These are the baseline terms for using this site and for working with us. A signed statement of work (SOW) for a specific engagement always takes precedence over what's here.
The party offering services and operating this site is SIA Mandet, a private limited company registered in Latvia.
"We", "us", and "Mandet" mean SIA Mandet. "You" means whoever is visiting the site or engaging us for work.
Two things:
If the site terms and a signed engagement disagree, the signed engagement wins.
The site is informational. You can read it, share it, link to it. You can't scrape it at volume, repost it as your own, or use it to train models without our written say-so.
We try to keep the site up and accurate, but don't guarantee it. No warranty on uptime, correctness, or fitness for any particular purpose.
A conversation doesn't create a contract. We're engaged when we send you a written proposal or SOW and you accept it in writing (email counts). The proposal lists scope, deliverables, timeline, fees, and anything else specific to the project.
Until there's an accepted SOW, either side can walk at any time with no obligation.
Each SOW defines what we're building. If you ask for something outside that scope, we'll flag it, estimate the additional cost or time, and only proceed once you agree.
Fees, payment terms, and invoicing schedule are set in each SOW. Unless we agree otherwise:
We don't work on pure-speculation terms - no "pay us if it succeeds" arrangements.
Here's the default split; the SOW can change it:
We'd like permission to mention your project in our portfolio and case studies. If you'd rather we didn't, say so in writing and we won't.
Anything you share with us that's reasonably understood to be confidential stays confidential. We don't share it outside the two of us, we don't use it to train models, we don't drop it on a podcast. This applies during the engagement and for three years after.
It doesn't cover information that's already public, that you tell us isn't confidential, or that we're legally required to disclose.
We can sign a separate NDA if the project warrants it - ask.
We do our work with reasonable care and skill. Beyond that, services are provided "as is" - no implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a specific purpose, or non-infringement beyond what's in your SOW.
If something we built breaks because of a defect in our work within 60 days of delivery, tell us and we'll fix it at no charge. After 60 days, or for changes outside that defect window, we bill normally.
We cap our total liability - whether in contract, tort, or anything else - at the fees you've actually paid us under the relevant SOW in the 12 months before the claim arose.
We're not liable for indirect or consequential losses: lost profits, lost data where you didn't back it up, lost revenue from downtime beyond our reasonable control, business interruption. This is normal for professional services contracts; if you need different, we'll discuss in the SOW.
None of these caps limit liability that can't be limited under Latvian law - fraud, gross negligence, death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or anything else the law says you can't disclaim.
Either side can terminate an engagement by written notice if the other materially breaches and doesn't fix it within 14 days of being told.
Either side can also end an engagement for convenience with reasonable notice (usually 2 weeks), subject to payment for work done and committed hours not yet refundable. Specifics go in the SOW.
On termination we'll hand over what you've paid for, help with a reasonable transition, and stop the clock. Confidentiality, paid-for IP rights, and liability caps survive.
The default is: we do the work. If a project genuinely benefits from a third-party specialist - say a photographer, a translator, a specific infrastructure consultant - we'll tell you up front, you approve, and we remain responsible for the deliverable.
We don't rotate juniors through your project without you knowing.
If something genuinely outside reasonable control stops us delivering - natural disaster, war, widespread infrastructure outage, government action - neither side is in breach. We'll talk about timeline and scope adjustments honestly.
These terms and every SOW we sign are governed by Latvian law. Any dispute we can't settle by talking goes to the courts of Rīga, Latvia.
We'd strongly prefer to settle by talking. Email hello@mandet.co first.
We may update these from time to time - the "Updated" date at the top shows when. For existing engagements, the terms in force when you signed the SOW apply; changes here don't retroactively rewrite signed contracts.
If any part of these terms is unenforceable, the rest still applies. Your signed SOW plus these terms is the whole agreement between us for that engagement - nothing said on a call or in an email thread overrides it unless we both sign an amendment.
If something on this page reads wrong for your project, email and we'll talk it through before you sign anything.