Stubbs

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Engineer Manager of Essential Need

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Essential Need is an Australian-based non-profit organization dedicated to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal Target 6.1: ensuring universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water by the year 2030. Our approach moves away from traditional "fire and forget" charity models, focusing instead on sustainable, data-driven infrastructure.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Stubbs to accomplish?

• Build new Frontend Pages for our website based on design provided

SOLUTION

How did you find Stubbs?

UpWork

Why did you select Stubbs over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Stubbs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Technical Alignment Design Audit: Review of provided UI/UX mockups (Figma/Adobe XD) to identify reusable components and potential technical constraints. Tech Stack Confirmation: Selection of the appropriate framework (e.g., React, Vue, or Next.js) and styling methodology (e.g., Tailwind CSS, Styled Components) to ensure alignment with existing architecture. Phase II: Frontend Development Component Architecture: Building a library of modular, reusable UI components based on the design system. Template Assembly: Constructing full-page layouts and ensuring logical data flow between frontend views and the backend API. Responsive Implementation: Ensuring seamless performance and visual consistency across mobile, tablet, and desktop breakpoints. 
Phase III: Quality Assurance & Optimization Cross-Browser Testing: Validation of the code across major browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge). Performance Tuning: Optimization of assets, lazy loading, and code splitting to meet Core Web Vitals and speed benchmarks. Accessibility (a11y) Compliance: Implementing ARIA labels and keyboard navigation to meet WCAG standards. 2. Key Deliverables The following artifacts represent the finalized output of the project: Technical Assets Production-Ready Codebase: A clean, commented repository (via GitHub/Bitbucket) containing all logic, stylesheets, and structure. Optimized Asset Pack: A library of minified images, custom icons, and web fonts used throughout the new pages. API Integration Layer: Documentation and code for any hooks or services established to fetch data from the CMS or backend.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Web development respect the design provided

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Always on time and responsive to our questions. Communication was also great giving constant updates on the project.

What was your primary form of communication with Stubbs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their high-quality work and communication were impressive.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Stubbs could have done differently?

Nope

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO & Co-founder at Cortance of Cortance

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We excel at matching exceptional technical talent with businesses and startups based on their unique needs, vision, and culture. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Stubbs to accomplish?

• We are working with Stubbs as a technical partner on a fintech product in the crypto space. Our goal is to bring in engineers with strong Solidity and blockchain development experience to support smart contract development and help integrate Web3 functionality into the platform. We were looking for a team that could join the project quickly, collaborate with our internal developers, and handle blockchain-related tasks with a strong focus on security and reliability.

SOLUTION

How did you find Stubbs?

Online Search

Why did you select Stubbs over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Stubbs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Stubbs is supporting the project as a development partner, mainly on blockchain and backend-related work. Their engineers are working on implementing and optimizing Solidity smart contracts, integrating blockchain functionality into the product, and helping with backend services required for transaction processing and interaction with Web3 infrastructure.
They are also helping improve the efficiency of the smart contracts and making sure the implemented logic meets the security and performance expectations typical for fintech and crypto applications.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The collaboration is helping us move faster with blockchain-related development. Stubbs devs are implementing key smart contract functionality and supporting integrations that are required for the product’s crypto infrastructure.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Communication has been smooth and straightforward. The team is responsive, easy to coordinate with, and comfortable adapting to changes in scope, which is quite common in fintech and crypto projects.

What was your primary form of communication with Stubbs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their practical experience with Solidity and blockchain systems. It’s clear that their engineers understand the specifics of fintech and crypto products, which makes collaboration much easier because they don’t need a long onboarding process.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Stubbs could have done differently?

So far the collaboration is going well and we’re satisfied with how the team is contributing to the project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the BDM & Business Partnership of Peiko

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Peiko is a specialized Web3 and software development agency that empowers startups and large enterprises through advanced technological solutions. The company focuses on driving profitability and growth by developing custom blockchain ecosystems, crypto exchanges (CEX/DEX), and AI-driven tools.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Stubbs to accomplish?

• We partnered with Stubbs to strengthen our blockchain delivery capacity for a fintech product operating in the Web3 space. The primary goal was to augment our internal team with experienced blockchain engineers who could take ownership of smart contract development, protocol integrations, and backend infrastructure related to digital asset management and transaction processing. We needed a team that could plug into our workflow quickly, operate in an outstaff model, and execute complex blockchain tasks without compromising security or performance.

SOLUTION

How did you find Stubbs?

Online Search

Why did you select Stubbs over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Stubbs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Stubbs operated as an extended engineering unit within our team under an outstaff model. Their blockchain engineers were responsible for developing and optimizing smart contracts, implementing secure transaction logic, and integrating multiple DeFi-related protocols into our fintech ecosystem.
Key deliverables included production-ready smart contracts, optimized gas-efficient transaction flows, secure wallet interaction logic, and backend services supporting digital asset operations. Their team also contributed to security reviews and architectural decisions.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The technical results from the testnet phase have been outstanding. Peiko’s engineering team managed to significantly drive down gas consumption for rebalancing transactions through expert code optimization. Beyond immediate cost savings, the underlying logic for automated yield management has proven to be incredibly resilient. We now have a rock-solid architectural framework that allows us to integrate additional protocols seamlessly without any trade-offs in security or system throughput. It is a masterclass in Web3 optimization.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Project management was structured and transparent. They responded quickly to scope adjustments and were comfortable navigating the fast-paced changes typical for fintech and blockchain products. Deliverables were consistently provided on time and met our quality expectations.

What was your primary form of communication with Stubbs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their ability to combine blockchain specialization with practical fintech understanding. They demonstrated not only technical knowledge but also awareness of regulatory sensitivity, security implications, and performance constraints.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Stubbs could have done differently?

Overall, the collaboration met our expectations. Communication and delivery were strong throughout the engagement.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder of Wicked Tennis

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Wicked Tennis is an innovative and user-friendly online tennis league that makes it easy for players to quickly set up competitive or practice matches without the use of email or back-and-forth communication.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Stubbs to accomplish?

• Create an intuitive, user-friendly tennis matchmaking app
• Set a new standard for club level tennis software

SOLUTION

How did you find Stubbs?

Online Search

Why did you select Stubbs over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned
• Communication

How many teammates from Stubbs were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Design a mobile friendly app for tennis match making from start to finish.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The app was developed on time for a successful tennis spring season launch and has since gained many users. The feedback has been impressive in all aspects of its functionality and continues to get better. We have attracted over 390 users, which is significant for local tennis league.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Everything was delivered on time, and in times when a potential issue happened, they always stepped up and corrected problems the same day. Software development never goes perfectly, and it was great to know we had a very responsive partner in Stubbs. In the early stages, they were very good at understanding what needed to be done and it always felt like we were on the same page.

What was your primary form of communication with Stubbs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Even though we were several time zones away, the communication was excellent. We had one or two scoping calls, and the rest was handled flawlessly through Slack. They were always super responsive. I am most impressed with the quality of their design. 

They have some excellent UI/UX designers with no shortage of ideas on how to make thing look and work amazing. I'm a designer myself and leaned on them constantly for top-notch solutions to various use cases.Finding good design in development companies is not easy, and Stubbs has all of it.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Stubbs could have done differently?

I have none. I don't know how this project could have gone any better. We owe a lot of our success to Stubbs.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Arbela

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a decentralised investment research platform

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Stubbs to accomplish?

• Build a web application for our users
• Build an admin panel for our staff
• Complete the above goals on time

SOLUTION

How did you find Stubbs?

• Online Search
• Upwork

Why did you select Stubbs over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Stubbs were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The scope was to deliver a comprehensive web application that gives our community the ability to add, and discuss investments. Additionally there is a sign up/ login process, settings, profile pages etc. It was the first phase necessary in our projects development and it is the foundation that we will continue to build upon.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The project was broken down into three phases, with the web application being useable after the completion of the second phase. The third stage mostly consisted of changes that were made based on our communities feedback.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Communication with Stubbs was great. They were fast and were able to ask the correct questions to accurately organise and price the works.

What was your primary form of communication with Stubbs?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

A risk with other developers is that they will only do the work explicitly outlined to them. Stubbs was able to examine the project at a high level and quickly understand how all the work fit together. This allowed us to plan and execute the development in a methodical, organised, and fast way.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Stubbs could have done differently?

Stubbs were great, I hope they are able to expand their team to dedicate more resources per project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

ChangeAgents AEC are performance assessors, educators, process engineers and visual communicators. CA operates internationally out of Melbourne, Australia since 2004 and focuses on facilitating the digital transformation of the Built Environment through knowledge exchange and performance assessment at different organisational scales. Its services are a product of continuous and open knowledge-exchange across borders and are offered as a series of innovative tools, workflows, and strategies.

Relying exclusively on research-based methods, CA has assisted many public and private clients to improve their internal digital performance and the abilities of their value chains. Services include developing custom web applications to meet each client's - often complex - requirements. I'm the Director ChangeAgents, the lead researcher, and visual communicator.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Stubbs, and what were your goals?

This is the third iteration of the BIM Dictionary (https://BIMdictionary.com) and it required a complete rethink - new DB structure and wholly rethought front end. We hired Stubbs to assist us in implementing the new design.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Stubbs has provided us with flexible resourcing and access to excellent talent. Flexibility and quality of service have been the reasons why we chose Stubbs.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The BIM Dictionary is a complex web application with multiple user roles. These include a Head Editor, multiple Editorial Teams, and non-authenticated users that have extensive access to free functionalities. The project is open-source and require localisation of all features. Part of the project include high-fidelity interactive schemas that needed pixel-perfect attention to detail. The Stubbs team worked on the Front End which is done mostly Reactjs off detailed mockups done in Figma.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Over the past many months, four people worked with us from the Stubbs team. All were FE web developers, two were senior developers leading parts of the project. They worked with other colleagues from different vendors and the work progressed smoothly and efficiently.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

The project is still ongoing and we are very pleased with the deliverables so far. Working with Stubbs has been very collegial and the teams operated efficiently towards the deliverables.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The web applications we typically design and deliver are quite complex and require an agile-mindset yet an informal approach. Tasks are detailed by the product owner in Asana based on interactive mockups in Figma. Tasks are collated in batches but due to the development speed, developers had to respond quickly to design changes and implement QA tasks as soon as they are reported.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We are impressed by their open management style, care for employees, and flexibility when requesting extended services beyond those originally agreed.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Stubbs operates out of Ukraine and in spite of all the uncertainty and difficult circumstances, they are/were able to operate professionally and deliver according to agreement. At the moment, I cannot identify areas for improvement and I'm happy that we are working together.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I own a consulting business called Volume Apps where we consult on custom software development. I am the founder.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Stubbs, and what were your goals?

I hired Stubbs for a number of projects. These ranged from fintech to B2B applications to social media based applications. Our goals varied from project to project but overall the goals that overlapped were some sort of UI/UX, frontend development, database setup, backend development, some kind of API development or implementation, QA, documentation, and deployment.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

I found Stubbs about 3 months prior to hiring them but didn't have a project for them. I stayed in touch with the team until it was the right time and began delegating work to them in Spring 2021. The biggest factor that lead to me hiring them was their communication. Volodymyr in specific always maintained consistent communication. I knew that every morning I could expect a reply from him regarding the projects we were working on together.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

As mentioned before, scopes vary project-over-project but typically the projects shared UI/UX, Frontend development, Database setup, backend development, QA, documentation, and deployment. Our deliverables were typically setup on a feature basis and with milestones. So we would setup a milestone to complete the frontend development of 1-2 features. The technologies we used were always the same. React + Node + Mongo.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I've worked with 10+ people at Stubbs. Ranging from the owners to the UI/UX team, project managers, and individual developers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Stubbs cut down our internal development time in half.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Every morning I would wake up to key questions regarding projects were working on and every friday I would get a full report on project status. The team also used Clickup to track progress and timelines.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their communication for sure. I never had to chase the team for any updates. They were always on top of communication.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Nothing I can think of other than considering hiring some US talent or having staff on US time zone. That would be great to maintain their culture of great project management with US time zone.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I’m a co-founder of startup Mentoly. We’re an online service for psychological consultations.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Stubbs, and what were your goals?

Stubbs created the project from scratch - UX/UI, development, and server deployment. The main goal of the project was to create a competitive platform with outstanding design, which would simplify the process of psychological help.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We’d been communicating with several agencies, asking for necessary information like possible budget, technologies to use, relevant experience, project architecture and other. Based on that answer we created the shortlist of agencies and during the next several sessions decided to move forward with Stubbs.

They provided a clear vision of project development, with possible third-party solutions for better usage of the platform and showed their level of competence in general. Besides, their commercial proposal was within our budget frames. Also, the quality of the presented portfolio of Stubbs satisfied our team.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The marketplace was developed in several steps:

1. Setting the project goals
2. Research the best technical solutions
3. Preparation of technical task
4. Wireframing
5. Design
6. Development of the Front-end and Back-end parts
7. QA and bugfix
8. Functionality extension

The following technologies were used for development:

• Front-end - ReactJS, ReduxJS
• Back-end - NodeJS, MongoDb

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

7 people worked on the project:

• Project manager
• 3 Full-stack developers
• Team leader
• Designer
• QA specialist

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Not for now. War in Ukraine has put the project on hold. Now we’ve launched the functionality for free volunteer consultations.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The team worked according to the Scrum methodology with the distribution of tasks into 2 weeks Sprints. Every week we received a report on the work performed. Any additional tasks were estimated and provided the time and cost. Most of the communication took place in Telegram and we also got the access to Clickup and all the tasks there.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Loyalty, ability to find the optimal solution, and high level of involvement from the engineers to the top management of the company, we have been always involved with a team leader of development and founders of the company.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

The project took more than expected at the beginning, so this is a possible area of improvement. In general, everything was good enough to satisfy our needs.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are a design studio, offering visual marketing services and solutions to startups, e-commerce sites and any other businesses looking to get noticed and amp their marketing game. I'm in charge of BizDev and marketing in the company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Stubbs, and what were your goals?

We hired Stubbs to help us with several web development projects on the programming side of things. One of the projects was our website.

SOLUTION

How did you select Stubbs and what were the deciding factors?

We searched online and after a quick interview, decided that they were the perfect fit for our project and our team.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We started with showing them the design and then went step by step through all the complicated moments. All were given adequate solutions. The development was done in ReactJS, NodeJS, Redux, MongoDB

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We worked mainly with Volodymyr as the CTO and project manager, and Nikolay on the business side of things. Both are very client-oriented and highly professional.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

All our clients absolutely love the new website!

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

The Stubbs team communicated with us constantly through Skype and email, so we always knew where things stood. The project was done in a timely manner.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They always found a solution to any challenge, no matter how complicated the design looked, and never said "it can't be done". Always there to help, even after the project was already completed.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

They are always quick to fix any bugs, so just the usual course of website development...

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We are selling goods for your comfortable sleep like beds and mattrasses. I am new buissnes director of this company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Stubbs, and what were your goals?

Our old website was created 5 years ago and unfortunatly it was really bad, uncomfortable for users and bad for selling. Thats was why decided to start searching new company for development our new web site. Our main goals:

• Refresh previous design version
• Increase website speed
• Improve UX for User convenience
• Increase conversion rate through additional functionality

SOLUTION

How did you select Stubbs and what were the deciding factors?

Recommendations, high level portfolio and good reviews were the key selection factors.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

The scope of work included next steps:

• Prototyping and UX testing
• Creating design
• Frontend and back end development
• QA and bug fixing 
• Deploying site on the server, https installation

Technologies, that were used:

• Figma
• HTML5
• CSS3
• React
• Redux
• MongoDB
• NodeJS

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I'd been cooperating with Project manager. As far as I know, several specialists worked on the project: 

1. Designer
2. 2 full-stack developers
3. QA specialist

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Comparing with the previous version, the level of sales has increased by 300% from paid sources of traffic. The average check has increased by 40% compared with the previous site version.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

All the work was divided into sprints and tracked in Jira. I got a report for each week. There were two demos during website development. For communication, we used Telegram messenger and Gmail.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I like the way of delivery. They have high standards of development and excellent communication process. Weekly reports.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not sure. It's possible to add new functionality, but it's not necessary for now.