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.
One engineer. 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.
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 — solo since 2012, based in Melbourne, FL. One senior engineer, one mailing address, no SaaS overhead. 150+ projects shipped end-to-end. Level 2 on Fiverr with 129+ 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.
What we believe.
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We hand over the keys.
On ship day you get code, server, accounts, data, IP. Everything we built, in your name, on your machines.
- 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.
- 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.
20+ years, one rule.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2023
A heavy year of builds.
Three projects shipped: Valuesly (lifestyle valuation tool with private dashboard), TryStuffs (try-before-you-buy product platform), and RentCarFlow (rental fleet operations end-to-end).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Hired from 30 countries.
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Egypt
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Latvia
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- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
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- Portugal
- Slovenia
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- Taiwan
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Every order, five stars.
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- 5.0 / 5
- Recommend to a friend
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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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“A Godsend! Knowledgeable is not the word, very talented and reliable. Excellent teacher, patient and goes above and beyond. Highly recommend.”
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“To say that Chris went above and beyond is an understatement. Over the years, I've working with thousands of freelancers and I can say with great confidence that this has been by far one of my best experiences — if not the best.”
— 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 -
“Chris was beyond excellent. A fantastic instructor, was able to explain things as we went, took over when needed, backed off and let me try things and generally was instrumental in overcoming a fairly technical challenge in a small amount of time.”
— 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.”
— mttwinmill · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-05 -
“Chris is one of the top EXPERT you can see on fiverr. Very kind, very trustable. You will be very happy to work with him. Thanks to him, all of my server problem solved.”
— tunkece · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 2022-02 -
“If you are looking for a tutor... stop dont look anywhere else, this is literally the most clear, laidback, helpful person you will come across on this website. He is a wizard with code helped me turn a project into classes.”
— jordanavitan · 🇮🇱 Israel · 2021-11
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“The best programmer I've ever worked with!!”
— davidsatler · 🇸🇮 Slovenia · 2022-03 -
“This guy is Very friendly and very helpful If you are looking for some developer then sam is the guy who can stand with you and fix your problem He helped me in finding bugs”
— 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.”
— the3dprintedtea · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-02 -
“Chris is always a pleasure to work with. He truly cares about his client's learning the material and truly understanding it. I learned so much about Java script during our lesson.”
— the3dprintedtea · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-02 -
“Chris has been in the coding business from way back before online bootcamps and internet tutorials was even a thing; he is the OG real deal. I asked him to help teach me the basics of Linux which he delivered and then some. Highly recommended for those struggling with basic,…”
— verdelelel · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-01 -
“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 -
“He is so helpful and knowledgeable.”
— prayzeditsz · 🇺🇸 United States · 2022-01 -
“Fair, Fast, For sure!”
— abdullsp99 · 🇺🇸 United States · 2021-12 -
“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…”
— jmartin31 · 🇺🇸 United States · 2021-12 -
“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…”
— jmartin31 · 🇺🇸 United States · 2021-12 -
“Chris is an amazing tutor!!! He not only enjoys tutoring- he also takes the time to thoroughly explain programs in detail and ensures that they are taught effectively where they are understood. He is my go to guy for understanding concepts, and anything programming related.”
— deepmahal · 🇺🇸 United States · 2021-12 -
“Chris is amazing to work with. Extremely knowledgeable and cares about his work. He was proactive and suggested some changes that I had no idea were even a problem. It ultimately made my page MUCH cleaner and load faster. Highly recommend working with him!”
— paulstj1 · 🇨🇦 Canada · 2021-12 -
“Chris is highly knowledgeable and he was very generous with his time.”
— mrodowd · 🇫🇷 France · 2021-12 -
“Great as usual.”
— custref12 · 🇳🇴 Norway · 2021-10 -
“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!”
— custref12 · 🇳🇴 Norway · 2021-09
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