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// 01 — about

Servants, on purpose.

The name Servants is deliberate. It flips the rockstar posture that took over our industry around 2014. We're not ninjas. We're not 10x wizards. We're the craftspeople in the back of the house, building what you had in mind.

You're the principal. I do the work. You get the credit. On ship day I hand you the keys — code, servers, accounts, data, IP. No per-seat fees, no vendor lock-in, nothing held over your head.

An independent practice. 20+ years in. Custom software for businesses that own what they pay for, on infrastructure they hold the keys to.

That's the whole pitch.

Portrait of Chris Nowlan at his desk
// 02 — founder

Chris Nowlan.

I've been writing software since I was a kid and shipping it for real businesses for 20+ years. Along the way, I picked up a simple rule: the fewer vendors standing between you and your own code, the longer it lasts.

Software Servants is the practice that grew out of that — independent since 2012, based in Melbourne, FL. You work with me directly, start to finish: one mailing address, no account managers, no SaaS overhead. 150+ projects shipped end-to-end. Level 2 on Fiverr with 130+ five-star reviews — teaching, rescue work, code that had to ship.

I build what you had in mind, hand over the keys, and stay available when you need me.

// 03 — principles

What we believe.

Three rules we hold to. They're how we decide what work to take, how to bill for it, and what to hand over on ship day.
  1. 01

    We hand over the keys.

    On ship day you get code, server, accounts, data, IP. Everything we built, in your name, on your machines.

  2. 02

    The build is yours, not rented.

    Custom software isn't a SaaS. No per-seat fees, no vendor lock-in on what we ship. Hosting plans are optional — self-host if you'd rather.

  3. 03

    We work in the open.

    Weekly check-ins, real software shipping every week. You see the work as it happens, not at the end.

// 04 — timeline

20+ years, one rule.

Independent since 2012, coding for 20+. Custom software for businesses that want to own what they paid for. The same rule the practice started with — still the rule that picks our projects.
  1. 2012

    The first project.

    Flipvo, LLC formed in Melbourne, FL. The first build was a small custom web app for a local business. Lesson one: the people who pay for software almost never want a SaaS account, they want their own thing.

  2. 2014

    Full-time freelance.

    Walked away from the day job and pointed every working hour at custom builds for paying clients. Same model from day one — fixed scope, weekly check-ins, code in the client's name on day one. No retainers, no rented dashboards.

  3. 2016

    Settled on the stack.

    After cycling through a few frameworks, I landed on Laravel for back-of-house apps and the LAMP/LEMP family for everything else. Boring, durable, owned by the client. Still my default a decade later.

  4. 2018

    One-time builds.

    Made it official: zero monthly fees for the build itself. Charge once, ship, you own it. Held that way for years — hosting plans came later (2026) and stayed opt-in, for servers not the software.

  5. 2020

    Remote-first, by default.

    The pandemic moved every check-in to video. Worked out fine — I was already weekly, already shipping working software, already handing over real code. Nothing changed except the commute.

  6. 2022

    Ten years in.

    Quiet milestone. A decade of custom apps shipped, all still owned by the businesses that paid for them. None of them paying SaaS rent to anyone.

  7. 2023

    A heavy year of builds.

    Two projects shipped: TryStuffs (try-before-you-buy product platform) and RentCarFlow (rental fleet operations end-to-end).

  8. 2024

    Flipvo Marketplace + Big Mike's.

    Built Flipvo Marketplace end-to-end on Laravel + Stripe Connect, multi-vendor and multi-currency. Shipped Big Mike's Car Audio storefront and booking the same year. Two larger builds, same handover model.

  9. 2025

    AI work, on my terms.

    Started taking on AI features as part of regular builds — local models, owned data, code on the client's server. No platform lock-in, no per-token vendor bills, no shipping customer data through someone else's endpoint.

  10. 2026

    Today.

    20+ years in. Launched softwareservants.com v2 in May — Astro, Tailwind, SQLite, hand-rolled, hosted on my own box. Added optional hosting + maintenance plans for clients who want servers from the same shop. Currently shipping client tools and internal experiments.

// 05 — what we build

What 20+ years looks like.

A year of public commits from @stea4lth. Real ship history, not a marketing render — built from the GitHub GraphQL API at deploy time.
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// 06 — reach

Hired from 30 countries.

Every highlighted country is a real Fiverr client who paid, signed off, and left a name behind — work shipped across 30 countries and counting.
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Found me on Fiverr first? Right place. Level 2 Seller, 5.0 average across every order delivered — with the receipts a marketplace forces you to keep.
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  • “Chris Nowlan exceeded all my expectations. He helped me get started with Claude Code and set up a full, production-ready development environment end to end. Super friendly, highly productive, and very clear in his explanations.”
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    — nataacevedo · 🇺🇸 United States · 2021-12
  • “Chris listened carefully to my needs. Provided a step-by-step plan to accomplish the task. He set me up on a cloud server with functioning databases, all running on my own domain.”
    — robertschenker · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-02
  • “I was completely mind blown by how good the session was. Chris went over and beyond to explain all the core concepts, folder by folder, and walked me through an entire installation from scratch on a real server.”
    — raidenace · 🇮🇳 India · 2022-01
  • “Chris did an amazing job! I initially came to him with a broken php application that I wanted fixed. He was able to find where the bugs were located and he figured out that it would be better to replace the application due to its age and complicated code.”
    — timsayshey · 🇺🇸 United States · 2021-10
  • “I am a coding bootcamp student and was struggling to write MySQL queries. I learned so much from working with Chris, especially his approach to solving complex problems. He has a lifetime of experience and knowledge, but I never felt overwhelmed or lost.”
    — merwhite11 · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-02
  • “Chris is a extremely skilled programmer as well as teacher. I am much more confident in my ability to correctly use Linux terminal commands. Chris makes it his mission to build his student's understanding of the code at a much higher level than I have found with other sellers.”
    — the3dprintedtea · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-02
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    — michaeldarne485 · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-02
  • “It was great working with Chris. He knows his stuff and makes sure you understand and know it too. He improved our site tremendously. His communication skills are great, always updating you on the process. I would recommend him to friends.”
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  • “The best programmer I've ever worked with!!”
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    — stylishpunk · 🇮🇳 India · 2022-03
  • “Always a pleasure working with Chris. He is a true professional.”
    — the3dprintedtea · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-02
  • “Always a great experience working with Chris. Very knowledgeable on all aspects of Laravel.”
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  • “This was my second session with Chris, and as expected it was very good! He showed me real life examples, walked me through how to set up and get the systems running, gave helpful insights based in his deep knowledge and expertise. He does not do text-book teaching and instead…”
    — raidenace · 🇮🇳 India · 2022-01
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    — prayzeditsz · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-01
  • “Fair, Fast, For sure!”
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  • “Chris was absolutely awesome! I reached out to him for some last minute assistance with my back completely against the wall and he helped me immediately (late on a Friday night!!). Not only did he help me with my task, he gave me the quickest, most enthusiastic crash course to…”
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  • “Singing Chris' praises after some very much needed assistance this weekend to complete a task that was due today that I was completely stuck on. I'm in IT myself and I have never seen the level of passion mixed with knowledge in the industry that Chris has to actually make…”
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    — paulstj1 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 2021-12
  • “Chris is highly knowledgeable and he was very generous with his time.”
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  • “Great as usual.”
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  • “Chris was extremely helpful. Went out of his way to show me how things were in and around the certain commands i had questions about. I will 100% buy Chris's service again, I haven't been this hyped about Linux ever. Thanks Chris!”
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