Pricing

~5 min read · Effective May 2025

Deterministic formula. Same inputs = same price. No negotiation, no surprises.

This model solves five real customer patterns: the sprint (fast and focused), the spread (same hours stretched over months), the ghost (disappears mid-project), the equipment wait (hardware delays split the work), and the indecisive (scope changes between sessions). The formula handles all of them — fairly, automatically, and without awkward conversations.

100% post-delivery payment on verified results

No deposits. No milestones. I carry the risk.

Sessions

Duration	Rate	$/h
≤30 min	free	—
1 hour	$120	$120
2 hours	$190	$95
4 hours	$300	$75
8 hours	$480	$60

Projects

Duration	Rate	$/h
2 days	$760	$48
3 days	$1,000	$42
5 days	$1,405	$35

price = $120 × hours^0.667 — rounded to $5.

First hour absorbs full context load — your topology, current state, constraints. Longer engagements amortize that cost. Rate decays from $120/h to ~$35/h at 40 hours.

Calculator

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Hours: 8

1h40h

Tier

USDT payment (-15%)

Total

$480

Eff. Rate

$60/h

Warranty

1 year

Cycle Window

14 days

Rate Decay

Effective rate drops with engagement length.

Real Scenarios

Same 12 hours, different patterns, different costs.

Sprint

$630

12h / 2 days · $52/h

Focused burst. Minimal context reloads. Best rate.

Spread

$1,140

12h / 6 months · $95/h

6 separate cycles. Each restart reloads context. +81% vs sprint.

Equipment Wait

$500

3h + 6wk gap + 3h · $83/h

Hardware delay splits the cycle. $395 if sprinted.

Emergency

$240

1h at 2 AM · $240/h

Emergency tier (x2.0). Off-hours, production down.

Service Tiers

Modifier applied to base rates.

Remote

×1.00

I solve it, you get results

Scheduled config, maintenance, batch updates

Live

×1.50

We solve it together, real-time screen sharing

Screen sharing, debugging, training-adjacent

Advisory

×1.75

I teach, you learn, we validate

AI workflows, cert prep, architecture review

Emergency

×2.00

Everything stops, any hour, immediate

Production down, security breach, off-hours

Which tier?

Am I working alone? → Remote

Are you watching / screen-sharing? → Live

Am I teaching you something? → Advisory

Is it 2 AM and production is down? → Emergency

Tier	8h Price	Eff. Rate
Remote	$480	$60/h
Live	$720	$90/h
Advisory	$840	$105/h
Emergency	$960	$120/h

How Billing Works

Hours accumulate within billing cycles.

Each hour earns 2 days of context reservation (max 14 days).

Cycle closes at session completion or when idle exceeds earned window.

Focused engagements naturally achieve better rates.

Key insight: Spreading 12 hours over 6 months costs 81% more than sprinting — that's the real cost of 6 context reloads.

Why This Formula

The exponent α = 0.667 was anchored to 2022 rates — it preserves backward compatibility with established clients while rewarding longer engagements.

At 1 hour, you pay $120. At 40 hours, the effective rate drops to ~$35/h. The first hour is expensive because it absorbs context load — learning your topology, constraints, and current state. Every subsequent hour builds on that context.

Warranty

Scales with engagement. More hours = longer warranty. Capped at 36 months.

Engagement	Warranty
1 hour	6 weeks
4 hours	6 months
8 hours	1 year
16+ hours	2 years
24+ hours	3 years

1 hour = 6 weeks. 24+ hours = 3 years. Warranty covers post-delivery support for the work performed.

Common Questions

Why does spread-out work cost more? +

Each idle gap that exceeds the earned context window closes the billing cycle. A new cycle means a new first hour — and the first hour absorbs the full context reload: your topology, current state, constraints. Sprinting amortizes that cost across more hours.

Can I negotiate the price? +

No. The formula is deterministic — same inputs always produce the same price. This protects both sides: you know exactly what you'll pay before we start, and I don't have to guess what the market will bear. The only discount is -15% for USDT payment.

What counts as a billable hour? +

Productive time only, at 0.5h granularity. Waiting for your response, reading documentation, or troubleshooting my own tools — not billed. The first 30 minutes of any engagement are free.

Terms

Working hours: 10:00–20:00 GMT+7 (Vietnam)
Advance booking: 1–2 days appreciated
Payment: 100% post-delivery, no deposits
Billing: Half-hour granularity, productive time only
Crypto (USDT): -15% discount
Contact: Telegram preferred

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