02. build.md
Build
Spec-first software delivery. Fixed price. Two to three weeks from spec to production. The spec is the contract.
fixed price · 2–3 weeks · founders & product owners
see how we build
Colombo · Muscat · Dubai — taking discovery calls
Your engineering team,
Your engineering team,
AI-native in 3–5 weeks.
Without hiring.
We help engineering organisations transition to AI-native delivery. We train the engineers who'll lead it, transform the orgs that need to catch up, and build the products for the ones who'd rather we just did it for them.
~/specshop/the-math — bash
$ specshop math
the offer, in four lines…
duration
3–5 weeks
engagement
$25–40k
senior_hire
$80–120k // per year, fully loaded
roi_year_one
2–4×
$
// 01 — the math behind transform
One avoided senior hire pays for the entire engagement.
Engineering hiring at scale-up size is the most expensive, slowest, most painful thing a CTO does. Three to five weeks of transformation. Your existing team produces what twice as many would have.
// 5-step process
From audit to measured outcome — one engagement, one decision-grade artifact for the board.
The training is one component. Without the audit, the custom workflow design, the supervised pilot, and the measured outcome, an org buying training is just hoping the methodology sticks. Hope is not a transformation strategy.
- 01.audit (as-is)
- 02.design (to-be)
- 03.engineering workshop
- 04.pilot sprint with oversight
- 05.results showcase
~/clients/acme-inc — engagement.log
$ specshop transform –client acme-inc
initialising 4-week engagement…
eng_count
34 engineers / 6 teams
stack
ts / go / postgres
week_1
audit complete // 23 interviews
week_2
to-be workflow shipped
week_3
workshop + pilot kickoff
week_4
pilot sprint complete
delta_throughput
+184%
delta_review_cycles
-41%
followup
30-day check-in scheduled
// illustrative engagement profile
$
// 02 — three other doors in
Spec-first delivery, four ways in.
Each offer is a different entry point into the same nine-year methodology. Most clients start with one and find their way to the others.
03. maintain.md
Maintain
Living specs. Compounding products. We keep what we ship working long after launch — month after month.
monthly · ongoing · operators with shipped product
see how we maintain
04. train.md
Train
AI-native engineering, taught by the team that built the methodology. Two cohort-based programmes — senior engineers and graduates.
$500–$2,000 / seat · cohort-based
see the programmes
// 03 — receipts
Nine years of delivery. One methodology.
We're not a consultancy theorising about AI transformation. We're a delivery practice that lived the transformation, built the methodology, published the thinking, and now installs it in other organisations.
9 yrs
spec-first delivery, refined across two engineering recessions
120+
products shipped, most maintained for years after launch
5
countries shipped into — LK, UAE, OM, UK, US
≤3
engineers per product. small teams, sharp specs
// 04 — who you'll work with
Two founders. Nine years. Every engagement, end to end.
No account managers, no junior consultants, no handoffs. The people who built the methodology run the work.
Janaka Ediriweera
co-founder · Product | Systems | UX
Built and refined the spec-first methodology over nine years and 120+ products. Writes the essays that the rest of the industry has spent the last twelve months independently rediscovering.
Tiran
co-founder · Delivery | Architecture | Infrastructure
Runs delivery across every active engagement. The reason small teams ship production-grade work in two to three weeks instead of two to three quarters.
// 05 — what we've published
The thinking behind the method.
The same essays our clients read before they call. Honest about what's working, honest about what isn't.
The SDLC Didn’t Get Faster. It Got Restructured.
What AI actually changes about every stage of software development — and why the phase everyone ignores is now the most important one.
read essayI’m a Dead PM. AI Killed Me.
Not with a pink slip. With a promotion I never asked for.
read essayThe MVP Is Dead. Vibe Coding Killed It. But Not For the Reason You Think.
The MVP was always a workaround for expensive software. Vibe coding eliminated that excuse. Janaka Ediriweera on why spec-first development is the only rational model for 2026 and beyond.
read essayLankanTax: From Tax Spec to Testable Product in 3 Days
Landing page, knowledge base, Chrome extension concept, and a web app funnel — all from a single tax computation spec.
read essay// take the next step
Thirty minutes. We'll tell you whether this is worth your time.
Book a discovery call. We'll ask about your team, your stack, and where delivery is breaking. If Transform isn't the right fit, we'll say so — and tell you what is.