[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":713},["ShallowReactive",2],{"footer-vacatures-en":3,"use-case-zelf-bouwen-of-software-kopen-en":4,"content-by-keys-offers-en-ai-reality-check,vibe-code-kickstart,build-integrate":95,"content-by-keys-useCases-en-is-ai-nodig,vibe-coding-goed-beginnen":505,"content-by-keys-cases-en-":659,"content-by-keys-buyerTriggers-en-starten-met-ai":660},[],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"description":11,"desiredOutcome":14,"extension":26,"hero":27,"key":29,"meta":30,"navigation":31,"path":32,"problem":33,"proof":45,"recognition":57,"recommendedApproach":72,"relations":74,"seo":85,"stem":88,"summary":89,"visuals":90,"__hash__":94},"useCases_en\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fzelf-bouwen-of-software-kopen.md","Should we build ourselves, use existing software or connect systems?",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":10},"minimark",[],{"title":11,"searchDepth":12,"depth":12,"links":13},"",2,[],{"intro":15,"items":16},"You don't want to choose a platform you later have to build around, nor fund custom software for something that already exists and works fine.\n",[17,20,23],{"title":18,"text":19},"A reasoned build-buy-integrate choice","You know which parts can be standard and where custom work really adds value.\n",{"title":21,"text":22},"Understand dependencies up front","Lock-in, integrations, data and extensibility are part of the choice.\n",{"title":24,"text":25},"A practical technical route","You know where to start and which investments may come later.\n","md",{"intro":28},"Building yourself gives control. Existing software gives speed. Smart integration can sometimes be just enough. The best route is the one that fits what you actually need, even if it's the least exciting one technically.\n","zelf-bouwen-of-software-kopen",{},true,"\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fzelf-bouwen-of-software-kopen",{"intro":34,"causes":35},"Build versus buy is rarely a binary choice. Many good solutions deliberately combine standard software, APIs and custom work.\n",[36,39,42],{"title":37,"text":38},"Comparing features is not enough","Data ownership, permissions, integrations and future changes often matter more than the feature list.\n",{"title":40,"text":41},"Lock-in only becomes visible later","A quick start can become expensive when important data or workflows are hard to move.\n",{"title":43,"text":44},"Custom work is too quickly seen as all-or-nothing","Sometimes only the distinguishing part needs to be built yourself.\n",{"intro":46,"points":47},"Because 9to5 both builds software and integrates existing systems, we don't automatically reason towards one type of solution.\n",[48,51,54],{"title":49,"text":50},"Custom work is not a goal in itself","We only build ourselves where that offers enough advantage.\n",{"title":52,"text":53},"Integrations are a fully-fledged route","Good existing software doesn't need to be thrown away.\n",{"title":55,"text":56},"Future freedom counts","The cheapest start isn't always the best technical choice in the longer term.\n",{"intro":58,"signals":59},"This question often arises when the first search turns up dozens of AI tools, but not a single solution fits the process exactly.\n",[60,63,66,69],{"title":61,"text":62},"Many possible tools already exist","It's hard to judge which differences matter and which are mostly marketing.\n",{"title":64,"text":65},"No product fits completely","Standard software covers a large part, but misses a few important pieces.\n",{"title":67,"text":68},"Custom software sounds attractive and expensive","You want to know what control or flexibility the extra investment really delivers.\n",{"title":70,"text":71},"Integrations can be a middle ground","Maybe one system doesn't have to do everything if existing parts can be connected well.\n",{"intro":73},"The AI Reality Check compares the relevant technical routes and makes clear what you'd better buy, connect or build yourself. If you then mainly want to develop software yourself, a Vibe Code Kickstart can lay the foundation. For larger custom implementation, Build & Integrate can follow.\n",{"buyerTriggerKeys":75,"primaryOfferKey":77,"offerKeys":78,"caseKeys":81,"relatedUseCaseKeys":82},[76],"starten-met-ai","ai-reality-check",[77,79,80],"vibe-code-kickstart","build-integrate",[],[83,84],"is-ai-nodig","vibe-coding-goed-beginnen",{"title":86,"description":87},"Build yourself, buy software or connect systems? | 9to5 software","Build versus buy for AI or automation? 9to5 compares custom software, existing software and integrations on technology, risk, cost and flexibility.\n","use-cases\u002Fzelf-bouwen-of-software-kopen","The problem is clear, but there are several technical routes. You want to know which combination of buying, building and integrating is wisest.\n",{"hero":91,"problem":92,"proof":93},"sq-orient-options","sq-connect-nodes","ls-route-converge","EszLeZUAC_mOFpltDkfCOfBHj_6V8ytDWYOk1Zj_vmQ",[96,235,368],{"id":97,"title":98,"body":99,"catalogue":103,"cta":113,"description":11,"extension":26,"fit":118,"hero":125,"key":77,"meta":128,"navigation":31,"next":129,"outcome":142,"path":154,"price":155,"process":158,"proof":173,"relations":187,"scope":194,"seo":222,"stem":225,"summary":226,"summaryPanel":227,"visuals":232,"__hash__":234},"offers_en\u002Foffers\u002Fai-reality-check.md","AI Reality Check",{"type":8,"value":100,"toc":101},[],{"title":11,"searchDepth":12,"depth":12,"links":102},[],{"audience":104,"promise":105,"deliverables":106,"note":112,"visual":91},"For organisations that first want to know what's technically sound and feasible.\n","In one compact engagement, you'll learn what to do, what to avoid and what's needed technically.\n",[107,108,109,110,111],"Technical feasibility and key risks","Build \u002F buy \u002F don't build","Recommended technical approach","What AI should and shouldn't do","A concrete next step","Decision document + discussion with a senior engineer.",{"title":114,"body":115,"primaryCta":116,"local":117},"Want to know what is wise first?","Share your AI question with us. If a Reality Check isn't needed, we'll tell you.\n","Book an AI Reality Check","Senior AI and software engineering from Delft, for organisations in Delft, The Hague, Rotterdam and the surrounding area.\n",{"title":119,"intro":120,"useCaseKeys":121},"When is this offer a fit?","When the main question is not yet how to build something, but what you should be building in the first place.\n",[122,123,124,83],"processen-automatiseren-met-ai","interne-ai-assistent-met-eigen-kennis","ai-idee-technisch-haalbaar",{"headline":126,"intro":127,"primaryCta":116},"Know what to do with AI before you start building.","You see opportunities for AI, but first want to know what is wise. We examine one concrete process or up to three ideas and give you a well-founded technical direction. Even if the conclusion is that you are better off without AI.\n",{},{"title":130,"items":131},"What happens next?",[132,136,139],{"title":133,"text":134,"offerKey":135},"Prove that it works first?","Then an AI Prototype Sprint is often the logical next step.\n","ai-prototype-sprint",{"title":137,"text":138,"offerKey":79},"Keep building yourself?","Then a Vibe Code Kickstart lets us set up the technical foundation properly.\n",{"title":140,"text":141,"offerKey":80},"Scope already clear enough?","Then we can go straight to Build & Integrate.\n",{"title":143,"items":144},"Afterwards you have...",[145,148,151],{"title":146,"text":147},"A clear technical direction","You know which approach is promising and which options you are better off leaving alone.\n",{"title":149,"text":150},"The main uncertainties on the table","Integrations, data, reliability, risks and human oversight are made concrete enough to make a decision.\n",{"title":152,"text":153},"A logical next step","You know whether to build, buy, integrate, validate something first or stop.\n","\u002Foffers\u002Fai-reality-check",{"label":156,"type":157},"€1,950 excl. VAT","fixed",{"title":159,"steps":160},"How it works.",[161,164,167,170],{"title":162,"text":163},"Sharpen the question","We determine which decision you need to make and what a good result would be.\n",{"title":165,"text":166},"Understand the technical context","We look at processes, data, existing software, integrations and preconditions.\n",{"title":168,"text":169},"Test the options","We compare realistic routes on feasibility, risk and technical complexity.\n",{"title":171,"text":172},"Deliver decision + route","You get our conclusion, technical direction and a concrete next step.\n",{"title":174,"intro":175,"points":176,"caseKeys":186},"Why should you believe this?","We don't advise from a fixed preference for AI or custom software. Because we build software ourselves, we can judge when building is wise and when it is not.\n",[177,180,183],{"title":178,"text":179},"Engineers look at the real system","We look at the AI idea and also at data, integrations, software and operations.\n",{"title":181,"text":182},"AI isn't always the answer","Plain automation, existing software or building nothing are real alternatives.\n",{"title":184,"text":185},"We can carry out the follow-up too","If building turns out to make sense, the advice doesn't have to go to another technical party first.\n",[],{"buyerTriggerKeys":188,"useCaseKeys":189,"relatedOfferKeys":192,"caseKeys":193},[76],[122,123,124,83,190,29,191],"ai-betrouwbaar-genoeg","ai-toevoegen-aan-bestaand-product",[135,79,80],[],{"title":195,"intro":196,"activities":197,"deliverables":206,"exclusions":215},"What is included in this offer?","A bounded technical investigation with a concrete decision as the result.\n",{"intro":198,"items":199},"A senior engineer examines the actual question and the context around it.\n",[200,201,202,203,204,205],"Intake and sharpening the problem","Examining one concrete process or up to three AI ideas","Assessing feasibility, dependencies, integrations and risks","Comparing build, buy, integrate or not building","Determining where AI does and does not make sense","Taking human oversight and key preconditions into account",{"intro":207,"items":208},"Not a generic AI report, but a compact decision document that lets you move forward.\n",[109,209,210,211,212,213,214],"What AI should and should not do","Rough solution direction and relevant integrations","Main risks and assumptions","Build \u002F buy \u002F don't build advice","Indication of size and the next step","Review session with a senior engineer",{"intro":216,"items":217},"The Reality Check is meant to make a decision, not to build the whole system already.\n",[218,219,220,221],"Production-ready implementation","Fully worked-out UX or product design","Extensive organisation-wide AI strategy","Unbounded research into multiple processes or business units",{"title":223,"description":224},"AI Reality Check | Technical feasibility of AI | 9to5 software","A senior AI and software engineer assesses what is feasible and worthwhile: an AI agent, Claude, ChatGPT or conventional software? With an approach, risks and next step.\n","offers\u002Fai-reality-check","In a compact engagement we determine what is technically sensible and feasible, where the risks are and what a wise next step is.\n",{"qualifier":228,"result":229,"duration":230,"nextStep":231},"Fixed price · one process or up to three AI ideas","A reasoned technical direction and build \u002F buy \u002F don't build advice","About two weeks","Build, validate with a prototype first, or deliberately stop",{"hero":91,"proof":233,"process":93},"sq-guardrails-check","yAAdWR1HeTz_g1hVnQ1w2rPY4-tRkksM8Ro6yjOmeok",{"id":236,"title":237,"body":238,"catalogue":242,"cta":253,"description":11,"extension":26,"fit":258,"hero":262,"key":79,"meta":265,"navigation":31,"next":266,"outcome":279,"path":290,"price":291,"process":293,"proof":307,"relations":320,"scope":326,"seo":356,"stem":359,"summary":360,"summaryPanel":361,"visuals":365,"__hash__":367},"offers_en\u002Foffers\u002Fvibe-code-kickstart.md","Vibe Code Kickstart",{"type":8,"value":239,"toc":240},[],{"title":11,"searchDepth":12,"depth":12,"links":241},[],{"audience":243,"promise":244,"deliverables":245,"note":251,"visual":252},"For teams that want to keep building themselves with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable, Bolt or similar AI tools.\n","We put the right foundation in place. Then you or your team can keep building independently.\n",[246,247,248,249,250],"Stack, architecture and project structure","Data, authentication and environments where needed","Deployment, logging and error handling","Test strategy and AI coding guardrails","One validated end-to-end flow + handover","A professional foundation. Then you build on it.","sq-foundation-build",{"title":254,"body":255,"primaryCta":256,"local":257},"Building yourself, but starting right?","Tell us what you want to make and how you want to keep building afterwards.\n","Start a Vibe Code Kickstart","From Delft we help teams and entrepreneurs in the region get AI-assisted development off the ground in a technically sound way.\n",{"title":119,"intro":259,"useCaseKeys":260},"When you want to build yourself with AI tools, but don't want to gamble with the technical foundation.\n",[84,261],"product-goed-opzetten-voor-ai-development",{"headline":263,"intro":264,"primaryCta":256},"We lay the foundation properly. Then you keep building.","AI coding tools make building software more accessible and faster. But the wrong technical foundation gets expensive later. We set up one product or codebase professionally, validate a working end-to-end flow and then hand it over to you.\n",{},{"title":130,"items":267},[268,271,275],{"title":269,"text":270},"You keep building","That's the usual route. The Kickstart lets you pick up speed on your own afterwards.\n",{"title":272,"text":273,"offerKey":274},"Get stuck on something specific later?","Then a Rescue Sprint can resolve one concrete blocker.\n","rescue-sprint",{"title":276,"text":277,"offerKey":278},"Has the project gone off the rails technically?","Then a Vibe Code Rescue Audit first restores the overview.\n","vibe-code-rescue-audit",{"title":143,"items":280},[281,284,287],{"title":282,"text":283},"A professional technical foundation","Architecture, project structure, data, deployment and access are set up deliberately.\n",{"title":285,"text":286},"Guardrails for AI-assisted development","Tests, conventions and project instructions help coding agents work within the right boundaries.\n",{"title":288,"text":289},"A product you can take forward yourself","One end-to-end path works and the key technical choices are documented.\n","\u002Foffers\u002Fvibe-code-kickstart",{"label":292,"type":157},"€4,950 excl. VAT",{"title":159,"steps":294},[295,298,301,304],{"title":296,"text":297},"Sharpen product + way of working","We determine what you want to build yourself, with which tools and which technical requirements come with it.\n",{"title":299,"text":300},"Lay the foundation","We set up architecture, data, auth, deployment and project structure properly.\n",{"title":302,"text":303},"Add guardrails","We set up tests, conventions and instructions so AI tools make better technical choices.\n",{"title":305,"text":306},"Validate + hand over","We build one end-to-end path, document the foundation and make sure you can continue on your own.\n",{"title":174,"intro":308,"points":309,"caseKeys":319},"We have nothing against vibe coding. With a good engineering foundation you can build much more yourself before you need senior help again.\n",[310,313,316],{"title":311,"text":312},"Senior software engineering as the starting point","The foundation is set up as if the product will actually be used later.\n",{"title":314,"text":315},"Focused on AI-assisted development","The structure helps both people and coding agents understand the codebase.\n",{"title":317,"text":318},"Dependency is not the business model","The Kickstart has succeeded when you can carry on without us.\n",[],{"buyerTriggerKeys":321,"useCaseKeys":323,"relatedOfferKeys":324,"caseKeys":325},[76,322],"ai-laten-bouwen",[84,261],[274,278],[],{"title":195,"intro":327,"activities":328,"deliverables":340,"exclusions":349},"One bounded Kickstart for one product or codebase.\n",{"intro":329,"items":330},"We set up exactly the technical parts that keep speed from turning into chaos later.\n",[331,332,333,334,335,336,337,338,339],"Choosing the stack and architecture","Setting up the repository and project structure","Laying down the base data model","Authentication and authorisation where needed","Environments and deployment structure","Logging and error handling","Test strategy and technical conventions","Guardrails and instructions for AI coding tools","Validating one primary end-to-end flow",{"intro":341,"items":342},"A working technical foundation that is ready for you to build on.\n",[343,344,345,346,347,348],"Set-up codebase and project structure","Working base for deployment and environments","Technical documentation","AI development instructions and conventions","Validated primary flow","Handover explaining the key choices",{"intro":350,"items":351},"We lay the foundation and don't build the complete product within this Kickstart.\n",[352,353,354,355],"Fully worked-out product functionality","Unbounded feature development","Ongoing technical guidance or retainer","Extensive migration of an existing complex codebase",{"title":357,"description":358},"Vibe Code Kickstart | Set up AI coding properly | 9to5 software","Building software yourself with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable or Bolt? 9to5 sets up architecture, deployment, auth, data, tests and AI coding guardrails professionally.\n","offers\u002Fvibe-code-kickstart","We set up the technical foundation properly. After that, you or your team keep building independently with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable, Bolt or other AI coding tools.\n",{"qualifier":362,"result":363,"duration":230,"nextStep":364},"Fixed price · one product or codebase","A professional technical foundation with one working end-to-end flow","You or your team continue independently with AI coding tools",{"hero":252,"proof":233,"process":366},"ls-system-assemble","e9euJh732-H8mgX6Ag-tYTMatUDDPi69gH_31YmK9Ms",{"id":369,"title":370,"body":371,"catalogue":375,"cta":386,"description":11,"extension":26,"fit":391,"hero":398,"key":80,"meta":401,"navigation":31,"next":402,"outcome":413,"path":424,"price":425,"process":428,"proof":442,"relations":455,"scope":465,"seo":493,"stem":496,"summary":497,"summaryPanel":498,"visuals":503,"__hash__":504},"offers_en\u002Foffers\u002Fbuild-integrate.md","Build & Integrate",{"type":8,"value":372,"toc":373},[],{"title":11,"searchDepth":12,"depth":12,"links":374},[],{"audience":376,"promise":377,"deliverables":378,"note":384,"visual":385},"For organisations that know what needs to be built and want 9to5 to build and integrate it professionally.\n","Not an AI demo, but something that works with your real software, data, processes and people.\n",[379,380,381,382,383],"Architecture and production-ready implementation","Integrations with existing software and data","Permissions, error handling and human oversight","Tests, monitoring and deployment where relevant","Documentation and handover to your team","We define the scope together first, then agree a fixed price for the result.\n","ls-system-connect",{"title":387,"body":388,"primaryCta":389,"local":390},"Do you know what needs to be built?","Share the desired outcome and your existing technical context with us. If the scope is clear, we turn it into a fixed engagement.\n","Discuss what you need built","AI engineering and software implementation from Delft, for organisations in Delft, The Hague, Rotterdam and the surrounding area.\n",{"title":119,"intro":392,"useCaseKeys":393},"When the desired outcome is clear enough to scope a professional implementation.\n",[394,395,396,397],"ai-agent-laten-bouwen","interne-ai-assistent-laten-ontwikkelen","bedrijfsproces-automatiseren-met-ai","ai-toevoegen-aan-bestaande-software",{"headline":399,"intro":400,"primaryCta":389},"Not an AI demo, but something that works with your real software, data and people.","The problem and the desired direction are clear. Now it has to be built properly. We take on architecture, AI, integrations and production-grade engineering as one whole and hand it back over afterwards.\n",{},{"title":130,"items":403},[404,407,410],{"title":405,"text":406},"You take it over","That is what we work towards. We don't want you to keep needing us.\n",{"title":408,"text":409},"A new bounded question comes up later","Then we scope it again instead of automatically keeping capacity running.\n",{"title":411,"text":412,"offerKey":135},"Still too much technical uncertainty?","Then an AI Prototype Sprint or Reality Check before Build & Integrate may be wiser.\n",{"title":143,"items":414},[415,418,421],{"title":416,"text":417},"Working software instead of a demo","The agreed functionality works end to end within the real technical environment.\n",{"title":419,"text":420},"Reliable integration with what is already there","Data, systems, permissions and human processes are part of the solution.\n",{"title":422,"text":423},"A product you can hand over","Architecture, code and key choices are documented well enough to continue independently.\n","\u002Foffers\u002Fbuild-integrate",{"label":426,"type":427},"Fixed price after scoping","scoped",{"title":159,"steps":429},[430,433,436,439],{"title":431,"text":432},"Scope + success criteria","We make exact enough what needs to work to agree on responsibility and price.\n",{"title":434,"text":435},"Architecture + integrations","We determine how AI, data, existing software, permissions and users come together.\n",{"title":437,"text":438},"Build + test","We implement the hard part and also test errors, edge cases and reliability.\n",{"title":440,"text":441},"Go live + hand over","We bring the solution to production in a controlled way, document it and hand it over.\n",{"title":174,"intro":443,"points":444,"caseKeys":454},"AI only becomes truly valuable when it works together with existing software, data and business processes. That is simply serious software engineering.\n",[445,448,451],{"title":446,"text":447},"The same people advise and build","Advice and execution sit with the same technical people.\n",{"title":449,"text":450},"Integrations are core work","We don't treat APIs, databases, auth and existing systems as an afterthought around the AI.\n",{"title":452,"text":453},"Production and handover are part of it","The work isn't done when the demo works, but when the solution is manageable.\n",[],{"buyerTriggerKeys":456,"useCaseKeys":458,"relatedOfferKeys":463,"caseKeys":464},[322,457],"vastgelopen-met-ai",[394,395,396,397,459,460,461,462],"eigen-data-en-kennis-gebruiken-met-ai","documenten-en-mails-automatisch-verwerken","agentic-workflows-bestaande-software","tools-vervangen-door-maatwerkflow",[77,135,278,274],[],{"title":195,"intro":466,"activities":467,"deliverables":478,"exclusions":486},"The scope is defined up front. Then you get a fixed price for the agreed result.\n",{"intro":468,"items":469},"The exact work differs per engagement, but we take responsibility for the complete technical result.\n",[470,471,472,473,474,475,476,477],"Making scope and success criteria concrete","Designing the architecture","Implementing AI functionality or an agent flow","Building integrations with existing software and data","Setting up authentication, authorisation and data flows properly","Tests, evals, monitoring and error handling where relevant","Deployment and production setup","Documentation and technical handover",{"intro":479,"items":480},"The deliverables are defined per scope and are part of the fixed price.\n",[481,482,483,484,345,485],"Working agreed functionality","Production-grade implementation","Required integrations","Relevant tests and quality checks","Deployment and handover as scoped",{"intro":487,"items":488},"No unbounded consultancy and no feature list that keeps growing afterwards.\n",[489,490,491,492],"Functionality outside the agreed scope","Ongoing retainer as a standard component","External model, API and hosting costs","Additional work without a new explicit scope and price",{"title":494,"description":495},"Have AI built and integrated | Build & Integrate | 9to5 software","Have an AI agent, internal tool, MCP integration or AI feature built with Claude or ChatGPT\u002FOpenAI and professionally integrated with your software, data and processes.\n","offers\u002Fbuild-integrate","You know what needs to be built. We build it professionally, connect it to your existing software and make sure it can be handed over production-ready.\n",{"qualifier":499,"result":500,"duration":501,"nextStep":502},"Fixed price after joint scoping","Working, integrated software your team can take over","Set in the scope","Handover to your team, or further development together",{"hero":92,"proof":252,"process":385},"jlXsSL_a-hghGaOxvEHbZ2ARDUkoaAlfXaEkKLzQpSQ",[506,583],{"id":507,"title":508,"body":509,"description":11,"desiredOutcome":513,"extension":26,"hero":525,"key":83,"meta":527,"navigation":31,"path":528,"problem":529,"proof":541,"recognition":553,"recommendedApproach":568,"relations":570,"seo":575,"stem":578,"summary":579,"visuals":580,"__hash__":582},"useCases_en\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fis-ai-nodig.md","Do we need AI for our idea?",{"type":8,"value":510,"toc":511},[],{"title":11,"searchDepth":12,"depth":12,"links":512},[],{"intro":514,"items":515},"You want the technically simplest solution that solves the real problem well enough. Even if there turns out to be no AI in it.\n",[516,519,522],{"title":517,"text":518},"Clarity about the real need","We sharpen which problem the user or organisation is actually trying to solve.\n",{"title":520,"text":521},"Alternatives side by side","AI is compared with rules, search functionality, automation, integrations and existing software.\n",{"title":523,"text":524},"No unnecessary complexity","You only choose AI when the benefits outweigh the extra uncertainty, cost and maintenance.\n",{"intro":526},"AI is a means, not a mandatory part of a modern software project. Sometimes a model delivers exactly the flexibility you need. Sometimes it mainly makes a problem more expensive, slower and less predictable.\n",{},"\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fis-ai-nodig",{"intro":530,"causes":531},"AI lowers the barrier to automating complex tasks, but at the same time introduces uncertainty that regular software often doesn't have.\n",[532,535,538],{"title":533,"text":534},"Technology is chosen before the problem","So later you try to make the process fit the chosen solution.\n",{"title":536,"text":537},"Non-determinism has a price","Validation, monitoring and error handling become more important as soon as model output is part of the workflow.\n",{"title":539,"text":540},"Existing solutions are forgotten","An API, integration or standard software can sometimes deliver the same result faster and cheaper.\n",{"intro":542,"points":543},"9to5 software would rather earn from a good technical decision than from unnecessary complexity. We build AI, but have no interest in AI as the default answer to every problem.\n",[544,547,550],{"title":545,"text":546},"Software engineers, not just AI consultants","That's why we can also seriously assess simpler technical alternatives.\n",{"title":548,"text":549},"Build, buy or don't build","Not building is a valid technical conclusion.\n",{"title":551,"text":552},"No automatic follow-up engagement","If the Reality Check gives enough of an answer, nothing needs to follow.\n",{"intro":554,"signals":555},"This is an especially good question when AI was named as the solution early on, while the problem itself hasn't been worked out technically yet.\n",[556,559,562,565],{"title":557,"text":558},"The project started with \"we need to do something with AI\"","There is enthusiasm about the technology, but the concrete problem is still vague.\n",{"title":560,"text":561},"The task seems fairly predictable","You wonder whether regular rules or existing software wouldn't be enough.\n",{"title":563,"text":564},"Reliability is extremely important","Variable model output may be undesirable for the core of the process.\n",{"title":566,"text":567},"You want to avoid vendor and model complexity","AI should only be added when that dependency really delivers something.\n",{"intro":569},"The AI Reality Check deliberately compares several technical routes. The outcome can be AI, a combination of AI and regular software, or simply: don't build with AI. Only if AI really adds something do we then determine a logical next step.\n",{"buyerTriggerKeys":571,"primaryOfferKey":77,"offerKeys":572,"caseKeys":573,"relatedUseCaseKeys":574},[76],[77],[],[124,29],{"title":576,"description":577},"Do we need AI for our idea? | 9to5 software","Not every problem needs AI. 9to5 compares AI with regular software, automation, integrations and existing solutions.\n","use-cases\u002Fis-ai-nodig","You have a problem or product idea and suspect AI could be a solution, but first want to know whether that is technically and practically the wisest route.\n",{"hero":91,"problem":581,"proof":93},"sq-process-steps","jY_wiimcbcgfU4hJZSC-MbkrLdhoPA3RYSnl1nrt4UI",{"id":584,"title":585,"body":586,"description":11,"desiredOutcome":590,"extension":26,"hero":602,"key":84,"meta":604,"navigation":31,"path":605,"problem":606,"proof":618,"recognition":630,"recommendedApproach":645,"relations":647,"seo":652,"stem":655,"summary":656,"visuals":657,"__hash__":658},"useCases_en\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fvibe-coding-goed-beginnen.md","We want to build software ourselves with AI tools, but start off right technically",{"type":8,"value":587,"toc":588},[],{"title":11,"searchDepth":12,"depth":12,"links":589},[],{"intro":591,"items":592},"You want to keep the speed and autonomy of vibe coding without needing a technical rescue operation later.\n",[593,596,599],{"title":594,"text":595},"A good technical foundation","Stack, architecture, repository, data and deployment have a clear structure from the start.\n",{"title":597,"text":598},"Guardrails for AI coding tools","Tests, conventions and project instructions give coding agents better feedback while building.\n",{"title":600,"text":601},"Then carry on yourself","The setup is specifically meant to avoid day-to-day dependency on 9to5.\n",{"intro":603},"Building yourself with AI can go incredibly fast. That's exactly why it's smart to get the foundation right early. We handle the senior engineering part that AI coding tools don't automatically protect you from. Then you carry on.\n",{},"\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fvibe-coding-goed-beginnen",{"intro":607,"causes":608},"AI lowers the cost of writing code, but not automatically the cost of bad technical choices.\n",[609,612,615],{"title":610,"text":611},"AI optimises locally","A coding agent solves the current task, but doesn't guard the product's architecture for years by itself.\n",{"title":613,"text":614},"Bad patterns scale faster","Once something is in the codebase, AI can repeat it in more places at lightning speed.\n",{"title":616,"text":617},"The hard foundational parts come early","Auth, deployment, databases and environments are less visible than features, but fundamental.\n",{"intro":619,"points":620},"This offer follows exactly the principle of 9to5 software: build yourself where you can and bring in senior engineering where it's needed.\n",[621,624,627],{"title":622,"text":623},"No permanent development capacity","The handover is part of the result, not the start of a retainer.\n",{"title":625,"text":626},"AI tools are part of the way of working","We deliberately design the codebase so Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and similar tools can work well in it.\n",{"title":628,"text":629},"A rescue remains possible later","If you do get technically stuck somewhere months later, we can step in again in a targeted way.\n",{"intro":631,"signals":632},"This fits teams and entrepreneurs who deliberately want to build themselves, but know that a good start prevents a lot of technical misery later.\n",[633,636,639,642],{"title":634,"text":635},"With AI you can already do a surprising amount yourself","Building features is no longer the biggest hurdle.\n",{"title":637,"text":638},"Architecture feels harder","Stack, data, auth and project structure require choices whose impact only becomes visible later.\n",{"title":640,"text":641},"The product has a serious purpose","This is no throwaway experiment, but software that will affect real users or business processes.\n",{"title":643,"text":644},"You don't want a traditional agency model","Ideally you build on yourself afterwards and only bring in senior engineers where it's really needed.\n",{"intro":646},"The Vibe Code Kickstart is made for this. For one product or codebase we set up the architecture, project structure, data layer, auth, deployment, tests, guardrails and documentation properly and validate one end-to-end path. Then you carry on building yourself.\n",{"buyerTriggerKeys":648,"primaryOfferKey":79,"offerKeys":649,"caseKeys":650,"relatedUseCaseKeys":651},[76],[79,274],[],[29,191],{"title":653,"description":654},"Start vibe coding the right way | 9to5 software","Building software yourself with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable or Bolt? 9to5 sets up architecture, deployment, auth, tests and guardrails properly.\n","use-cases\u002Fvibe-coding-goed-beginnen","You want to build software quickly yourself with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable, Bolt or similar AI tools, without piling up technical problems from day one.\n",{"hero":252,"problem":233,"proof":366},"4hA0ADe7kA-2HxaPH6ZcA3a9RH-qZ_SJDyW__s2-hrE",[],[661],{"id":662,"title":663,"approach":664,"body":679,"cta":683,"description":11,"extension":26,"hero":686,"key":76,"label":688,"meta":689,"navigation":31,"path":690,"proof":691,"relations":702,"seo":706,"stem":709,"summary":710,"visuals":711,"__hash__":712},"buyerTriggers_en\u002Fbuyer-triggers\u002Fstarten-met-ai.md","We want to get started with AI, but aren't sure how.",{"title":665,"steps":666},"From a challenge to a sound technical approach.",[667,670,673,676],{"title":668,"text":669},"Define the problem","We establish which decision you need to make, which process you want to improve and what a good result would look like.\n",{"title":671,"text":672},"Understand the context and systems","We look at existing software, data, integrations, users and technical constraints.\n",{"title":674,"text":675},"Assess the options","We compare AI, automation, existing software, integrations and custom development in terms of feasibility, risk and value.\n",{"title":677,"text":678},"Deliver a decision and a way forward","You get a concrete technical direction, the main risks and a logical next step.\n",{"type":8,"value":680,"toc":681},[],{"title":11,"searchDepth":12,"depth":12,"links":682},[],{"title":684,"body":685},"Not sure whether AI is the right solution here?","Briefly describe the idea or process you have in mind. We'll quickly tell you what looks technically promising and what a sensible first step would be.\n",{"intro":687},"You might have an idea, a process that could work better or simply a sense that AI could do more for you. We help you work out what looks promising, where the risks lie and whether AI is actually the right solution.\n","Start with AI",{},"\u002Fbuyer-triggers\u002Fstarten-met-ai",{"intro":692,"points":693},"We don't advise from a fixed preference for AI or custom software. Because we build software ourselves, we can honestly assess what is technically feasible and worthwhile, and what you are better off not building.\n",[694,696,699],{"title":178,"text":695},"We look at the AI idea, but also at the data, existing software, integrations and users.\n",{"title":697,"text":698},"AI is a tool, not the default answer","Automation, existing software, an integration or building nothing are all serious options too.\n",{"title":700,"text":701},"Advice and implementation from the same people","If building turns out to make sense, we can carry out the next steps ourselves. That keeps our advice realistic.\n",{"useCaseKeys":703,"offerKeys":704,"caseKeys":705},[122,123,124,83,190,29,191,84],[77,79,135],[],{"title":707,"description":708},"Getting started with AI? From idea to technical approach | 9to5 software","Help with a serious AI challenge. An AI agent, ChatGPT, Claude or conventional software? We assess what is feasible, what not to build and the next step.\n","buyer-triggers\u002Fstarten-met-ai","We see opportunities for AI, but first want to know what makes sense, what is feasible and what is technically sound.\n",{"hero":91,"proof":93,"approach":93},"oMS04pD9lTBstiI46yn57yKInU-_urtigoQYGlj0PWA",1792049912971]