SpecStrand

Bend, OR // 44.06°N 121.31°W

AI and cloud software, engineered in the high desert.

Business AI that does real work, on cloud architecture built to last. Designed, built and run by a senior engineer, from first idea to production.

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01 Services

Four things, done properly

[ ai/ ]

Business AI implementation

Put language models to work on real business processes, not demos.

  • Workflow automation for documents, email and support
  • Internal assistants and agents on your own data
  • Integration with the tools and APIs you already run
  • Evaluation, guardrails and cost control from day one

[ cloud/ ]

Cloud software architecture

Systems on AWS that are secure, affordable and easy to operate.

  • Architecture design and reviews
  • APIs, data stores and back-end services
  • Infrastructure as code, CI/CD and monitoring
  • Cost and reliability tuning for what you run today

[ build/ ]

Software engineering

Apps, web applications and the integrations between the systems you already run.

  • Web applications and internal tools, end to end
  • Integrations: APIs, webhooks, data syncs and migrations
  • Go, TypeScript, Svelte and Postgres
  • Tests, documentation and a clean hand-over

[ advise/ ]

Business technology consulting

Independent advice on what to build, what to buy and what to leave alone.

  • Technology strategy and roadmaps for small and mid-size businesses
  • Vendor, platform and build-versus-buy evaluations
  • Architecture reviews and technical due diligence
  • Fractional CTO: an engineer in the room when decisions get made

02 About

The short version

One point of contact from the first call to the last deploy. No account managers, no hand-offs, and no surprises in the invoice.

whoami

specstrand: AI and cloud software engineering, Bend, Oregon

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you work directly with the engineer who builds it

AI where it pays off, proven tools everywhere else

built to run, documented to hand over

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03 Contact

Tell me about your project

Send a short note about what you need. You get a reply by email, usually within one business day.

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