What people want should shape what gets built.
MaxNova is the business. MaxChef is where we plan and build it in public, with the people it is meant to help.
Our tenets
Start with the business problem.
A useful product starts with a person who needs something. MaxNova helps you describe that customer, the offer, and the next step before choosing what to build.
Demand should come before development.
A finished website is not proof that customers want an offer. Talk to people, test assumptions, and use what you learn to choose the next piece of work.
Make the decisions and the work visible.
MaxChef is our public build room: briefs, tasks, feedback, and progress. We share what is ready and what still needs work. Public ideas inform decisions; they do not guarantee a feature or release date.
Build it with the people who will use it.
Follow the public boards, suggest changes, and vote on problems that matter to you. We use that feedback alongside scope, cost, and feasibility when we approve work.
We vow to never have ads on our products.
Membership goes toward paying for ad-free service, not ad space. This promise applies across our whole ecosystem — MaxNova, MaxChef, MaxVolts, and every product we build — not just this site.
We also vow to never sell your information to third parties. This promise applies across our whole ecosystem as well.