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zvanness

Yup, thankfully!

Thank you! :)

It has its ups and downs. I guess the other big factor is that I try to limit the projects I take on, to the more interesting stuff, to try to reduce any fatigue/burnout.

This would need to be a much longer answer. But for the most part, it's through defining a clear product roadmap at the start, providing a live work in progress, as the MVP is being built, doing weekly checkin calls with Slack in between, and delicately balancing any potential scope creep.

For your second question. I don't actually do any clickable demos. Only a handful of folks ever ask for one, I tell them to use proto.io or Invision.

I decided to try the productized consulting stuff about 5 years ago. I haven't changed the landing page much - https://breue.com/

I'm happy to answer any questions.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2020) on Friday May 01, 2020 @02:25PM (#23045023)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2020) on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @11:31AM (#22749696)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2020) on Monday March 02, 2020 @03:25PM (#22468528)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (January 2020) on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:35PM (#21941198)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (December 2019) on Monday December 02, 2019 @01:27PM (#21685188)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (November 2019) on Friday November 01, 2019 @04:27PM (#21423347)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (October 2019) on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @12:36PM (#21127412)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (September 2019) on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @01:44PM (#20869055)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (August 2019) on Thursday August 01, 2019 @11:52AM (#20584916)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (July 2019) on Monday July 01, 2019 @01:05PM (#20327414)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (May 2019) on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:22AM (#19797877)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (April 2019) on Monday April 01, 2019 @12:58PM (#19545411)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (March 2019) on Friday March 01, 2019 @05:01PM (#19285744)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (February 2019) on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:54PM (#19057220)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2019) on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @11:59AM (#18807639)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2019) on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @11:30AM (#18800787)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2018) on Monday December 03, 2018 @11:28AM (#18590001)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2018) on Thursday November 01, 2018 @11:58AM (#18355260)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2018) on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:12AM (#18113309)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

My email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2018) on Monday September 03, 2018 @01:08PM (#17903681)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

I generally specialize in NLP, text classification, parsing, relevancy algorithms, recommendations engines, etc. I enjoy working more on hard problems than the usual CRUD apps :)

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

My email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2018) on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @02:09PM (#17665182)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 weeks.

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

https://dribbble.com/zachvanness

My email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2018) on Monday July 02, 2018 @11:09AM (#17442289)
SEEKING WORK - Remote, San Francisco, Washington D.C

I'm a full stack developer and designer.

I'll build you a minimal lovable product for a fixed $9K and in 4 or 4+ weeks.

So far, 2 of the MVPs/apps i've worked on have been acquired :) :

http://crumbsapp.io/ and https://web.archive.org/web/20160730154641/http://scoper.vid...

For iOS apps, I use Swift. For web apps, I use Ruby/Rails, JavaScript.

To see some of my recent work:

https://breue.com/

My email: [email protected]

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