A veteran-owned engineering shop shipping custom websites and AI automation for small businesses.
6 focused offers that move launch, growth, and operations faster for small teams.
Professional website deployed in 1-2 weeks using modern frameworks
High-converting landing pages for campaigns and products
Intelligent chatbot for customer service and lead generation
Automate repetitive tasks with AI-powered workflows
Update legacy code to modern standards and frameworks
Strategic guidance on technology choices and architecture
3 shipped projects with measurable outcomes. Each scoped, built, and shipped with a live handoff.
Steve delivered an exceptional website for my braiding business. My bookings tripled in the first month, and I save over 10 hours a week on scheduling. The booking functionality works flawlessly!
30-minute call. Where's the pain, where's the revenue. No slide decks.
One-page statement of work. Fixed fee, fixed date, no scope creep.
Daily Loom updates. Staging link from day two. You steer, I ship.
Docs, training session, 30-day warranty. Optional monthly retainer.
Field notes from recent builds, architecture decisions, and operational lessons.
Featured
Reuters reports Google signed a classified AI agreement with the Pentagon that allows "any lawful government purpose." The real story is bigger than Google. The Pentagon just made adjustable guardrails the price of admission for major AI labs.
AI
China ordered Meta to unwind its $2 billion Manus acquisition four months after it closed. The Singapore relocation playbook that Chinese AI startups have been running for the last year just got a lot more expensive.
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Microsoft and OpenAI renegotiated their pact on Monday. OpenAI can now sell its models on AWS and Google Cloud. The headline is the loss of exclusivity. The quieter story is the AGI clause Microsoft made disappear in exchange.
Anthropic
Alphabet is committing up to $40 billion to Anthropic, but only $10 billion is wired today. The bigger story is who actually controls the compute Anthropic needs to keep building.
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The State Department sent a global cable warning allies about Chinese model distillation. Whatever distillation used to be, it is now diplomacy.
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