Your whole digital operation. One engineer.

One senior software engineer, Gabriel Espinheira, runs your website, ads, content and AI automations as one weekly loop for owner-operated businesses across Europe. One published monthly fee, no annual contract, and something new shipped every week.

  • Based in Lisbon, Portugal
  • English and Portuguese
  • Remote-first, async by design
The SharpHaw desk: an ultrawide monitor showing the SharpHaw homepage above a laptop mid-code.

On a professional note

The name behind the brand

“Espinheira” is Gabriel’s surname. It translates to thorn or haw — nature’s edge. We don’t do soft edges, vague timelines, or fluffy metrics. We do sharp, pointed work with a published price, a week that ships, and every change logged where you can see it.

One fixed monthly cost, not project chaos

Forget the big upfront invoice and the three-month timeline before anything ships. You pay a published monthly price — Starter €2.500/month, Growth €4.000/month, Scale on Custom Pricing, all plus VAT with no annual contract — and we ship every week. Websites, ads, automations, content, analytics. Clear scope. Predictable cost. Cancel any month.

Async by design, visible by default

No daily check-ins. No 9am stand-ups. Everything runs through SharpOS: clear boards, a weekly queue, and every change logged as it ships. The best work happens when people have space to think, not when they’re stuck in calls about other calls.

On a personal note

Where I come from

I’m Gabriel — Gabs. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, now based in Lisbon. I spent years as a Senior Software Engineer inside large companies, working on products used by thousands of businesses across Europe. That background shaped how I think about quality, speed, and what it actually means to ship something that works.

Why I built SharpHaw

I kept seeing the same story: small and mid-size businesses getting burned by people who didn’t know enough or didn’t care enough. Freelancers who disappeared. Agencies that overcharged and underdelivered. Developers who couldn’t design. Designers who couldn’t build. Nobody who understood the full picture — technical, design, marketing, and sales all at once. I built SharpHaw to be exactly that — one partner who gets all of it.

How I work

Remote-first, working with clients across Europe in English and Portuguese. Async whenever possible — because deep work beats busy work. I work directly with every client. No layers, no middlemen. If something breaks, I fix it. If an opportunity shows up, I move on it. You won’t get daily check-ins from me. You’ll get weekly results.

Gabriel Espinheira, founder of SharpHaw, in a light-blue shirt in a warm orange-lit room.

Gabriel Espinheira

Founder and senior software engineer · Lisbon, Portugal

Who does the work

A tight contractor stack supports specific specialisms (paid media buying, motion, copy editing) — Gabriel runs the strategy, the engineering, and the weekly cadence directly. No account managers. No junior staff learning on your account.

The SharpHaw standard

Built different, on purpose.

An engineering practice for your growth. Five standards, applied to every build and never sold as add-ons.

SharpOS · Every planMonday to Monday

The operational system that keeps your work moving.

  • Pages
  • Boards
  • Studio
  • Analytics
  • Audits
  • Customers
  • Media Center
  • Organization

Bundled with every SharpHaw subscription. No separate workspace fee.

  • Process

    Plan, build, iterate. Every week.

    No big-bang launches. Shipped, then improved, Monday to Monday.

  • Security

    Hardened by default.

    Handled as engineering, not sold as add-ons.

  • Performance

    Fast is a feature.

    Measured on Core Web Vitals, monitored for uptime.

  • Engineering

    Built by an engineer, not a no-code consultant.

    Real code, AI-search-ready (GEO) from day one.

  • Ownership

    Everything stays yours.

    Full ownership from day one: cancel any time, keep everything. No lock-in.

Ready to start?

Book a 30-minute call. We’ll go through what’s working, what isn’t, and what the first move should be. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so on the call.

A focused 30 minutes, not a sales pitch.