// AP Agency · The Lab

Proof, measured.

Most agencies show you a portfolio. We show you the forensics. Every system below was valued from its real git history, a line count of its actual source, and our own defect tracker — not a sales deck. Click any project to see the evidence behind the number.

$9.1M–$23.0MTraditional build cost
119Person-years of engineering
438KLines of code shipped
1KGit commits
304Defects tracked
105Regression tests

Range = two independent models bracketing the estimate. Calendar = real git span. Nothing here is invented.

6ixElement

$5.2M–$14.4M

Full two-sided talent & model agency platform — profiles, casting, AI agents, commerce

72.6person-years
35.7×24.4motraditional team
~3.1xfaster (~34wk)
251Klines of code
38 features documented 232 commits 12 defects tracked
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Curo

$2.1M–$5.3M

Privacy-first encrypted email platform — webmail, calendar, E2EE, AI triage, billing

27.3person-years
17.6×18.6motraditional team
~17xfaster (~5wk)
101Klines of code
84 features documented 552 commits 218 defects tracked 49 regression tests
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steve1-console

$1.1M–$2.5M

The agency's own ops brain — defect tracking, nightly regression, agents, RAG memory

13.3person-years
10.5×15.2motraditional team
~16.0xfaster (~4wk)
51Klines of code
86 features documented 169 commits 22 defects tracked 4 regression tests
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SwiftBrand

$515K–$1.13M

AI brand operating system — name generation, brand kits, deep-dive reports, SEO engine

6.1person-years
6.0×12.2motraditional team
~15.1xfaster (~3.5wk)
25Klines of code
27 features documented 122 commits 8 defects tracked 36 regression tests
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LeadNexus

$207K–$415K

Lead-generation & CRM platform

2.3person-years
3.0×9.3motraditional team
~16.4xfaster (~2wk)
10Klines of code
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BKFK Admin

$205K–$412K

Boxing-gym operations console — members, payments, dialer, retention, BI

2.3person-years
3.0×9.3motraditional team
~8.0xfaster (~5wk)
10Klines of code
129 commits
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EmberHouse

$159K–$309K

Community / non-profit project site

1.7person-years
2.4×8.6motraditional team
~14.6xfaster (~3wk)
8Klines of code
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Life Table

$115K–$217K

Longevity / life-expectancy web app

1.2person-years
1.9×7.8motraditional team
~15.6xfaster (~2wk)
6Klines of code
40 commits 15 defects tracked 6 regression tests
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Marketology

$89K–$164K

AI marketing engine — ad proposals with an 8-rule pre-launch lint gate

0.9person-years
1.6×7.2motraditional team
~14.4xfaster (~2wk)
4Klines of code
1 commit 13 defects tracked 1 regression test
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BKFK Join (Landing Pages)

$84K–$155K

Boxing-gym join/onboarding + payments landing system

0.9person-years
1.5×7.1motraditional team
~5.9xfaster (~5wk)
4Klines of code
204 commits 1 regression test
evidence report in progress

BKFK Partner Network

$69K–$124K

Partner-network onboarding portal

0.7person-years
1.3×6.7motraditional team
~9.0xfaster (~3wk)
3Klines of code
3 commits
evidence report in progress

BKFK Main

$57K–$100K

Boxing-gym main website + booking

0.6person-years
1.1×6.3motraditional team
~6.5xfaster (~4wk)
3Klines of code
91 commits 2 regression tests
evidence report in progress

AP Agency

$54K–$96K

This agency's own site + 46-page local-SEO engine

0.6person-years
1.1×6.3motraditional team
~12.6xfaster (~2wk)
3Klines of code
6 commits 3 regression tests
evidence report in progress

Perf Watchdog

$51K–$88K

Self-healing performance sentry for the whole fleet

0.5person-years
1.0×6.1motraditional team
~5.9xfaster (~5wk)
2Klines of code
11 commits 16 defects tracked 2 regression tests
evidence report in progress

Fight Night

$34K–$57K

Fight-night event mode layered on the gym platform

0.3person-years
0.7×5.4motraditional team
~2.5xfaster (~9wk)
2Klines of code
26 commits 1 regression test
evidence report in progress

How we costed it

Effort is bracketed by two citable models: a productivity model (~25 finished, tested lines of code per developer-day) as the low bound, and COCOMO II post-architecture (PM = 2.94 · KLOC^1.10) as the high bound. The traditional team & schedule come from COCOMO’s schedule equation (TDEV = 3.67 · PM^0.28) — so “team replaced” is a normal-paced team, and our real git span becomes the speed advantage. Cost uses a fully-loaded $135K/yr blended developer rate. We deliberately show a range so a skeptical reviewer can’t catch a stretch.