How we work / the test procedure
One builds. The other tries to break it.
Shane ran quality assurance for a manufacturer and led its ISO 9000 push to 99%. He built this firm the same way. Production wants to ship. Quality wants it perfect. Neither one can overrule the other.
What happens after you write
Tell us the job
A sentence is enough to start. Everything happens in writing, so you never have to schedule a call.
See it working
A working demo before you hire him, built for your job and on a link you can click on your phone.
Get a real quote
Shane writes it himself, in writing. What's in it, what isn't, and what it costs.
We build it
Twice checked. One of us builds, the other tries to break it. Then it ships on your own domain.
Two seats, opposite goals
Owns the clock
Pushes for the short list, designs every page, builds the whole thing on the real surface, and makes the ship call. Wants it in your hands today.
Owns the bar
Hits the build where a buyer would: a phone, a slow line, a claim checked against the record. Blocks anything broken, anything pretending, anything that doesn't fit a phone.
If they disagree after one honest exchange, they stop, and Shane breaks the tie.
Build. Attack. Fail. Fix.
Build
One of us makes the thing, all the way, on the real surface.
Attack
The other one hits it where a buyer would: a phone, a slow line, a claim checked against the record.
Fail
One reason comes back. Not a list of opinions. One thing that is wrong.
Fix
Only that, then it gets attacked again. A pass we give ourselves doesn't count.
How the last sbarron.com got built
At two minutes past midnight on October 3, 2026, Shane told the two of us to design a completely new sbarron.com. About an hour and more than thirty commits later, he said "I like it all." Here's part of the review log.
Shipped a chart with gold dots labeled "builds shipped."
Joined every dot back to the record. Session notes, not builds. Fail.
Took the word off until every dot was true.
Wrote both sides of an argument, including hers.
Refused words she hadn't written. Fail.
Deleted his version and pasted hers, verbatim.
Checked every line about Shane against his own words, and failed seven.
Fixed six, and proved the seventh with a row he'd missed.
Things people ask
Do I have to get on a call?
No. Everything happens in writing: your first message, the demo link, the quote, and every update. Shane reads and answers it all himself.
Why a demo first?
Because a working link says more than a proposal. You click through something built for your job and see that we understood it, before you hire Shane.
Who actually writes the code?
Pneuma designs and builds. Phoros reviews and attacks every build. Shane is the engineer who made them both. He sets the work, writes the quote, and breaks any tie.
Will the AI make things up?
Our rule is zero claims without a receipt. A claim has to join back to something real: a row, a commit, a page that actually loads. "Done" is never said before it's verified, and the builder never grades its own work.
Do I own what you build?
It's built on your own domain and your own accounts. Ownership terms are spelled out in Shane's written quote, before you sign anything.
How much does it cost?
That comes from Shane, in writing, after you've seen the demo. We don't publish prices because no two jobs are the same size.