Fractional product team
Build smarter.
We combine product thinking, AI-first workflows and fractional delivery to help ambitious global teams design, build and launch digital products with less overhead and more momentum.

01 · Why Heaps Smart
Small by design. Senior by default.
- Direct.
- You work directly with an experienced Australia-based product development team from the first email to the product handover. The same people throughout: strategy, design, build and launch.
- Fractional.
- Product capability, when you need it. Our model gives you focused support, lower overhead and the benefit of experience across multiple products and teams.
- AI-first.
- We build with AI by default, using it to create leverage across every stage of product development.
- Outcomes-focused.
- We align to your goals and take ownership of the work needed to achieve them.
02 · What we do
Heaps of things.
03 · Build notes
Build notes
Notes on what we're learning and what we're excited about.
Cursor, Trello and Google Drive over MCP
Wiring Trello and Google Drive into Cursor over MCP removed the manual context-shuttling from my workflow. The speed-up is real and worth setting up.
Read this oneAustralia time to the rescue!
On Bravo, the US-Australia time difference became a longer working day for the product: decisions land while fresh, then development picks them up overnight.
Read this oneClaudva
Connecting Claude Cowork to Canva was useful for the awkward first pass, less so for fiddly edits, and most interesting for people who just need a decent start.
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