Shipping is the point.
A beautifully scoped project that never goes live is worthless. I bias toward shipping something small and real, then iterating, over getting every detail right on paper.
00About
Hi — I’m Kylam.
Kylam’s Studio is my studio.
I’m a UK-based builder with five-plus years of hands-on software experience and a recent focus on applied AI. I started Kylam’s Studio to do one specific thing well: take the builds mid-sized teams need but can’t get to in-house — and actually finish them.
That’s software, automation, AI tools, internal platforms, marketing sites — whatever shape your stuck build happens to be in. I don’t have a category I refuse to work in; I have a quality bar I won’t cross.
01How this works
Me, plus a small network of people I trust.
I’m the studio. I run scoping, I write the code, I talk to you directly, and I own the outcome. When a project needs a specialist — a specific kind of designer, a data engineer, a second pair of eyes on something security- sensitive — I bring in a collaborator from a small network of people I’ve worked with and trust.
That means you always know who’s doing the work, and the collaboration is deliberate, not outsourced. No mystery juniors, no offshore team you never meet, no bait-and-switch between the pitch and the delivery.
It’s a small-studio model on purpose. It’s what keeps the work good.
02How I work
Four things the studio runs on.
Honesty over polish.
If I don’t think something will work, I’ll say so before you pay me. If a build is taking longer than quoted, you’ll hear about it early — not at the handover.
A few projects at a time.
I run the studio small on purpose. Fewer engagements, more attention on each. It means I turn work away, but it also means the work I take on actually gets finished.
Boring where it matters.
Modern stack, standard patterns, well-tested libraries. I don’t use your project to try out the latest hype — I use things I’ve already shipped with.
03What I build with
A modern stack, kept deliberately broad.
AI is a big part of what I do now, but it sits alongside real web, real data, and real automation work. I pick the tool for the job, not the other way round.
Web & product
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind
- Framer Motion
- Vercel
Backend & data
- Node
- Python
- Postgres
- Supabase
- Prisma
- REST & GraphQL APIs
Automation & ops
- n8n
- Zapier
- Make
- Custom scripts
- Cron jobs
- Webhooks
AI & modern ML
- Claude
- GPT / OpenAI
- Anthropic SDKs
- Embeddings & RAG
- Agents
- Vector stores
04The process
Four steps. Nothing fancy.
- 01
Talk
A thirty-minute call. You tell me what you’re trying to build and what’s in the way. I ask a lot of questions, and tell you honestly whether I’m the right person for it.
- 02
Scope
A written scope and a fixed quote within a few days. No fifteen-page proposal, no hidden assumptions, no open-ended retainer — just what we’re building, what it costs, and when you’ll have it.
- 03
Build
I build in weeks, not quarters. You get regular checkpoints, working demos you can click on, and direct access to me — not a project manager relaying updates every other Friday.
- 04
Hand over
You get the code, the documentation, the accounts, and a proper handover call. No lock-in, no “necessary” ongoing retainer. If you want me around for follow-ups, great. If not, also great.
05Get in touch
The best way to start is a short email.
Tell me a sentence or two about what you’re trying to build and what’s in the way. If I think I can help, I’ll reply within a day with what happens next. If I don’t think I’m the right person, I’ll say so — and usually point you toward someone who is.
[email protected]— Kylam