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Independent product engineering

Canada / Working everywhere

Strategy · Design · Engineering · Delivery

Software that gets further than the demo.

Hardway Ventures turns difficult ideas into clear, working products— from local AI and desktop automation to evidence systems and high-performance web experiences.

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01 / AUTOMATION Observe → Plan → Act System online
02 / LOCAL AI Private by design
03 / WEB Fast. Clear. Shipped.

One builder / full product surface

Open to the right product, engineering, or IT opportunity
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Product thinking✦ AI systems✦ Desktop automation✦ Full-stack delivery✦ Privacy-first architecture✦ Product thinking✦ AI systems✦ Desktop automation✦ Full-stack delivery✦ Privacy-first architecture✦

Selected work / 2024–2026

Built to solve,
not to decorate.

A selection of product systems designed, engineered, and pushed beyond the happy-path prototype.

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AI / Desktop / Automation

Flagship build

Active development

Skadoosh

A desktop AI operator that moves work across apps, browsers, files, and code.

Designed as a real operator—not another chat box. Skadoosh combines planning, vision, desktop control, browser automation, memory, and deliberate approval gates in one local-first product.

RoleProduct, UX, architecture, engineering
Built withRust, Tauri, TypeScript, Playwright, Firebase
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SKADOOSH / MISSION CONTROL LIVE

CURRENT MISSION

Prepare the launch package

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Context collected8 files · 3 sources
✓
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Assets preparedCopy · images · metadata
✓
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Approval requiredReady to publish
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OperatorMission ready for your approval.

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02

Research / Data integrity

Confidential context
RECORD / 0041 VERIFIED
SHA-256 INTEGRITY 6A43 52D0 20B6 F2A6

Research infrastructure

Evidence ledger

A source-first research system designed for scrutiny, continuity, and verifiable records.

Complex material was turned into a navigable archive with cross-references, repeatable verification, integrity hashes, and deployable research tools. Specific subject matter remains intentionally undisclosed.

FocusInformation architecture, provenance, verification
MethodsPython, structured data, SHA-256, Merkle trees
03

Local AI / Infrastructure

Private system
HARDWAY://LOCAL

› initialize private workspace

[ok] model available

[ok] editor connected

[ok] desktop tools ready

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DATA ROUTELOCAL ONLY TELEMETRYOFF

Local-first architecture

Private AI workstation

A fully local coding and desktop intelligence environment for sensitive work.

An offline stack combining local language models, IDE assistance, file operations, and desktop tooling—designed so working context stays on the machine.

FocusPrivacy, integration, practical performance
Built withOllama, local models, Linux, IDE tooling
04

Web / Creative platform

Production website

Live product ecosystem

Immersive creative portal

A gallery and publishing system that makes maintaining a portfolio feel as thoughtful as viewing it.

Built around a custom visual world, flexible gallery tools, secure administration, theme controls, and responsive interactions across the entire experience.

RoleExperience design, frontend, testing, deployment
Built withNext.js, React, TypeScript, automated E2E tests
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Capability demos / Built by Hardway

More than one kind of build.

Four working concepts that show how Hardway approaches commerce, growth, software delivery, and physical infrastructure.

Fictional brands. Real implementation.
01 / Commerce Live demo ↗

Commerce systems

Storefronts, product discovery, conversion flows, integrations, and operational tooling.

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02 / Marketing Live demo ↗

Demand & marketing

Campaign sites, clear offers, content systems, CRM handoffs, analytics, and iteration.

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03 / CI/CD Live demo ↗

Delivery engineering

Git workflows, automated checks, deployment pipelines, observability, and reliable releases.

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04 / Infrastructure Live demo ↗

Hardware & infrastructure

Custom systems, workstations, networks, installation, upgrades, and practical consultation.

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Capabilities / End to end

Enough range to see the whole system. Enough depth to build it properly.

01

Product & systems thinking

Turning ambiguous needs into scoped, testable product decisions.

02

Full-stack engineering

Modern web, APIs, cloud services, data flows, and desktop software.

03

AI & automation

Useful model integration, agents, vision, browser control, and local AI.

04

Interface & experience

Clear interaction design with responsive, accessible implementation.

05

Testing & delivery

Build checks, browser testing, deployment, debugging, and iteration.

06

Hardware & field systems

Purpose-built computers, networks, installation, upgrades, and troubleshooting.

07

Technical consultation

Clear options, honest tradeoffs, implementation plans, and direct technical ownership.

How Hardway works

Small by design. Serious about the work.

Hardway Ventures is an independent Canadian product studio built around direct ownership of the outcome.

That means learning the domain, finding the actual constraint, and staying with the problem through architecture, interface, edge cases, and deployment. No layers of account management. No disappearing after the mockup.

Some work can be shown openly. Some cannot. In either case, the goal is the same: build something useful, understandable, and durable.

01

Understand before automating.

02

Make complexity legible.

03

Ship, inspect, improve.

Have a difficult build?

Good. Those are the interesting ones.

Available for select product work, technical collaboration, and the right full-time IT or engineering opportunity.

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