Terms of Use

Legal review notice: This document states the commercial intent of engagements with Guy Dvorkin. It is not a substitute for a signed master services agreement. Any paid engagement is governed by a signed SOW or engagement letter drafted or reviewed by counsel.

Short version: use the site in good faith, don't try to break it, and treat any conversation before a signed SOW as a conversation, not a contract. Details below.

The site and its contents

All content on guydvorkin.com - writing, illustrations, schema, code samples - is owned by Guy Dvorkin unless otherwise attributed. You're welcome to reference, quote, and link with attribution. You may not republish substantial portions or pass the content off as your own.

The AI assistant

The chat on /chat is a best-effort assistant. It answers questions about Guy, what he builds, and how to work together. It is not legal, medical, or financial advice. Its output is not a proposal or an agreement. Don't try to jailbreak it, scrape it, or use it for purposes outside ordinary evaluation of the services offered.

Engagements - the legal posture

When a client engages Guy Dvorkin for work, the following baseline applies, subject to the SOW or engagement letter between the parties:

• Guy is a hired builder - engaged to design, build, and implement specific deliverables described in the SOW. Guy is not the operator of the resulting system, the insurer of its outcomes, or the warrantor of any third-party service used by the system.
• The client owns and operates the systems - once delivered, the client is responsible for the systems they use, including accounts, credentials, data handling, and their obligations to their own customers and regulators.
• The client carries outcome liability - any outcome produced by the delivered systems toward the client's customers, users, or third parties is the client's responsibility. Guy's deliverable is the build and its documentation, not a guarantee of downstream business or regulatory results.
• Third-party services are not warranted by Guy - engagements typically integrate third-party providers (e.g. Google, Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, AWS, cloud platforms, CRM and messaging tools). Guy is not responsible for the quality, availability, pricing, terms, or behavior of any such third party. The client accepts the third-party terms applicable to those services.
• Intellectual property - unless the SOW says otherwise, the client receives a perpetual, non-exclusive license to deliverables built specifically for them. Guy retains ownership of reusable components, patterns, skills, and frameworks that predate or generalize beyond the engagement.
• Payment terms - defined per engagement in the SOW. Typical terms: milestone- based or monthly retainer, net-7 or net-14 invoicing, fees non-refundable after delivery of the corresponding milestone.
• Confidentiality - both parties keep each other's non-public information confidential. A separate NDA can be signed on request before technical discovery.
• Limitation of liability - Guy's aggregate liability arising from any engagement is capped at the fees paid for the specific engagement in the six months preceding the claim, except where law prohibits such a cap.
• Governing law and venue - governing law and venue are specified per engagement in the signed SOW.

Use of the site

Don't attempt to probe, scrape, disrupt, or reverse-engineer the site or the chat assistant beyond normal evaluation use. Don't upload malicious content or use the site to harass anyone. Don't try to impersonate Guy or another person.

Bookings and cancellations

Free discovery calls can be rescheduled or cancelled at any time via the Cal.com link in the confirmation email. Paid engagement cancellation terms, if any, are defined in the SOW.

Changes

These terms may be updated. Material changes are reflected in the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance of the updated terms for site use. Existing signed SOWs remain governed by the terms in effect when they were signed.

Contact

Questions: hello@guydvorkin.com.