Reduce the burden of routine work
We examine the small costs that accumulate every day: re-entering data, repeated checks, repetitive tasks, and time spent searching.
Workflow design / Automation / Applied AI
Engineering alongside the people doing the work
Empowering peoplewhere work happens.
We start with the problems people face at work, then use AI, IoT, and open source where they genuinely help. Together, we build improvements that can keep evolving.
By “where work happens,” we mean the real conditions in which work gets done—not only physical sites, but also offices, remote operations, and digital workflows.
01Understand the work
02Test something small
03Make improvement sustainable
01 / Our belief
Technology is not the goal.
It is a means to support people.
What matters is not adopting something new for its own sake. It is reducing burdens, making decisions easier, and enabling people to continue improving their own work.
02 / Challenges we address
Start close to the problem.
We do not force a predetermined product into place. We understand the work as it is today, then shape the support that is actually needed.
Make decisions easier
We connect scattered information so the right people can see what they need when they need it.
Visualization / Data integration / Decision support
Keep information moving
We understand the gaps between people, equipment, and systems, then create a flow that can be sustained.
IoT / Sensors / System integration
Notice change earlier
We help create ways to spot unusual conditions and act before a small issue becomes a larger problem.
Measurement / Alerts / Anomaly awareness
03 / How we work
Do not wait for perfect.
Build something small, test it, and learn. We turn that cycle into change people can keep using.
- 01
Understand the work
We look beyond documents to the actual work, tools, data, constraints, and the voices of the people who use them.
- 02
Test something small
Before building at scale, we make the smallest useful version that can test value and risk.
- 03
Make improvement sustainable
We carry what people learn into the next step, leaving knowledge and decision-making capability with the team.
04 / Work in the open
Make the work inspectable.
We share code and knowledge on GitHub when we can. Instead of decorating outcomes as claims, we prefer to make the assumptions and implementation available to inspect.
Explore our public repositories(opens in a new tab)05 / What we are like
Approachable professionals.
We explain technology in plain language and speak honestly. We bring curiosity and technical depth while staying willing to do the practical, unglamorous work of improvement.
- People first
- Put people’s judgment and work ahead of technological convenience.
- Start where work happens
- Understand the real conditions of work, whether physical, remote, office-based, or digital.
- Open and share
- Use open source and shareable knowledge instead of relying on lock-in.
- Clear and honest
- Explain what is and is not possible in language that works beyond technical teams.
06 / Why Pinkie
Small support can unlock greater strength.
The pinkie is the smallest finger, but its support helps the hand form a strong grip and use its full strength.
Improvement works the same way. Small changes that fit everyday work can reduce burdens, support decisions, and make the whole way of working stronger.
07 / Start a conversation
Tell us what is getting in the way.
You do not need a finished technical plan. We can begin by understanding the work and clarifying the problem together.
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