Pick your components.
A matrix of every phase, component, and dependency in the workshop. Tick the bits you want; the price updates live; submit when it feels right.
01Emertech · Workshop
Software,
quoted in
rhythmwith the work.
Cadence is how Emertech sells software. Prices move with the workshop's load, quotes lock for 14 days at a time, and every project lives in a portal you can sign off on as it ships. Quiet weeks cost less. Busy ones cost more. Honest both ways.
02Three ways in
Pick the entry that suits how you think.
They all land in the same place — Geoff's review queue. Nothing on this site auto-quotes or auto-commits. Everything is human-reviewed before it goes out.
Talk it through.
Describe what you're trying to build in plain language. The Cadence Assistant — Claude under the hood — helps you scope it out. Currently in private testing.
Write us a brief.
Old-school. A short form covering what you want, what you're working with, and when you'd like it. Geoff replies within two working days.
03How it works
A workshop, not a pipeline.
Most software shops pretend the price doesn't change. It always does — they just hide it behind the calendar. Cadence makes it legible.
- 1
Geoff sets the workshop's capacity.
A single number, 0 to 100, that reflects how busy the workshop is right now. Quiet weeks sit near 30. Booked solid sits near 95. The number changes when reality changes — and it's the only knob.
- 2
Every quote moves with that number.
Each component in the catalogue has a base price. The capacity score smoothly inflates or discounts it. At 50 you pay the listed rate. At 100 you pay a premium. At 0 you pay roughly 10% less than baseline.
- 3
Your quote locks for two weeks.
Once Cadence issues a quote, the price holds for the lock window. The gauge can change tomorrow — your number does not. If you accept inside the window, you accept at that price.
- 4
Sign off as the work ships.
Every project gets a private portal: milestone status, threaded comments, files, and explicit approve / request-changes buttons. No black box, no surprise invoices.
Why this exists
Built and run by one developer
Emertech is Geoff. Cadence is what he uses to scope his own work, and is the same surface every client sees.
What you don't see
No auction, no marketplace
Every bid is reviewed privately. Nobody else sees your offer. There is no leaderboard. This is not Fiverr or Upwork.
What gets locked
Price, scope, dates
Once accepted, all three are fixed in writing. Mid-project change orders go through a clean amendment — no surprise re-quotes.
Currently
Shipping Cadence and one retained client. Open to discovery calls.
Two-week quote locks. No mystery line items. Sign-off built into the project portal so you always know what's been agreed and what's still open.