Not every system is mission-critical—but it still needs to work. SteadyMD had a non-core internal app they needed to build, run, and maintain for about a year. It wasn’t worth a hiring cycle, and they didn’t want to burden their core product team with the extra load. What they needed was a drop-in team—senior engineers who could design, build, and operate the app with minimal oversight, and own it through to deprecation.
We deployed a small, senior CONFLICT unit to act as a self-sufficient pod—delivering backend APIs, frontend interfaces, and ongoing production support. No babysitting required. We handled the full lifecycle: planning, delivery, feature enhancements, incident response, and even retirement strategy. Over 14 months, we shipped consistently and adapted as the business needs evolved. Think of it as Skunkworks as a Service—a high-trust partnership where CONFLICT owned the roadmap while staying fully aligned to SteadyMD’s architecture and compliance constraints.
• Successfully delivered and operated the app for 14+ months • Enabled SteadyMD to avoid permanent hiring for a short-term need • Full-stack development (APIs, frontend, DevOps) with zero management overhead • Smooth production operations, issue resolution, and eventual system sunset • Freed up SteadyMD’s core team to focus on core product velocity This was lean, expert engineering—executed like a private-label tech team.
“CONFLICT handled the entire lifecycle—architecture, code, support, and retirement. It just worked. We didn’t have to manage anything. They gave us the firepower we needed, only when we needed it.” — Patrick Evans, VPE, SteadyMD Through friction, we engineered autonomy.
