Question 1

Precode vs a traditional agency — what's the difference?

Accepted Answer

Agencies run eight to twelve week timelines, juggle dozens of clients, put juniors on the work and lose half the budget to overhead. We deliver in five days, work on one project at a time, have senior people do the work, and you own the code.

Question 2

Myth: you can't design something good in five days.

Accepted Answer

You can — if you remove the things that make projects slow. Precode designed 100+ screens for Navmii, an app used by 30 million people, in five days. The speed comes from senior people, exclusive focus and a proven process, not shortcuts.

Question 3

Myth: fast always means lower quality.

Accepted Answer

Speed isn't the enemy of quality — meetings are. Five focused days with two senior people on one problem produces better work than three scattered months of overhead. Precode delivers quickly by cutting the noise, not the craft.

Question 4

Why use Precode instead of a big agency?

Accepted Answer

With a big agency you pay for account managers, juniors and layers. With us, the people you meet are the people doing the work — 50+ years of experience, products used by 30 million people, delivered directly.

Question 5

Precode vs freelancers — what's the difference?

Accepted Answer

Freelancers need managing, vary in quality, offer a single perspective and have variable availability. We bring a proven process, two senior perspectives and no management overhead.

Question 6

Myth: two people is too small to take seriously.

Accepted Answer

Small is the advantage. No account managers, no juniors, no layers means the senior people do the work and your budget goes to what matters. Precode has delivered 90+ sprints this way, with a 5.0 Clutch rating.

Question 7

Myth: a fixed price means they'll cut corners to protect their margin.

Accepted Answer

The fixed price is agreed against a scope in the pre-flight call, and the guarantee is that Precode keeps working until that scope is delivered. Daily show-and-tells make any shortfall visible immediately, not at the end.

Question 8

Precode vs offshore teams — what's the difference?

Accepted Answer

Offshore can be cheaper per hour but adds management overhead, timezone friction, rework cycles and a quality gamble. With us you get high certainty, same-timezone working and direct access to the people deciding things — often at a lower total cost.

Question 9

Myth: cheaper offshore or freelance options save money.

Accepted Answer

Cheaper per hour rarely means cheaper overall once you add management, timezone friction, rework and the quality gamble. Senior work done right in a week often costs less than a "cheap" option dragged over months.

Question 10

Precode vs hiring in-house — what's the difference?

Accepted Answer

Hiring takes three to six months plus onboarding and ongoing cost, and locks you into a £60–80k/year commitment before you know it's right. We give you immediate senior capacity at a fixed cost with no ongoing commitment.

Question 11

Precode vs no-code tools — what's the difference?

Accepted Answer

No-code suits landing pages and simple internal tools, but it doesn't scale, looks template-based and creates vendor lock-in. We build real, custom code that's production-ready and fully yours.

Question 12

Myth: AI-built software is low quality.

Accepted Answer

The output is production-ready, documented and owned by you, on the same stack Precode uses for its own revenue-generating products. It's senior people directing and reviewing AI, not AI shipping unsupervised.

Question 13

Precode vs design-sprint workshops — what's the difference?

Accepted Answer

Workshop-style sprints produce alignment and sketches. We produce production-ready designs, tested with real users, or deployed software you own — not just a workshop output.

Question 14

Myth: a sprint is just a rushed version of a normal project.

Accepted Answer

A sprint isn't a normal project done faster — it's a different model. Remove organisational drag, focus entirely on one problem, and show progress daily. The structure is what produces the speed and the certainty.

Question 15

Myth: you need months of discovery before you can design.

Accepted Answer

For most products, extended discovery is overhead. The interface itself is the discovery tool — design it, test it with users, and you learn what matters far faster. Precode validates in a week, not a quarter.

Question 16

Precode vs Toptal or Upwork — what's the difference?

Accepted Answer

Marketplaces are a talent lottery you have to manage. We're a proven two-person senior team with a process and a verifiable track record.

Question 17

Myth: you don't really own what an agency builds.

Accepted Answer

With Precode you own everything — the GitHub repository, every line of code and every configuration, transferred to you. No clause to chase, no lawyer required.

Question 18

Why not just build it and iterate?

Accepted Answer

Iteration after launch costs around ten times more than iteration in design. Getting it right first, in a week, saves months of rework.

Question 19

My friend's nephew can build an app — why pay you?

Accepted Answer

Maybe they can code. But will it be production-ready, tested with users, maintainable by other developers, and done in a week? The gap between "can code" and "can ship a product" is where projects fail.

Question 20

Myth: design is decoration you add at the end.

Accepted Answer

Design isn't decoration; it's the product working well. Treating UX as a final coat of paint is why products fail. Precode designs the interface first, because that's where you discover what to build.

Question 21

Aren't offshore teams much cheaper?

Accepted Answer

Cheaper per hour, yes — but factor in management, timezone friction, rework and the quality gamble, and the total cost often exceeds ours, over months instead of a week.

Question 22

Myth: you have to choose between strategy and execution.

Accepted Answer

Strategy without execution is just advice. Precode thinks strategically and delivers tangible things — designs you can build from, software you can put in front of users — in the same engagement.

Question 23

Why are you better value than a cheaper agency?

Accepted Answer

Because we take so little time. Higher rates over five focused days often cost less overall than a "cheaper" agency over three months — and you get certainty.

Question 24

What makes you different in one line?

Accepted Answer

Senior product designers, one project at a time — validated designs or working software in a week, with no busywork.

Why Precode (and how we compare)