Contact
Start a project.
hire@scrocle.cloudThat address is for project enquiries. contact@scrocle.cloud is for everything else. Quoted by scope after the brief. There is no public rate card. If the work is not a fit, I will say so.
This opens a draft in your mail client. If it does not, write to hire@scrocle.cloud. There is no public calendar: a call is useful after I have read the problem.
How I work
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Brief
Describe the problem, the current stack if known, and the deadline. Include hosting, operating system, or hardware when they matter.
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Assessment
I confirm whether the work is a fit, decline it, or propose a smaller first phase. I do not accept projects I cannot deliver.
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Scope
We agree deliverables, exclusions, and how progress is reviewed. Fees are quoted by scope; there is no public rate card.
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Delivery
You receive source, documentation, and a repeatable way to run the system after handover.
Scope and fees
Quoted after the brief. There is no public rate card. If the problem is still undefined, the first phase is time-boxed so neither side is guessing.
IP
Source and documentation transfer with the paid work unless a license is specified in the scope. I do not reuse your data, prompts, or private code in other client systems.
NDA
I will sign an NDA before a detailed brief when you need one. Send it with the first message or say that one is coming.
Handover
You receive source, how to run it, and the notes required to operate it without me. A short defect window after delivery is part of the scope, not a separate product.
Support
The handover is the support plan. Ongoing operations, monitoring, or a retainer are scoped separately if you want them.
Communication
Remote, India Standard Time. Async first: email or Telegram. Status on the cadence we agree in the scope, not a daily stand-up unless the work needs one.
Questions
- Fixed price or hourly?
- Fixed scope after the brief when the edges are clear. A time-boxed assessment or first phase when they are not. I do not publish a rate card.
- Who owns the code?
- You do, after payment, unless the scope names a license (for example an existing open-source component).
- Will you sign an NDA?
- Yes, before a detailed brief.
- What does documentation mean?
- How to build and run it, what the moving parts are, where secrets live, and what to do when a job fails. Not a novel. Not a slide deck that ages out.
- Do you take retainers?
- For systems that have to stay up, yes — after the first delivery, as a separate agreement.
- Why not a booking link?
- A twenty-minute call is useful after I have read the problem. Write hire@scrocle.cloud. If a call is the right next step, we set a time.