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Architects and pressure tests

Skin in the game, fairly counted

Product Architects can back the projects they believe in. Every dollar and hour is tracked, and it is repaid with upside when the project turns into ongoing work.

Apply to be an Architect
  1. Step 1

    Back what you believe in

    Cover some of your own build time, put cash toward a build, fund discount codes, or hold off on fees until the project converts.

  2. Step 2

    Everything is on the books

    Each piece goes on one ledger, marked at risk, repaid, or lost. Nothing gets quietly deleted.

  3. Step 3

    Repaid when it converts

    If the customer moves on to ongoing work, you get your money back plus the upside you agreed to. If the project stops, it's marked lost, in the open.

  4. Step 4

    Customers never pay more

    Your backing lowers Develofi's cost, not the customer's price. Nobody pays extra because you chipped in.

Fund your own codes

An Architect can fund a pool of discount codes with their own rules: minimum grade, how many, which categories. Prototypes started with your code draw from your pool. You can also sponsor a grant or contest.

Guardrails on spending

Every project has a spending limit. There's a soft line where people get a heads-up, and a hard line where the build stops and waits for a yes. New Architects can be set so nothing reaches a customer until it's released.

What a pressure test is

Once a prototype proves people want it, a pressure test fills it with pretend users to see how it holds up. Choose 10 to 500 users, how fast time runs, and how they behave. You get plain results: where it strains and what fixing it would take.

Pressure tests are paid, at a flat price shown up front, and some codes or contest prizes cover them. Pretend users never get real emails, texts or payments. If we can't start your test, you get a full refund.

Good questions

Can an Architect build a new version from my prototype?
Only if you say yes. You get a plain request on your project page, and a copy starts locked with its own spending limit.
Do pressure test results promise how the finished app will do?
No. They're a guide. A prototype isn't built for real customers yet, so the test shows where things strain.

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