Anton Shubin — Fractional CTO & Lead Architect
I take your SaaS from napkin sketch to production
- —Without the dev-team drama
- —Autonomous technical partner
- —Fixed-price milestones
- —Zero-bloat architecture

Are you a non-technical founder who's been burned by developers?
Overpromised, underdelivered
You've hired devs who promised the world and delivered a nightmare. I've fixed those messes.
Bloated costs, slow progress
Your SaaS is running on $500/month AWS when it should cost $40 on Hetzner.
No ownership, no clarity
You need a technical partner who owns the outcome — not a time-tracker who owns the hours.
How I Deliver — The Terms of Engagement
Zero micromanagement. Complete transparency.
14-Day Mutual Alignment Guarantee
If we're not a perfect fit within 2 weeks, I issue a 100% refund — no questions asked.
Async-First Execution
One weekly alignment call. All daily updates async via text or Loom. You pay for engineering throughput, not meeting bloat.
Clean Handoff & IP Sovereignty
You hold the root keys and own 100% of source code from Day 1. No proprietary lock-in, no vendor hostage.
Fixed-Price Milestones
Once a milestone is funded, scope is locked. New ideas go into a V2 Backlog — quoted after launch.
30-Day Code Warranty
I patch any bugs within the delivered scope for free for 30 days post-launch.
No Jargon Guarantee
Every technical decision gets a plain-English explanation. You'll never hear "we need to refactor the microservices layer" without a clear translation of what it means for your product, timeline, and budget.
Who This Is For
You are a founder, CTO, or product owner who knows what good looks like — but your current team, contractor, or agency is not delivering it. Deadlines slip. The codebase accumulates tech debt faster than features. AWS bills climb while performance degrades. You need someone who takes ownership of outcomes, not hours.
You have a technical product — or are building one — and you need architectural leadership that bridges business goals and engineering reality. You value clear communication, predictable delivery, and a partner who explains complex tradeoffs in plain English instead of hiding behind jargon.
You want a system architect who aligns with your vision, owns the technical roadmap, and ships measurable results — on time, on budget, with no surprises.
I work with funded startups, lean SaaS teams, and established businesses that have outgrown their current technical setup. If you are stuck between "it works" and "it scales" — this is the right place.
How to Work Together
Strategy Session
60-minute deep-dive with actionable roadmap and tech stack recommendations.
$350 — 60 minCTO Advisory Retainer
Ongoing fractional CTO partnership — strategy, architecture, team leadership. Weekly calls, async execution.
$3K–$5K/mo — MonthlySaaS MVP
Full MVP from idea to live deployment. Auth, payments, API, admin panel. Built to scale.
From $15,000 — 21 daysFree Architecture Audit
Send your tech stack or idea. I'll send back 3 concrete improvements within 48 hours. No cost.
Free — 48 hoursOpen Source Projects
Homelab
Infrastructure-as-code framework for self-hosting 20+ services with Docker, Traefik, automated backups, and monitoring.
Financy
Self-hostable finance tracking with double-entry accounting, multi-currency, real-time collaboration, and PWA support.
caldav-mcp
Native Deno MCP server for CalDAV. Events + tasks, zero npm dependencies, single binary. Works with Claude, Cursor, and Open WebUI.
TodoApp (CalDAV PWA)
Self-hosted task manager talking to any CalDAV server. PWA, no vendor lock-in. Built because Tasks.org had no web UI.
Content & Writing
Architecture deep-dives, cost optimization strategies, and startup engineering from a Fractional CTO.
SaaS architecture, production patterns, and lessons from 80+ shipped projects.
Self-hosted homelab running 40+ services on a single dedicated server for $50/month. Traefik, Docker, Grafana, PostgreSQL, and more — all running on Fedora at Hetzner.
Architecture breakdown and cost analysisWhat Clients Say
"Anton was a terrific partner to me in developing an MVP of a web app I've been dreaming of for ages. He is a highly skilled developer, a super resourceful problem-solver, and a conscientious and communicative collaborator."
Startup Founder
MVP Development
"He isn't one of the type of developers that just says 'sure, I can do that.' He's thoughtful and will give his honest feedback and advice on everything. Overall, 12/10 of a developer. I really got lucky with Anton."
Product Owner
Tech Lead • $55,749 • 7+ months
"On an hour consultation, he killed it. He didn't just talk, we got work done during the call. He was very knowledgeable on pretty much everything I needed and I'll certainly be going back more than a few times."
Startup Founder
Technical Consultation
Beyond the Code
🛠️ Infrastructure & IoT
- →Self-host 20+ services on Fedora with Docker/Podman
- →Full infrastructure breakdown ($50/mo, 40+ services)
- →Custom ESP32 air quality sensor in Home Assistant
- →Open-source finance tracker (double-entry accounting, PWA)
🏍️ Adventure
- →Enduro, skiing, and scuba diving
- →Traveled 25+ countries across Asia and Europe
- →Currently based in Da Nang, Vietnam
Also available through my Singapore-based agency NeatSoft PTE LTD