The Codex

Freelancing guides for each stage of your business

Find practical guides to getting clients, setting rates, agreeing scope, getting paid, and managing delivery. Filter by your stage or topic, then use the linked templates to put a decision into practice.

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Freelancing is game theory: incentives, trust, leverage, and repeat business

Many freelance problems are not isolated. They are incentive, information, leverage, or coordination problems that show up in different places. Use this hub if you want the whole model and the sequence behind it.

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Open Freelancing is game theory: incentives, trust, leverage, and repeat business

Freelance contract clauses that matter

A good contract does three things: defines scope, defines payment, and defines what happens when reality changes.

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Open Freelance contract clauses that matter