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A development studio with one person answering
makseong is run by Maksym Burkhan, a full-stack developer working since 2013. The person who writes the code is the person who answers your email. For larger builds, developers from a network built up since then come in, and the accountability stays in one place.
More about the person behind itWhat the studio does
E-commerce and web systems: stores on Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento, sites and platforms on WordPress and Next.js, APIs, integrations and automation. Plus the unglamorous half of the work: something broke, something needs launching, something needs watching.
How the work starts
With a written scope, not a call. Send what exists and what should change, and you get back what counts as done, what it costs and what is not included. Fixed-scope work gets a fixed price, project work a range with the parts broken out, ongoing work a monthly commitment.
Four platforms since 2013
From SEO into code, then across WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento, Node.js and PHP, for clients in Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Israel, the United States, the Nordics and Mexico. Those domains are still live and listed on the work page.
Own products, not only client work
Three Shopify apps built end to end, one published in the App Store, and an astrology platform with a production API serving over 750 endpoints and SDKs in three languages. Building and running our own products is why the advice about yours is not theoretical.
How contracting works
Business to business through a registered sole proprietorship in the EU, invoiced monthly or per milestone. Agency subcontracting including white label is normal here. Written communication in Ukrainian and English.
What is not promised
No guaranteed rankings, approvals or regulatory compliance. Where the outcome depends on Google, Shopify, Meta or a regulator, the work is to build the strongest case and fix the technical cause; the decision stays with them.
Tell us what needs building
A short description is enough to get a scope and a price back.
FAQ
How the studio works
Maksym Burkhan writes the code and answers the email. On larger builds, developers from a long-standing network join, and you still deal with one point of contact and one invoice.
Yes, a registered sole proprietorship in the EU, which is what most direct-hire and subcontracting briefs ask for. The full business and contact details are on the legal page.
Fixed price where the scope is fixed, a range with the parts broken out for project work, an hourly rate for open-ended work, and a monthly commitment for anything ongoing. The scope comes first, and writing it is free.
Yes, and that is most of the work. It starts with reading what is there and writing down what was found, including the parts that are fine, so nobody pays for a rewrite they did not need.
Within two working days, with either a scope and a price or the questions needed to write one.
A tool, not legal advice - no guarantee of compliance.
Built in Ukraine, run on EU infrastructure.