[m]utuality ~ [mtly]
mutual[it]y

We build technical infrastructure owned by the people who use it. Commons-based, self-hosted, documented for independence.

WordPress, PHP, and Linux server administration. Full-stack web development and sovereign infrastructure.

No vendor churn. No Big Tech dependencies. No account manager optimizing their metrics. We work directly with you — from first conversation to ongoing stewardship.

Mutuality is a small team building toward cooperative structure. Already practicing it in how work is priced, refused, and shared. Part of the surplus goes directly to community projects — free martial arts and psychotherapeutic support for children, women, and excluded groups.

We also build for our own network first. Tools developed for community members and aligned organizations become reusable infrastructure for the same sector — working systems with real users, not prototypes looking for a problem.

[:::] What We Do

We take long-term responsibility for your Sustained Technical Health. No passing you between specialists, no disappearing after launch. Not WordPress tweakers who call someone else when there’s a server problem. Not sysadmins who can’t touch your application code. The whole vertical, covered by people who understand it.

Embedded technical partner — multi-year, whole-stack relationships. From first architecture decision to ongoing stewardship.

WordPress/WooCommerce, Odoo ERP, Notion, custom PHP. Whatever the problem calls for.

Infrastructure & systems — servers your team owns, networks you control. The invisible layer everything runs on.

Linux, Ansible, Prometheus, WireGuard. Bare-metal, monitoring, automation.

Community & network — tools for our network, reusable by the sector.

Laravel, Roots stack, Python. Built for real users, not portfolios.

The design target is independence. Systems are built so your team can maintain them without us. That is not an afterthought — it is the point.

Our best client relationships last years, not sprints. We’re building systems stable enough that you don’t need us for emergencies — only for growth.

We do not pretend technology solves structural problems. Underfunding, overwork, misaligned incentives — those require organizing, not engineering. What we can do is ensure your technical foundation does not make those problems worse.

If you want a vendor to micromanage by the hour, we are the wrong team.

[=#=] How We Work

Retainers and standalone projects. We are most effective as embedded technical partners — your internal systems team that manages the whole stack while you focus on your mission. But not every engagement needs to start there. Standalone projects work too. If the work speaks for itself and there is mutual fit, we talk about what comes next.

Direct collaboration, no overhead. No project manager between you and the person building your system. No account manager extending timelines to optimize their own metrics. You talk to us. We talk to you. That is the entire structure. We don’t view engagements as transactional tickets — we function as an embedded systems team.

Sustainable tempo, sufficiency over scale. No manufactured urgency, no deadline theater. We take long-term responsibility for your technical health — building to last, not to the next sprint. We optimize for enough: systems that are sufficient, infrastructure that doesn’t grow for growth’s sake. Technical durability over deadline theater, always.

[~+~] Projects & Collaborations

Over two decades across sectors and stacks. The pattern isn’t the industry — it’s the relationship.

Industry crossings.

E-commerce — WooCommerce ↔️ Odoo ERP sync, Notion-driven product management, multi-carrier fulfillment

Logistics & rail — train scheduling SaaS, warehouse routing across Europe

Media & publishing — enterprise podcast hosting, automated distribution, listener analytics
Healthcare — insurance claims navigation, medical billing audits, care logistics

Art & hospitality — gallery database, artist profiles, direct-booking for historic estates

Telecom & ISP — VoIP infrastructure, point-to-point radio links

Linux network administration Enterprise IT — managed infrastructure, cyber security, storage virtualization, hardware operations

Martial arts & fitness — methodology platform, club management, conditioning programs

[~!~] Who we work with — and who we don’t

We build for organizations that: are worker-owned or democratically governed, prioritize social or ecological outcomes, and are transparent about how they operate. Co-ops, nonprofits with teeth, community organizers, ethical businesses that treat technical infrastructure as commons — not intellectual property to hoard.

We do not build for: surveillance systems or privacy-hostile infrastructure. Predatory lending, gambling, or speculative extraction. Military, police, or security-state purposes. Union-busting or worker suppression. Marketing systems engineered to manipulate or deceive. Projects premised on outsourcing arbitrage or geographic wage suppression. Organizations that substitute real human accountability with AI-driven micromanagement, or shift the structural risk of business ownership onto their technical partners.

If your project sits in any of these categories, we are not a fit. This is not virtue signaling — it is resource allocation. Limited capacity goes to work that builds alternatives, not work that reinforces extraction.

[#%#] The Rate

€125/hour or €3,200/month for a 32-hour retainer.

One rate for all services. This is a structural position, not a market negotiation. We charge what the work is worth to the client’s market, not what it costs where we live. The surplus from commercial work funds community infrastructure — free training, psychotherapeutic support, mutual aid. The rate IS the redistribution mechanism.

Three tiers, one rate. Standard is the baseline. Reduced for cooperatives, nonprofits, and values-aligned orgs that need it. Contributing — a higher rate for well-funded organizations that want to directly subsidize reduced-tier work. The rate doesn’t change; what you pay reflects your position, not your negotiating power.

How we handle the relationship — non-negotiable:

No penalties. Late payment is a conversation, not a fee. We don’t do interest, we don’t do dunning.
Transparent invoices — on demand. Need a breakdown of what was done, how long it took, and why? You get one. By default we keep it simple — the relationship is built on trust, not timesheets.
You can propose different terms. The rate is fixed. How we structure the engagement is not. We arrive at the number together.

We bill for the whole stack: visible frontend features and the invisible labor that prevents system collapse — infrastructure modernization, DevOps automation, security updates, daily technical availability. Detailed timesheets provided if needed.

We also offer standardized FOSS solution packages — complete foundations built on open-source tools, self-hosted on infrastructure you own, delivered as standalone projects. [See packages →]

The rate stays constant. When cash flow is the constraint, we restructure — not discount. See the Underdog Alliance below.

[:=:] The Underdog Alliance

You’re a worker running an organization, probably fighting the same constraints we all face — cash flow pressure, market extraction, the choice between compromising values and failing economically.

When funding is squeezed, technical progress usually freezes exactly when it is needed most. We share that risk.

Underdog Alliance is not a discount program. It’s a reduced rate combined with a flexible engagement structure. Reduced rate eligibility: cooperatives, nonprofits with a mission, community organizers, values-aligned small businesses. We figure out the right structure together.

How the engagement can work:

Arrangement	When it fits
Hourly	Default. You pay for time worked, invoiced transparently.
Retainer	Ongoing embedded partnership. Monthly cap, predictable cost.
Fixed package	Scoped deliverable with a clear end. Price agreed upfront.
Deferred	Pay later, no interest. You stabilize first. Mutual transparency required.
Profit-based	You pay when you have revenue. A percentage, not a fixed installment.
Skill swap	You do something Mutuality needs. Translation, design, legal, organizing — we barter.
Parallel Path	We co-invest — technical capacity meets your market access. A separate income stream, no loan sharks, no VC.

Donation-based work. For strictly non-commercial grassroots projects with no budget — mutual aid groups, community organizers, non-funded initiatives. We contribute time the way others contribute money: because the work matters. When capacity permits.

This isn’t creative financing. It’s workers recognizing each other across the artificial vendor-client boundary.

Who are the people behind Mutuality?

Photo of Ivan — Ivan

Balkans

Full-stack Engineering & Infrastructure — 20+ years of PHP, Linux, and WordPress Roots

Photo of Kobi — Kobi

Berlin

Senior Frontend Engineering — Angular, TypeScript, Vue, NestJS

Digital strategist?

Marketing & outreach?

We’re a small team that believes in direct collaboration — no account managers, no handoffs, no process theater. When you work with us, you work with the people writing the code. We’re open to growing thoughtfully and bringing in the right people when the work calls for it.

[m]utuality ~ [mtly]mutual[it]y