70% of the backlog is never done. Leave it to SonOf.
70% of the backlog is never done. Leave it to SonOf.
SonOf carries the genes of every engineer in computing history. Connect your repo. Connect your PM tool. SonOf writes the tickets, estimates them, and ships the ones you approve. Zero AI slop, our senior engineer in command.
Demo →Free code audit ◯
NO RETAINER·NO SETUP FEE·NO LOCK-IN
◇ Who it's for · Three shapes of the same problem
3 PROFILES
Who SonOf is for.
Three different shapes of the same problem: more code than the people you have can ship. Pick the one that sounds like you.
01 / 03
SOLO FOUNDER
THE STRANDED
Inherited a codebase you can’t read. The product runs. The original developer doesn’t.
OPEN▼
02 / 03
GROWING TEAM
THE STRETCHED
Founder-led startup with 1–5 in-house developers and a backlog bigger than the team can ship.
CLICK TO OPEN▸
03 / 03
CTO / ENG MANAGER
THE STALLED
Running a 10–30 person team that can’t hire fast enough. Roadmap slipping quarter after quarter.
CLICK TO OPEN▸
▶OVERVIEW
You shipped v1 with a freelancer, on Lovable or Bolt, or with an agency that took your money and left you with a codebase you can’t read. The product runs. The original developer doesn’t.
TEAM1 — YOU
OWNERNOBODY
BUDGETTIGHT
▶CHALLENGE
- Every dev conversation ends in "it depends."
- You can’t tell a good engineer from a bad one.
- The original developer ghosted you.
- Hiring a CTO costs equity you don’t have.
- The backlog grows. The product doesn’t.
- The audit is free, always — the report is yours regardless of what happens next.
- If a PR doesn’t ship to production, your deposit comes back.
- If the work isn’t what you expected, the default is we redo it — no extra charge.
- If after rework it’s still not right, the money-back guarantee returns the deposit on any code that didn’t reach production.
- If you cancel, you keep the audit, the knowledge base, and every PR that shipped. Nothing clawed back.
▶GAIN FROM SONOF
SonOf becomes your entire engineering function. We audit your product, write the backlog, ship the tickets you approve, and review every line of code through a senior engineer. You stay in charge without reading a single line of code.
FULL ENG FUNCTIONNO CTO HIREYOU APPROVE EACH TICKET
◆ How it works
Six steps to an empty backlog.
From the moment you connect a repo to the moment a feature ships to production.
STEP 01 / 06
01
ON THE SAME PAGE
Connect
Code repo. Ticket history. Product docs. Slack threads. SonOf reads everything as one context. Onboarding in minutes, not months.
▶ INTEGRATIONS · CONNECT YOUR STACK4/4 LIVE
GIT
github.com/piedpiper/main
CONNECTED
PM TOOL
piedpiper.atlassian.net
CONNECTED
TICKETS
app.clickup.com/piedpiper
CONNECTED
DOCS
piedpiper.notion.site
CONNECTED
CHAT
piedpiper.slack.com
CONNECTED
MEETINGS
app.fireflies.ai/piedpiper
CONNECTED
DESIGN
figma.com/team/piedpiper
CONNECTED
WHITEBOARD
miro.com/app/piedpiper
CONNECTED
CONTEXT INJECTED · 12,431 FILES · 847 TICKETS · 2,134 DOCS · 18,942 MESSAGES
02
POINT 0
Audit
SonOf scans your codebase and your knowledge base. Surfaces issues, blockers, and tech debt. Reports your readiness to ship — in plain English.
▶ POINT 0 · AUDIT REPORTCLIENT: PP-INC
SECURITY4 FINDINGS
▶Hooli auth token committed to public repo
HAZARD · HIGH
▶No CSP headers — vulnerable to nested iframe injection
WARN · MED
▶weissman-score-calc 0.4.7 — unmaintained since S5
WARN · MED
▶Plaintext credentials in /erlich-incubator-onboarding/
HAZARD · HIGH
TECH DEBT14 FINDINGS
▶143 TODO comments authored by E.B. (pre-incubator era)
DEAD · LOW
▶compression/middleout.ts — 847-line function in one file
WARN · MED
▶Duplicate auth logic across 11 files — one per pivot
WARN · MED
ARCHITECTURE3 FINDINGS
▶Direct DB access in 6 controllers — ORM abandoned during fridge-server pivot
HAZARD · HIGH
▶No background job queue — async work runs on Anton (sole sysadmin)
WARN · MED
▶Decentralized peer-to-peer overlay — 1 confirmed peer
HAZARD · HIGH
READINESS SCORE · 6.4 / 10TICKETS GENERATED · 99
03
PREPARATION
Backlog
From the audit and your existing backlog, SonOf writes tickets — fixes for what’s broken, plus enriched versions of what you already had.
▣ BACKLOG19 GENERATED · 6 ENRICHED
| ID | TITLE | SOURCE | SP | | ------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---- | | TKT-101 | Fix exposed secret in env example | AUDIT | 2 SP | | TKT-102 | Upgrade lodash to ^4.17.21 | AUDIT | 1 SP | | TKT-103 | Refactor users.controller.ts | AUDIT | 8 SP | | TKT-104 | Add CSP headers to express config | AUDIT | 3 SP | | TKT-105 | Move auth logic into shared service | AUDIT | 5 SP | | TKT-106 | User can edit their bio | ENRICHED FROM JIRA | 5 SP | | TKT-107 | Stripe checkout flow | ENRICHED FROM JIRA | 5 SP | | TKT-108 | Slack notification on signup | ENRICHED FROM JIRA | 3 SP |
TOTAL · 32 SPESTIMATED $11,200 SHIPPED
04
SECOND PASS
Review
You pick the tickets that matter. A senior tech lead reads them, checks context, and assigns story points.
▶ REVIEW · M. BOROZENETS · TECH LEADTKT-103
Refactor compression/middleout.ts
FILE
src/compression/middleout.ts:142–989
ESTIMATE
8 SP
STATUS
REVIEW
▶Split into 4 codec stages — encode / optimize / verify / emit
▶Replace inline tip-to-tip constants with parameterized config
▶FORBIDDEN: any reference to v0 middleout helpers — use shared codec lib
▶ACCEPTANCE: Weissman score ≥ 2.89 on benchmark suite + 6 new test cases
SIGNED BY · M. BOROZENETS · 04:18:11 UTCAPPROVED
6 OF 19 TICKETS REVIEWEDNEXT: TKT-104
05
BACKLOG ON THE CLOCK
Approve
You sign off, ticket by ticket. The orchestrator dispatches the agents. They run 24/7 on a proprietary workflow. Every PR signed by a human before merge.
☰ APPROVAL QUEUE · 19 TICKETS · CLIENT: PP-INCYOUR DECISION
✓
TKT-101
Remove Hooli token from public repo
2 SP
✓
TKT-102
Patch weissman-score-calc
1 SP
✓
TKT-103
Refactor middleout.ts (847-line fn)
8 SP
TKT-104
Add CSP headers — deferred until next pivot
3 SP
✓
TKT-105
Consolidate 11 auth modules — one per pivot
5 SP
✓
TKT-106
Founder edits pitch deck
5 SP
✓
TKT-107
Compression-tier checkout
5 SP
✓
TKT-108
New peer notification on join
3 SP
APPROVED · 7 TICKETS · 29 SP · $14,500 IF SHIPPEDDISPATCH AGENTS ▶
2 DEFERRED · 10 PENDINGNEXT INTAKE 04 MAY
06
EMPTY QUEUE
Ship
Review shipped work on staging. Approve. Features land in production. The bill arrives only for what shipped.
✓ SHIPPED · PRODUCTION · MIDDLEOUT-3.1.57 PRS MERGED
TKT-101
Remove Hooli token
MERGED
$1,000
TKT-102
Patch weissman-score-calc
MERGED
$500
TKT-103
Refactor middleout.ts
MERGED
$4,000
TKT-105
Consolidate auth modules
MERGED
$2,500
TKT-106
Founder pitch deck editor
MERGED
$2,500
TKT-107
Compression-tier checkout
MERGED
$2,500
TKT-108
Peer-join notification
MERGED
$1,500
INVOICE · APR 2026 · WEEK 04
29 SP SHIPPED · 0 SP REJECTED · $0 OVERAGE
$14,500
BILLED ON DEPLOYAUDIT LOG · CSV READY
You pay for the landing,
not the flying.Most engineering vendors charge for the work. SonOf charges for the result.
NO RETAINERNO MINIMUMNO LOCK-IN
◐ Landscape · Where SonOf sits vs. everything else
We sit where nothing else does.
Vibe-coding tools build new. Autonomous agents ship without a human in the loop. Freelancers and agencies sell hours. None audit your product, plan dependency-aware work, gate on a senior engineer, and bill only on shipped code.
| | SONOF | LOVABLE | VIBE-CODING | FREELANCER | AGENCY | IN-HOUSE | | ------------------------------ | ----- | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | --------- | -------- | | 24/7 shipping | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | | Full context | ✓ | — | — | 1 dev | weeks | months | | Free audit | ✓ | — | — | — | weeks | weeks | | Production grade code | ✓ | prototype | prototype | varies | slow | varies | | Pay per ship | ✓ | subscription | subscription | hourly | retainer | salary | | Human gate | ✓ | — | — | inconsistent | yes, slow | varies | | Cost per identical deliverable | $1–3K | IMPOSSIBLE | IMPOSSIBLE | $4–16K | $10–30K | $15–25K |
◆ WHO WE ARE
Eight years of shipping. Now productized.
Eight years running a software development studio, Fulcrum. 100+ products shipped. We moved fully to agentic development on every internal engagement. SonOf is that workflow — productized, plug and play, quality intact.
8yr
Studio operating
100+
Products shipped
100%
Agentic workflow
"They have a good process in place so it’s easy to follow exactly what they’re doing."
— Product VP, Software Development Company
"They expertly identified when to leverage third-party solutions to accelerate our time to market and when to remove nonessential features."
— Executive, Camacho Engineering Capital
"They were often on the client’s side when making decisions, actively trying to limit unnecessary costs and find practical solutions."
— CEO, Wilow
"We don’t have to explain to them why something is important."
— Co-Founder & CEO, Zuri Fertility
◯ Pricing · Per story point · $100 / SP · invoiced on deploy
5 TIERS · 30% MAX OFF
◆ PRICING · PER STORY POINT · INVOICED ON DEPLOY
If we miss we redo. Still miss, money back.
Bundles AI compute, senior engineer review, and orchestration. Roughly one working week of AI-assisted development without an agentic stack. Deposit upfront, pay only when it ships.
UNIT · 1 SP = $100BILLED · ON DEPLOYREJECTED · $0
01
Flexible
No commitment
FLEX · PAY-AS-YOU-GO
Pay As You Go
Open a ticket, relax, then look at the empty backlog.
$100
per story point
Free Audit →
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Monthly · save up to 30%\* Free tequila bottle
50 SP / mo
$4,500
10% off
Free Audit →
Output of 1–2 in-house engineers.
None of the hiring.
Free Audit →
▶ POPULAR
100 SP / mo
$8,000
20% off
Free Audit →
Output of 2–4 in-house engineers.
None of the payroll.
Free Audit →
200 SP / mo
$14,000
30% off
Free Audit →
Output of 4–8 in-house engineers.
None of the org chart.
Free Audit →
FAQ
Things people ask before they connect their repo.
If your question isn’t here, free audit.
◉ General10◍ Pricing & billing08◐ Vs. alternatives06◆ Code ownership & IP06
Q.01
What is SonOf?
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SonOf is an agentic engineering service that ships production code into your existing product. It connects to your repository, project management tool (Jira, Linear, ClickUp), documentation (Notion), and team chat (Slack); runs a proprietary agentic audit; generates a dependency-mapped backlog with story-point estimates; and ships the tickets you approve. SonOf is built by Fulcrum, a software development agency that has shipped 100+ products since 2018.
Q.02
What is a story point in SonOf?
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A story point is SonOf’s unit of work. It bundles the AI compute, the senior engineer’s review time, and the orchestration overhead required to deliver one shippable chunk of work. Each story point costs a flat $100. As a rough comparison: one SonOf story point is approximately the output a developer would produce in one working week using AI-assisted development without an agentic stack. SonOf delivers that same output in significantly less calendar time. Multiple very-small tickets can be bundled into a single story point so no work below the $100 minimum gets fragmented.
Q.03
Who is SonOf for?
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SonOf is built for products that already have traction and a backlog larger than the existing team can ship. That includes founder-led companies, mid-stage startups facing hiring constraints, and engineering teams of 10 to 20 people who need more throughput without restructuring. SonOf integrates into existing teams as additional capacity — it does not require firing anyone or rebuilding from scratch. For non-technical founders specifically, SonOf can fully replace an in-house development team and ship only the work that matters.
Q.04
Can SonOf work on my existing product, or do I have to start from scratch?
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SonOf is built primarily for existing products. The proprietary agentic audit is designed for the “this codebase is unreadable to a new developer” problem — the kind of legacy onboarding that normally takes a new hire two to four weeks. SonOf’s audit completes that in 24 hours. Building a new product from scratch is also possible, but typically requires a separate scoping conversation. The largest value SonOf delivers is plugging into a working product without weeks of onboarding.
Q.05
How long does it take to onboard SonOf to my product?
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24 hours. SonOf’s proprietary agentic audit reads your code, your tickets, your documentation, and your team chat in parallel and produces a comprehensive knowledge base on day one. After the audit, an internal SonOf agent can answer most questions about your product without needing to ask you. When clarification is required — design intent, business context, edge cases — SonOf asks once, in writing, with the context attached. The total time your team spends explaining things is a fraction of what a new developer or a generic AI agent would require.
Q.06
Do I need to be technical to use SonOf?
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No. SonOf is designed so a non-technical founder can run it as their entire development function — and so a technical team can integrate it without overhead. Tickets are written in plain English with story-point estimates and dollar costs. You approve work before it is built and again before it ships. Agentic execution and senior engineering review happen on SonOf’s side.
Q.07
What programming languages and frameworks does SonOf support?
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SonOf supports the most common modern web stacks: TypeScript / JavaScript (Node, React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte), Python (Django, FastAPI, Flask), Ruby on Rails, PHP (Laravel), Java (Spring), and Go. Mobile: Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter. Infrastructure: AWS, Vercel, Cloudflare, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker. Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Supabase. For less common stacks (Rust, Elixir, OCaml, etc.) the agentic audit confirms feasibility upfront — if SonOf can’t deliver on your stack, you’ll know in 24 hours and the audit is still free.
Q.08
What if my codebase is huge or messy?
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That is exactly what SonOf is built for. The proprietary agentic audit is designed for large, legacy, undocumented codebases — the kind of project a new hire would need two to four weeks to navigate. The audit completes in 24 hours regardless of codebase size. After that, the internal SonOf agent holds the full context: every file, every dependency, every convention. There is no “your code is too messy for us” answer — if you can run it in production, SonOf can ship into it.
Q.09
Can SonOf work alongside my existing development team?
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Yes. SonOf integrates as additional capacity, not a replacement. The common pattern: your in-house team owns architectural decisions and the highest-risk work; SonOf handles the routine ticket flow — bug fixes, small-to-medium features, refactoring, test coverage, documentation. SonOf operates on your repository, follows your conventions, and runs through your existing CI/CD pipeline. Your engineers review SonOf’s PRs the same way they review each other’s PRs. There is no parallel infrastructure to maintain.
Q.10
Does SonOf write tests, fix bugs, and handle DevOps work?
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Yes to all three. SonOf ships unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests as part of every feature ticket. Bug fixes are first-class tickets — typically scoped at 1–3 story points each. DevOps work (CI/CD configuration, deployment pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring setup) is supported on AWS, Vercel, GCP, Cloudflare, and Kubernetes. The proprietary agentic audit identifies DevOps gaps in your existing setup as part of the recommended backlog on day one.
Empty your backlog. Start with the free audit.
One Engineer, One Engine — Aston Martin’s rule. One Engineer, One PR — ours.
Connect your repo to get started.