Boutique depth, not a mega service menu. If a problem needs production software, not slides, this is the map.
When latency, memory layout, or determinism matter, we work close to the metal. Custom engines, data pipelines, and CLIs that operators can script. Prefer clear ownership of the hot path over gluing black-box frameworks.
Typed APIs, pragmatic React frontends, real auth and data models, deployable environments. We ship software people log into on Monday, not prototype theater.
Models are tools inside a system: schemas, validation, human review where confidence is low, and evals so quality does not silently rot. We optimize for structured outcomes, not chat demos.
WebSockets, authoritative state, and edge-friendly designs when the product is live by definition: games, collaborative tools, streaming market views.
Tauri and SQLite when the data must stay on the machine. Offline-capable by design; sync is an option, not a tax.
Spec before thrash, CI that blocks known failure modes, and release paths a human can run tired at 2am. Quality is a system, not a hope.