You're building on Payload. You hit a wall when it got close to production.
I work with teams that have the implementation capability but need senior direction on the decisions that are hard to reverse. Architecture, data modeling, integration boundaries — the things that cost two months if you get them wrong.
Who this is for
- Your team started building — then got stuck when real production complexity showed up.
- You need direction on specific decisions, not someone to write tickets or run standups.
- You want the expensive mistakes caught before they ship, not after.
How it's gone
A mid-market German e-commerce retailer needed Payload stood up correctly from the start — not just architected, but implemented. Hands-on setup of the Payload CMS, multi-language content structure, caching across multiple replicas, and integration into their existing infrastructure and bespoke asset management system.
A digital agency serving one of Germany's largest IT publications was migrating a legacy CMS to Payload. The team had the capability — but hit structural decisions around content modeling and integrations that were stalling delivery. Two sessions in, they had a clear architecture and a sequenced rollout plan.
A US signage company running three separate CMS platforms — WordPress, ProcessWire, and Ghost — consolidated everything into a single multi-tenant Payload deployment. The engagement covered schema design for multi-tenancy, integration architecture, and the data model for an AI-powered chatbot handling lead qualification and outbound prospecting. Scoped engagement, one clear deliverable. Engagement expanded after.
How it works
Discovery Call
We talk through your situation, what’s blocking you, and whether this is the right engagement. No pitch. If it’s not a fit, I’ll say so.
Before booking, you can explore the Payload CMS live demos to see multi-locale and multi-tenant patterns in action — the kind of architecture we typically advise on.
System Mapping Session
We map your architecture, identify the decisions that need to be made correctly now, and agree on where I reduce the most risk. This fee applies toward any engagement that follows.
Scoped engagement
Architecture review, data model audit, migration sequencing — whatever the situation requires. Most clients expand after the first engagement. Some don’t need to. Both are fine.
This is not a retainer pitch. If you need extra hands to execute, that's a different engagement. If you need the right decisions made before your team builds on top of them — that's this.