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.
A working prototype before lunch: rapid prototyping with Claude Code at a community hackathon
At Girringun's community hackathon, we moved from discovery to a working prototype before lunch, then spent the afternoon turning the idea into the beginnings of a real project plan.
Read this oneCursor, 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.
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