
ProBooks
Consolidated multiple contractors into an agentic development workflow and cut deployment time by 90%.
Ovaflopick Marketplace
Rescued the project from an agency after five years without a v1 launch. Within two months, the founder felt in control of their technical infrastructure for the first time.
CopilotCRM
Inherited a chaotic codebase, grew the business to $4M ARR, and recruited the Head of Product.
The story I hear the most
A founder was spending $8K a month on an offshore team and still managing every detail. Within a few months of working together, he had one partner who understood the product, the codebase, and the roadmap. He stopped managing developers. He went back to running his business.
He went on vacation without his laptop for the first time in years.
He told me he would like to work with me for the rest of the time he owns the product.
How it works
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Clarity Call.
Book a free 30-min discovery call to walk through your situation live. If you already know the Audit is what you need, direct checkout is also available.
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Clarity Audit + Clarity Report.
$997, one week of work. I review the codebase, the roadmap, the current dev workflow. You get a written Clarity Report: where time and money are being wasted, what to fix first, whether the right people are in the right seats. Plus a 30-day roadmap and a 60-day follow-up call.
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Control your roadmap.
The Report names the path I'd recommend for your situation. The $997 credits forward 30 days against any service I offer. You can also hand the roadmap to your existing team or your next developer as a head start. No matter what, the Audit pays for itself.
This is not a new line item. It replaces a broken one.
Common questions
What if I already have freelancers or an agency?
I evaluate what you have. If your developers are solid, I give them better direction and better specs. If something is not working, we fix it or replace it. You do not have to blow everything up on day one.
What technologies do you work with?
JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Nest.js, React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, React Native, PHP, Java, Python, and most things built on top of them. 13 years of shipping across these stacks. The technology is rarely the hard part. Understanding the product and the business is.
How is this different from hiring a freelancer?
A freelancer builds what you tell them to build. I figure out what should be built, write the spec, and build it right. You stop being the translator.
I am not technical. Will I understand what is happening?
Yes. Before I write code, I write a spec in plain language. It describes what the product should do and why. You review the spec, not the code. You always know what is being built.
How is this different from a fractional CTO?
A fractional CTO only advises. I advise and ship. The thinking and the building happen in one seat.
Can I just start with the Audit?
Yes. That is exactly what it is for. The $997 buys you a written Clarity Report and a 30-day roadmap. If we work together on a path after, the $997 credits forward against your first invoice. If we don't, you still have a clear picture of where your product stands. Either way, the Audit pays for itself.
What if I want a path without the Audit?
I do not sell paths without the Audit. The Audit is how I see what you have and write a roadmap that says whether a given path is the right fit. Without it, I am shipping fixes blind, which is not worth your monthly fee and not worth my time. The credit-forward mechanic makes the net cost zero when you continue.
Do I have to commit long-term?
No. The Audit is one week. Founder's Coaching, Maintenance, PMF Accelerator, and Scale Accelerator are month-to-month with no long-term contract. Ship Sprints are paid up front for a fixed duration.
What if I eventually need a full-time engineer?
Then we find you the right one. I help define the role, vet candidates, and onboard them into a product that is documented and spec-driven so they are productive from day one.
What if I'm not happy with the service?
If for whatever reason you aren't happy with the service, I offer a full refund. I'll do my absolute best to meet your expectations, but if it's not working out within the first 30 days, I offer a full refund.
About me
I sold my first company at 23. After that I spent thirteen years building software, including senior to principal roles at ActiveCampaign, Iru (formerly Kandji), and Laurel.ai, contract work for startups across many stacks, and five years running my own agency. Now I work directly with SaaS founders as their engineering partner.
The run around stops here.
You've paid for the lesson. The Clarity Audit is the logical next step for your business: a clear picture of where you stand and what life feels like when somebody is finally handling this with you.
The audit is $997 and runs one week, and the written report is yours to keep. The fee credits forward 30 days against any engagement you book after.