Nextside
SOFTWARE CONSULTING · BRAZIL

An MVP that scales.
In a month.

Nextside is a Brazilian software consultancy founded in 2026 that delivers MVPs in 4 weeks with fixed scope, code reviewed by a senior engineer, and AI applied with judgment. We serve founders, CTOs and product teams in Brazil and abroad.

100% SENIOR TEAM

For founders who need production-ready code. CTOs who don't accept technical debt. No pricing surprises.

Nextside delivers a full MVP in 4 weeks with fixed scope and fixed price.

4 weeks to MVP100% seniorAI applied with judgmentFixed scope from day oneSenior-reviewed codeNo scope creep
01 . WHAT WE DELIVER

What does Nextside deliver?

PILLAR 01 / STRUCTURED SPEED

MVP in 4 weeks. No scope creep.

Fixed scope from day one. Weekly delivery to production. Sprints define features, not billable hours.

→ Discovery in 3 days · Sprint zero in 1 week · Delivery in 4 weeks.

Structured speed: full MVP in 4 weeks with fixed scope from day one, no scope creep, with weekly delivery to production.

PILLAR 02 / TECHNICAL DECISION

Architecture that scales from day one.

Explicit trade-offs in writing. ADR documented for every technical decision. Real seniority makes the call.

# adr/0007-postgres-before-aurora.md
status: accepted
trade-off: cost, lock-in vs. simple ops
decision: Postgres 16 for the MVP

Technical decision: architecture that scales from day one, with explicit trade-offs and an ADR (Architecture Decision Record) documented for every technical choice.

PILLAR 03 / AI AS LEVERAGE

AI accelerates. Humans decide.

AI generates tests, mechanical refactors and docs. 100% of code in production goes through senior review.

AI is leverage, not blind automation — all code reviewed by a senior engineer.

AI applied with judgment: harness engineering, forced TDD, half-loop. 100% of code in production goes through senior engineer review.

PILLAR 04 / PRODUCT THINKING

We tell you what not to build.

Strategic view of impact. When it makes sense, we suggest cutting a feature before coding — saves a week and money.

Serves founder, CTO and operations at once — product + engineering + viability.

Product thinking: strategic view that suggests cutting features before coding when it makes sense, saving time and money.

02 . PROCESS

How does Nextside work?

No time-and-materials. No endless retainer. No rework at the end.

  1. 01

    DISCOVERY · 3 DAYS

    Problem, risks and stack understood.

    Calls with founder and technical team. Constraints mapped. Signed assumptions document.

  2. 02

    SPRINT ZERO · 1 WEEK

    Architecture, backlog, deploy pipeline.

    Repo setup in your GitHub. CI/CD in production. Initial ADRs. Prioritized backlog.

  3. 03

    BUILD · 4 WEEKS

    Weekly sprints with AI applied.

    Continuous deploy. Demo every Friday. AI accelerates tests and refactor; a senior reviews every PR before merge.

  4. 04

    HANDOFF

    Code + docs + 1 week of support.

    Deploy guide. Operational README. ADRs. We leave clean with a full handoff or train your team in 3 days.

Discovery in 3 days, sprint zero in 1 week, delivery in 4 weeks.

03 . FIXED SCOPE

Fixed scope: what's in, what's out.

Fixed scope: what's in, what's out.
IN THE MVP (4 WEEKS)SAVED FOR PHASE 2 (LATER)
Auth + profiles (email, OAuth)Multi-tenancy
Transactional checkout (Stripe)Advanced reports / BI
Transactional email (Resend / SES)Custom analytics
Production deploy (Vercel/AWS)Performance optimizations
Observability (logs + errors)Custom integrations (ERP, CRM)
1 week of post-deploy supportNative iOS/Android apps

Fast means focused. You pick the 3 features that matter most. The rest becomes phase 2.

04 . TECHNICAL TRADE-OFFS

Trade-offs we've already made (and why).

ADR language. No hype. Every decision has context, choice and accepted consequence.

ADR-007

Postgres before DynamoDB.

CONTEXT
MVP with <100 RPS, schema still mutable, small team.
DECISION
Managed Postgres 16 (RDS/Neon). Versioned migrations.
CONSEQUENCE
We accept a ceiling of ~5k RPS without sharding. In exchange: zero ops, ad-hoc queries, no AWS lock-in.
ADR-012

Monolith before microservices.

CONTEXT
1 product, 1 team, domain still being discovered.
DECISION
Modular monolith. Explicit internal boundaries, but 1 deploy.
CONSEQUENCE
We accept future refactor if the team grows. In exchange: 90% less infra, trivial local debug, ship in days.
ADR-018

Harness engineering > prompt luck.

CONTEXT
The raw model is non-deterministic. Good output depends on the harness — guides, sensors, hooks — not on the prompt of the day.
DECISION
Claude Code + Superpowers plugin (brainstorm → plan → TDD red/green → review) on top of AGENTS.md with versioned clean code rules. Senior stays on the loop (half-loop), not in the loop.
CONSEQUENCE
We accept investing in the harness before coding. In exchange: the agent makes fewer mistakes, context lives in the repo, human review goes where it matters — architecture, trade-off, security.
05 . APPLIED AI

AI as leverage. Not a shortcut.

We use AI at every stage — research, scaffolding, tests, docs, review. But every line of code that hits production goes through a senior engineer, with architecture review, automated tests and observability.

AI accelerates. Humans decide.

~3x

SPEED VS TRADITIONAL SQUAD

100%

CODE REVIEWED BY SENIORS

0

RELEASES WITHOUT TESTS

PR #142 · checkout/payment-flow.ts
+47 −12
// 🤖 ai-review (CodeRabbit) — flagged
- if (amount > user.balance) throw new Error('insufficient')
+ if (amount > user.balance) {
+   throw new InsufficientFundsError({
+     userId: user.id, amount, balance: user.balance,
+   })
+ }

// 👤 senior — reviewed & approved (half-loop)
// rationale: typed error → observability in Sentry,
// PII out of logs, retry policy made explicit.
// harness suggested, human weighed the PII trade-off.
✓ APPROVED2 reviewers · 8 tests added
06 . OFFERINGS

How much does it cost to hire Nextside?

Price range, not flat — depends on scope. We talk openly about the range on the discovery call.

SPRINT

MVP in 4 weeks.

R$ 50k–80k

FIXED SCOPE · FIXED PRICE

  • Discovery (3 days) + Sprint Zero (1 week)
  • 4 weeks of build with weekly deploys
  • Auth, checkout, email, observability
  • 1 week of post-deploy support
  • Code + ADRs + deploy guide
Request a proposal

SPRINT MVP offering: price range R$ 50,000 to R$ 80,000, fixed scope, fixed price, 4-week build window after Sprint Zero.

DISCOVERY

Before writing code.

R$ 25k–45k

3–5 DAYS · SCOPE + ESTIMATE

  • Calls with founder and technical team
  • Map of constraints and risks
  • Assumptions, out-of-scope, dependencies
  • Recommended stack with rationale
  • Timeline and investment estimate
Request a proposal

DISCOVERY offering: price range R$ 25,000 to R$ 45,000, 3 to 5 days, delivers fixed scope plus timeline and investment estimate.

TECHNICAL AUDIT

Diagnosis in 1 week.

R$ 20k–40k

REPORT + CALL

  • Architecture and infra review
  • Prioritized risk map
  • 90-day technical roadmap
  • Suggested ADRs for open decisions
  • 90-minute call with your team
Request a proposal

TECHNICAL AUDIT offering: price range R$ 20,000 to R$ 40,000, 1-week delivery, includes a prioritized risk report and a 90-day technical roadmap.

07 . PROOF

How does Nextside deliver in practice?

ARCHITECTURE EXAMPLE

Local-products marketplace — 4 weeks.

PROBLEM
Founder had validated demand in a spreadsheet. Needed to move off Sheets into a real product — with payments, profiles and basic logistics — before the next round.
CONSTRAINTS
R$ 70k · 4 weeks · founder with no in-house CTO · 800 sellers already on the waitlist.
STACK
Next.js 14 (App Router) · Node + Hono · Postgres 16 (Neon) · Stripe Connect · Resend · Vercel + S3.
MVP FEATURES
  1. Seller onboarding with minimal KYC (Stripe Connect Express)
  2. Catalog with product upload and inventory
  3. Cart + transactional checkout (payment split)
  4. Seller dashboard (orders, payouts)
  5. Transactional email (purchase, payout, cancellation)
  6. Basic backoffice for the founder (moderation)
About this case study: real architecture from a project we shipped, presented anonymously under an NDA with the client. Case studies published with name, logo and founder quote are available on request — ask on the discovery call.

Case study example: local-products marketplace delivered in 28 days with R$ 70,000 in investment, stack Next.js 14, Node, Postgres, Stripe Connect, reaching 99.9% uptime, P95 under 200ms on checkout and zero P1 incidents in the first 30 days.

08 . FAQ

Questions CTOs and founders ask.

How much does an MVP cost?
R$ 50k–80k range for the SPRINT package — fixed scope, 4 weeks. The range depends on integrations, domain complexity and screen count. We talk about it openly on the discovery call.
How long does it take?
4 weeks of build after Sprint Zero (1 week). Before that, 3 days of Discovery. Total door-to-door: 5 weeks and 3 days, with a demo every Friday.
What if the MVP doesn't run in production on day one?
We come back and fix it at no extra cost. Sprint Zero (week 1) already validates stack, security and deploy — the goal is to never get there. If we do, it's our problem, not yours.
Do you leave documentation? Can I hand the code off to another team?
Yes — delivery includes code, README, deploy guide, ADRs and 1 week of support. The repo lives in your GitHub/GitLab from the first commit. The code is yours — never locked into a proprietary tool.
What happens after the MVP?
You pick one of two paths: (1) we ship and leave with a full handoff — code + ADRs + deploy guide; (2) we train your team in 3 days to take ownership. We only work with fixed scope, never billable hours.
Who guarantees code quality?
100% senior team — no juniors on client projects. Mandatory pair review on every PR. Test coverage on critical paths. Observability from day one. No release ships without green automated tests.
How do you use AI?
AI accelerates scaffolding, test generation (unit + edge), mechanical refactor and documentation. No commit ships without senior human review, weighing trade-offs and architecture. AI is leverage, not blind automation.
Stack — do you pick or do I?
Joint technical proposal. We're comfortable with TypeScript/Node, Java/Spring, Python and Go. The choice comes from real constraints (current team, integrations, infra cost) — never from hype. It goes in writing in an ADR.
IP — who owns the code?
The code is 100% the client's, with full IP assignment in the contract. The repo lives in your GitHub/GitLab from the first commit, with an explicit clause.
Do you work outside Brazil?
Yes — calls in English, contract in USD if you prefer. An English version of this site is now live.
NEXT STEP

Got a technical problem that needs to become a product?

30-minute discovery call, free. You leave with scope, timeline and estimated investment.

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