Build what’s next. Fix what’s stuck.
StillBeacon builds new web products and rebuilds the ones that are holding you back — then keeps shipping with a dedicated engineering pod. Three offers. Clear scope. Sharp work, not a boring “legacy migration shop.”
How engagements usually run
Most clients don’t buy everything at once. Clarity first — then a fixed build — then capacity to keep shipping.
Audit
Scope the product, risk, and cost before anyone commits. Greenfield or rebuild — you get a go / no-go and a fixed outline.
Build
Ship the production-critical surface — a new product or a rebuilt one. Core flows live; nice-to-haves deferred on purpose.
Pod
Dedicated engineers stay on the product so momentum doesn’t die at handoff.
The three offers
Product Audit
Paid discovery before you build or rebuild. Risk, scope, cost band, and a clear go / no-go.
Includes
- Product and codebase risk assessment (when code exists)
- Build vs rebuild vs patch recommendation
- Fixed-scope outline with timeline and cost band
- Honest go / no-go — we won’t sell work you don’t need
Best for
You’re about to spend serious money on a new product or a rebuild and want clarity first.
Product Build
Fixed-scope build of a new product — or a rebuild of a legacy, outdated, or unfinished one.
Includes
- Fixed-scope plan from audit (or equivalent discovery)
- Production deployment — not a staging-only demo
- Core user flows shipped; non-critical items parked for a pod
- Handoff docs and optional retain engineering capacity
Best for
New SaaS / web products with a clear buyer, legacy apps slowing growth, unfinished agency handoffs, or outdated stacks that need a modern home.
Engineering Pod
Dedicated product engineering team that keeps shipping after launch — features, hardening, ops.
Includes
- Dedicated product engineering capacity
- Sprint cadence with visible milestones
- Feature work, hardening, and ops after launch
- Direct collaboration — not a ticket black hole
Best for
You’ve shipped (with us or elsewhere) and need a team that keeps moving without hiring full-time yet.
When teams usually start
You’re building something new
Scoped product, real users in mind, budget to ship — not a pitch-deck prototype. We run a fixed build so v1 lands in production, then a pod to keep iterating.
The product is the bottleneck
Every feature takes weeks. Incidents are constant. Hiring into the old stack is painful. Audit first — then rebuild if the foundation is the problem.
Someone else left it unfinished
Agency or freelancers shipped half a product. You need takeover, triage, and a path to production — not another vague “phase 2.”
Launch worked — capacity didn’t
v1 is live, but the roadmap still needs owners. An engineering pod keeps shipping without a six-month hiring freeze.
Revenue-stage & mid-market teams
Revenue-stage and mid-market companies — product and ops leaders who need to ship. New products with a clear wedge, live products under strain, or unfinished builds worth finishing.
Idea-only prototypes & open retainers
Idea-only napkin MVPs, free “just explore” projects, or open-ended retainers with no outcomes. If it isn’t an audit, build, or pod problem, we’ll say so.
Technologies we work with
Whether we’re greenfield or peeling off a legacy stack, we ship on hireable modern platforms — and we know the aging systems teams usually need to escape.
WHAT WE BUILD ON
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Go
- Java / Spring Boot
- PostgreSQL
- Prisma
STACKS WE OFTEN REBUILD FROM
- Legacy PHP / Laravel / CodeIgniter
- Aging Angular (1.x–14+) frontends
- jQuery / Bootstrap SPA leftovers
- WordPress / WooCommerce bolted into a product
- ColdFusion, .NET Framework, or aging Java monoliths
- Unfinished Next/React agency handoffs
INFRA & DELIVERY
- Vercel
- AWS
- Docker
- CI/CD
- Redis
- Supabase
BUILD & MIGRATION PATTERNS
- Greenfield SaaS / product MVP → production
- PHP → Next.js (SEO-safe strangler)
- Angular → React / Next.js
- Monolith → modular services where it pays
Talk through your product
Share what you’re building — or what’s stuck. We’ll tell you whether an audit, a fixed build, or a pod is the right next step.