WEEK 47shipped to Lumen
Multi-currency invoicing
Stripe-backed invoicing flow handling AED, USD, EUR with live FX and tax rules per region.
Next.jsStripePrisma
// Forge Bench · Beta · 2026// last shipped: PR #847 · ai-content-studio · 2m ago
Ship every week.
Without hiring anyone.
Forge Bench is your AI engineering team on retainer. You post what you need by Monday. We ship by Friday. No meetings, no scope creep, no negotiations.
//01the problem
You have a SaaS. You have a roadmap. You have no time.
~0 weeks
Average time from feature idea to shipped, US SaaS founder survey (Indie Hackers, 2026).
0%
Of solo founders report being “blocked on engineering” as the top growth bottleneck.
1 in 10
Of features in the average SaaS backlog ever ship. The rest die in a Notion doc.
//02how it works
5 days. Every week. Forever.
MON 09:00
You post the brief
Drop a Linear issue, Slack message, or email. One paragraph is enough — we'll ask what's missing.
MON 12:00
We confirm scope
Sharp clarifying questions, never status meetings. If it can't ship in a week, we slice it.
TUE–THU
AI ships, humans review
Agents implement under senior engineering review. You see PRs as they open — no surprise on Friday.
FRI 14:00
Demo Loom delivered
Recorded walkthrough, PR link, deploy URL. Three minutes of your time, fully shipped.
FRI 17:00
Merge or iterate
Your call. If it's right, you merge. If not, we keep going next week without a new clock.
//03what we ship
Real features. Real ship logs.
WEEK 46shipped to Drift
Notion-style command palette
Cmd+K palette indexing every entity. Fuzzy search, recents, scoped commands.
ReactcmdkPostgres
WEEK 45shipped to Mira
Stripe webhook idempotency layer
Replay-safe webhook handler with signed retry queue. Eliminated double-charge edge case.
HonoStripeRedis
WEEK 44shipped to Convoy
Real-time presence avatars
Cursors and active-now badges across the doc editor. Yjs over WebSocket on Hostinger.
YjsWebSocketReact
WEEK 43shipped to Pulse
Background job retry queue
BullMQ-backed queue with exponential backoff, dead-letter, and a tiny admin UI.
BullMQRedisNext.js
WEEK 42shipped to Riff
Slack auto-DM scheduling
Smart sequence DMs with timezone-aware send windows. Pauses on reply.
Slack APIBoltPostgres
// 47 weeks of shipping · 142 features merged · 0 retainers cancelled
//04pricing
Pick your shipping pace.
Solo
1 feature per week
AED 4,500/mo
~$1,225 USD / mo- 1 feature shipped per week
- Async via Linear, Slack, or email
- Friday Loom delivery
- Pause anytime, no fee
// most picked
Team
3 features per week
AED 9,500/mo
~$2,590 USD / mo- 3 features shipped per week
- Bug triage included
- Priority Slack channel
- Architectural advisory
Velocity
Daily ship cadence
AED 18,000/mo
~$4,900 USD / mo- Daily ship cadence
- Dedicated AI orchestrator
- Human senior review
- Direct phone line to Sarah
// no setup fee · cancel monthly · 30-day money-back · billed monthly via stripe
//05common questions
What if I don't post a brief on Monday?
We carry your queue forward. No work, no charge that week — the slot is credited to next month.
What if the feature is too big for one week?
We break it into weekly shippable slices. You see real, deployable progress every Friday — never a six-week black box.
What stack do you support?
Anything modern. Next.js, React Native, Hono, Express, Postgres, Prisma, Stripe, OpenAI/Anthropic. We say no to stacks we can't ship well in.
Do I own the code?
Yes. All code is yours. We open PRs against your repo and never hold deliverables hostage.
What's the catch?
We pick our clients. If your roadmap is unclear or your tech is unmaintainable, we'll say so. We're not a body shop.
Can I pause?
Yes. Pause anytime with no fee. We hold your slot for 60 days — long enough to ship the rest of your quarter.
//06start shipping
Your next feature ships next Friday.
Pick a tier. Tell us what you need. We start Monday morning.
// forge bench is a forgeapp product · shipped from dubai · 2026