Engineering Blog
Technical deep-dives into the platforms, tools, and infrastructure we build for our clients and ourselves.
Building lakeforestcomputer.com with Zero Frameworks
Why we chose pure HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript over frameworks for our own website — and how we built a contact form backend, testimonials system, and SEO pipeline from scratch.
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Building PumbaPhoto: A Client Gallery and Proofing Platform for Photographers
How we built a self-hosted photography proofing platform with Django, NAS-backed storage, ClamAV scanning, and smart edit matching for professional photographers.
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Building a Family Photo Display with Immich and Home Assistant
How we connected iPhones, Immich, a custom Python photo server, Home Assistant, and a Samsung tablet into a seamless family photo slideshow.
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Building ITAD Tools: An AI-Powered IT Asset Disposition Platform
How we built a compliance-heavy SaaS for IT asset disposition with NIST 800-88 certificates, eBay pricing intelligence, and enterprise-grade security hardening.
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From Idea to App Store: Building the AI-Signed Shopify App
A walkthrough of building a Shopify embedded app with Remix, Polaris, and theme extensions — from development to App Store submission.
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Building AI-Signed: A Website Trust Verification Platform
How we built a SaaS that runs 43 automated trust checks across 8 parallel scanners to score and badge websites, with Stripe billing and a Shopify app.
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Building GigDataServ: A Full-Stack E-Commerce Platform with Next.js 16
How we built a 60+ model e-commerce platform with eBay sync, Stripe payments, AI content enrichment, and competitive pricing — all self-hosted on Proxmox.
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Building UIPing: A Real-Time Ubiquiti Stock Monitoring Platform
How we built a SaaS that monitors Ubiquiti product pages for stock changes, price drops, and new releases — with push notifications via ntfy, Discord, Slack, and webhooks.
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Running Production Services on a Self-Hosted Proxmox Cluster
How we run 10+ production VMs across a 3-node Proxmox cluster with NFS backups, cloud-init provisioning, and a shared WAN IP reverse proxy.
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