Most consultants advise clients on AI strategy. Derek uses AI to do the actual work — building products, writing specifications, directing architecture, and managing development teams with tools that outpace traditional methods on speed and cost.
Consultants who recommend AI tools but don't use them daily can't tell you where they actually break — or where they're genuinely transformative.
Traditional firms charge for the headcount that AI has already replaced. One AI-enabled practitioner can match what used to require a team — at a fraction of the cost.
AI doesn't replace judgment. But it compresses the distance between decision and deliverable — dramatically. Most engagements don't need to move at agency speed.
Every engagement runs with Claude and Claude Code as part of the workflow — not as a novelty, but as the tool that closes the gap between strategic direction and concrete output. That means specifications written to engineering precision, codebases reviewed in depth, and design briefs that land the first time.
Early-stage, moving fast, no full-time CTO. Here is what an AI-enabled fractional engagement looked like in practice.
The company needed a credible public presence quickly. Instead of an agency engagement measured in months, the site was designed and built directly using Claude Code — from initial concept through deployment.
Engineering-grade documentation covering product architecture, API design, data models, and integration contracts — written to the standard a senior developer can build against without ambiguity.
Clear, detailed direction for the development team on interface patterns, interaction design, and visual standards — produced at a pace that kept up with product decisions rather than trailing behind them.
Sourced, hired, and onboarded the development team. Provided ongoing oversight of the codebase — reviewing output, catching architectural drift, and keeping the team aligned to the technical intent.
Faster delivery and lower cost than a comparable agency or in-house team — without sacrificing quality. Output that a team of three would produce over months, delivered in weeks by one person with the right tools and the judgment to use them well.
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