thisissoftware

Pragmatic AI software consultancy

AI should be actionable.Outcomes over hype.

We create software powered by AI to solve real business problems and drive results.

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Embedded AI fluency accelerator for software teams

Stop guessing whether AI ismaking your team better

Most AI initiatives stall between executive ambition and what teams can ship. The gap between how you work and how you could work widens every month. Our deep dive AI Fluency Accelerator focuses on creating real capability that compounds, not training that's forgotten in a week.

What's included:

  • Assess

    Each team member is assessed against the AI Fluency Matrix to establish a clear baseline on six dimensions, then continuously throughout.

  • Pair

    Senior consultants embed with your team on work that matters for hard-won experience through doing to build capabilities.

  • Improve

    We incorporate what we observe back into the approach.

  • Graduate or expand

    When a team reaches level 3 they graduate and our consultants can move to the next cohort, carrying forward what they've learned across teams.

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Actionable AI sprints for software teams

Build quality software faster, with AI approaches that work for your team.

A few engineers are doing remarkable things with AI. Most treat it like autocomplete. Some aren't touching it. The gap between your best AI users and everyone else is widening. The usual signals — seat counts, survey scores, anecdotes — don't tell you why or what to do about it. We offer two actionable AI sprints to make forward movement towards your business goals, both available at a fixed rate of $25,000 for two weeks.

AI Traction Sprint

Measure the gap and start closing it on live work to get traction faster:

  • Capability baseline

    Each engineer lands on our AI fluency rubric, scored through real interaction rather than self-report.

  • Opportunity map

    Prioritized list of where AI would move the needle, plus a "not now" list.

  • Live proof

    One high-impact opportunity worked alongside your team, so the gap closes on real code.

  • 90-day path to capability

    Measurable targets tied to the rubric, checkpoints, and visibility mechanisms that compound gains.

AI Proof Sprint

Pinpoint the highest impact area for AI and build a working example:

  • Baseline and opportunity map

    AI capability read, prioritized list, and a "not now" list.

  • Opportunity map

    Prioritized list of where AI would move the needle, plus a "not now" list.

  • Live proof

    One top opportunity solved with AI.

  • 90-day path to capability

    Measurable targets, pilot checkpoints, and visibility mechanisms to compound early wins.

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Accelerate legacy apps with AI

Untangle legacy systems fast with AI, and make them more maintainable.

Are legacy systems not moving as fast as the business needs, but your team can't dedicate enough time to renovating them?

Our experienced software and product consultants combine AI tools with technical expertise to accelerate legacy software:

  • Faster onboarding in legacy apps via AI analysis and documentation
  • Accelerate legacy stack upgrades with AI-driven source code changes
  • Rapidly identify complexity hotspots in codebases to prioritize improvements
  • Automated test suite design and development made even faster to characterize functionality
  • Clean up AI slop messes and tech debt (it happens!)

We dive in to clean up the funky stuff, and guide your team on leading practices to avoid creating nightmare codebases in the future. AI tooling is paired with sound judgement from pattern matching across dozens of clients to make your legacy modernization and stack upgrades faster, easier, and trustworthy.

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Tech & Techniques

We work with a bunch of AI models, tooling, and techniques. And we'll meet your team where they are, using your AI tools and processes.

  • agentic coding
  • context engineering
  • data engineering
  • data architecture
  • commercial LLMs
  • open source AI models
  • local AI models
  • AI harnesses
  • custom agents
  • custom skills and plugins
  • prompt engineering
  • managing agents
  • CI/CD with AI agents
  • incident response
  • root cause analysis
  • legacy codebases
  • agentic product delivery
  • universal commerce protocol
  • agent evaluation
  • token usage optimization
  • context compacting strategies
  • agentic processes
  • testing for agentic coding
  • your AI tools & processes

What Sets Us Apart

In 6+ years of helping clients like you, we've built a brand promise other firms don't match: a great product and a great client experience at a great value.

Here is the set of choices we've made — that other firms won't:

Unlike specialized service providers that only offer design or development, we help you focus on the bigger picture. This Is Software provides and coordinates the multidisciplinary skillsets you need to ship a great product.

That's why our clients keep us through stabilization, often for years — and our 5★ Clutch reviews come from the people who've lived with the code.

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A track record of AI that ships

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Problem → opportunity map

Where AI fits, where it doesn't, and what's not worth building yet. Delivered as a written report, yours to keep.

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First AI feature in production

Not in staging. Not in a demo. Working AI feature handling real users, real load, real cost constraints.

0 in 0Opportunities we say "not yet"

About a third of what we look at, we recommend you don't build with AI — at least not now. A search box or a rule often wins.

Your AI product needs stellar execution. Here's how we deliver.

Our process guides clients through four phases, each with their own activities and deliverables. Throughout each phase, our commitment is to uphold your vision and expertly handle the details — offering you transparency and peace of mind.

01.

Pre-Project Consulting

Our founder helps you refine your problem and develop a viable plan with a clear and rigorous project budget & engagement model.

In this phase, we can help you build an AI roadmap or plan a specific AI development project you have already identified.

02.

Agile Design + AI-First Dev

Your Agile team collaborates with you to turn your challenge into a clear solution and backlog — within your budget.

We apply AI tools to streamline user research, identify design patterns, and sharpen feature prioritization.

03.

Agile Design + Development

Your team works in sprints, with design leading the way and development following in tight cycles.

AI accelerates code generation, testing, and documentation. You see progress every two weeks, and you can offer your input along the way.

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Ongoing Support

We flexibly meet your needs with optional coverage of everything from additional feature development to continuous improvement engagements.

Our goal is to keep your software and AI technology running smoothly, address emergency fixes, and cover ongoing maintenance.

Smart questions buyers ask us

AI can unlock new possibilities you might not be able to achieve with traditional software alone, such as:

• Process automation: Freeing up time and reducing costs by simplifying repetitive knowledge work or complex analysis through AI.

• Personalization at scale: Tailoring user experiences or product recommendations in real time.

• Interpreting unstructured data: Summarizing, categorizing, or extracting insights from large text or image sets.

While AI introduces opportunities for innovation, it brings new challenges as well. As experts, we can help address your concerns. Whether AI is at the heart of your product or a feature within a broader system, we integrate robust, proven software engineering with advanced AI capabilities to maximize your ROI.

Alex Vasylchenko
Alex Vasylchenko
Founder, This Is Software

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