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Senior technical assistance for systems under pressure .

A senior, two-engineer technical practice. We cut server costs by 50%+ moving steady workloads off AWS, build modern app and agent workflows for operators, and act as the technical operator behind web3 developer programs.

  • Repo & secret recovery
  • Cloud → bare metal
  • Backend rescue
  • Blockchain & wallets
  • DevOps & security
  • Technical due diligence
  • 24/7 critical infra
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Offer · 01

Cut your server bill in half. Without breaking what works.

For mature platforms with real cloud spend, we routinely find 50%+ infrastructure savings when steady workloads are moved off AWS into bare-metal or hybrid setups — but only where the workload, uptime requirements, and operational risk make sense.

  • Diagnostic Read-only billing review and architecture walkthrough. Cost map by service, environment, and product area.
  • Placement Workload matrix: keep cloud, optimize in cloud, move to bare metal, hybrid candidate, or do not touch.
  • Execution Phased migration with rollback, monitoring, runbooks, and verified savings — not a slide deck.

We never promise guaranteed savings before reviewing your billing and architecture. Diagnostic first; recommendation second; execution only where the numbers and risk profile justify it.

Request an AWS cost review
aws · monthly billing · production
period: before
monthly spend
$49,950  
  • EC2 / compute
    $18,420
  • RDS Aurora
    $9,870
  • NAT Gateway + egress
    $6,240
  • S3 + lifecycle
    $3,110
  • CloudWatch + logs
    $4,290
  • OpenSearch + queues
    $3,870
  • Build + CI runners
    $2,170
  • Misc managed services
    $1,980
workload placement matrix
move → bare metal hybrid optimize in cloud keep as-is
workflow · unstructured → structured live
Phone call Email thread PDF / form Spreadsheet CRM record Invoice / payment Booking / job Reply drafted AGENT + human approval
In
unstructured
Process
propose · summarize · route
Out
structured · auditable
Offer · 02

App revamps with agents that actually do work.

Modern customer portals, mobile-first internal tools, booking and quote flows, support triage, and intake automation — wired into the systems your team already uses. Not a fresh coat of paint. A working MVP with real backend behaviour.

  • Stripe
  • Xero / MYOB
  • HubSpot
  • WhatsApp / SMS
  • ServiceM8
  • Shopify
  • Google / M365
  • Custom APIs

Agents propose, draft, summarize and route. Sensitive actions stay approval-based unless you explicitly want full automation. Auth, audit logs, backups, and runbooks ship with every build.

Scope a workflow MVP
Offer · 03

The technical operator behind your developer program.

For protocol foundations, ecosystem funds, grant programs and accelerators: senior technical execution that crosses code, infra, product and developer relations. We act as the technical layer behind your program — so non-technical staff have credible answers and builder teams have someone who can actually unblock them.

Office hours
Weekly technical office hours for cohort and grantee teams.
Architecture review
Honest reads on builder architectures, with concrete next moves.
Milestone review
Independent technical review of grant milestones and deliverables.
Sample apps + SDKs
Reference integrations, starter kits, and integration guides.
Hackathon support
Technical judging, mentoring, and post-event triage.
Integration rescue
Unblock teams stuck on wallets, indexing, contracts, or infra.

Direct experience across multiple blockchain ecosystems — developer relations, grant programs, wallet and account flows, indexing, RPC and node infrastructure, and cloud-to-bare-metal migration for web3 infrastructure.

Talk about your program
program graph · cohort + ecosystem live
foundation / program builder / cohort team blocked · needs review

// process

Diagnose. Plan. Execute. Hand back.

We sell trust, seniority, and technical judgment — not staffing hours. Every engagement starts with a small, clearly scoped piece of work so you can assess capability and value before committing to anything larger.

  1. phase 01

    Diagnose

    Read-only access, billing exports, architecture walkthrough, workflow audit, or codebase review — depending on the engagement. Output: a written read of where you actually are.

    $ sm diagnose --scope=infra
     cost map · placement matrix · risk register
  2. phase 02

    Plan

    A specific, risk-rated proposal: what to do, what not to do, expected outcome, and the smallest safe first step. Conservative, likely, and aggressive scenarios.

    $ sm plan --risk=conservative
     target architecture · 30/60/90 plan · savings model
  3. phase 03

    Execute

    Phased execution with rollback, monitoring, and runbooks. Senior hands on the work — no junior handoffs, no agency layers, no waiting through escalation chains.

    $ sm execute --wave=1 --rollback=ready
     workloads migrated · monitoring active · zero downtime
  4. phase 04

    Hand back

    Verified outcomes, documented runbooks, monitoring dashboards, and a follow-up backlog. You leave more capable than when we started.

    $ sm handoff --runbooks --dashboards
     verified outcomes · documented · trained internal team

// capability surface

What we actually do.

Three offers. One team. Senior coverage across infrastructure, product and developer-facing technical work — picked deliberately around what we execute well, not what is fashionable.

  • AWS → bare metal
  • Cost diagnostics
  • Hybrid architecture
  • Bare-metal Kubernetes
  • Colocation strategy
  • NAT + egress reduction
  • Database tuning
  • Backup + DR
  • Observability
  • CI/CD reduction
  • Reserved capacity
  • Storage lifecycle
  • AWS → bare metal
  • Cost diagnostics
  • Hybrid architecture
  • Bare-metal Kubernetes
  • Colocation strategy
  • NAT + egress reduction
  • Database tuning
  • Backup + DR
  • Observability
  • CI/CD reduction
  • Reserved capacity
  • Storage lifecycle
  • Customer portals
  • Quote + booking flows
  • Mobile-first ops tools
  • Admin dashboards
  • Support triage agents
  • Document extraction
  • Stripe / Xero
  • WhatsApp / SMS
  • CRM wiring
  • Payment workflows
  • Audit logs + permissions
  • Approval-based agents
  • Customer portals
  • Quote + booking flows
  • Mobile-first ops tools
  • Admin dashboards
  • Support triage agents
  • Document extraction
  • Stripe / Xero
  • WhatsApp / SMS
  • CRM wiring
  • Payment workflows
  • Audit logs + permissions
  • Approval-based agents
  • Dev relations
  • Office hours
  • Architecture review
  • Milestone review
  • Sample apps + SDKs
  • Hackathon support
  • Wallet + account flows
  • Indexing + RPC
  • Validator + node infra
  • Account abstraction
  • Smart-contract integration
  • Technical diligence
  • Dev relations
  • Office hours
  • Architecture review
  • Milestone review
  • Sample apps + SDKs
  • Hackathon support
  • Wallet + account flows
  • Indexing + RPC
  • Validator + node infra
  • Account abstraction
  • Smart-contract integration
  • Technical diligence

// the team

Two engineers. Fifty years combined.

Intentionally lean. The people you talk to are the people doing the work. Australia · Philippines · global delivery.

ID · 001 · AU
online

Shen Morincome

Chief Executive Officer

Leads engagements end-to-end. Sits across discovery, scoping, and the commercial shape of every piece of work we take on.

  • Engagement strategy
  • Discovery + scoping
  • Commercial structure
ID · 002 · PH
online

Mark Ibanez

Chief Technology Officer

Owns deep technical execution — infrastructure, backend systems, and the rescue work that defines our practice.

  • Backend + infrastructure
  • Migration + recovery
  • Hands-on execution

// start a conversation

One short email. A real reply from a real engineer.

Tell us what is broken, blocked, or unclear — or what you are hoping to build. We respond personally within one business day, and we are happy to start with a small, clearly scoped piece of work.

Response
Within 1 business day
Scope
From single-day diagnostics to multi-month builds
Confidentiality
NDA-friendly. Sensitive infra handled carefully.