Work
Client builds, and our own production software.
A developer-led studio should show the machine, not just the dashboard. Here is real client work, run end to end, alongside the production software we build and run ourselves, across the web, native apps, and AI.
Client engagements
Anonymized by default, named with each client's permission.
A roofing company
The crux: a slow page-builder site, thin on structure, leaking leads.
What we built: a full rebuild onto a custom Cloudflare stack (all 62 pages score 90+ on mobile, 56 at 95+), replacing a $55/mo page-builder with a faster site at $0/mo on Cloudflare; sitewide schema; analytics and Search Console wired correctly; an address change pushed across their online listings; and a lean lead-intake stack that texts the owner on a new inquiry and lets customers book themselves, with AI working every lead. The business holds a 5.0 rating across 110 Google reviews.
A dual-language immersion school
The crux: a brand-new bilingual school that needs the right families to find it.
What we're doing: building its website and bilingual (English and Spanish) search presence, in progress now. We flagged early that Google disables reviews and Business Profile posts for the school category, a rule most agencies miss, so we're focused on what actually moves enrollment rather than a review plan that can't run.
A note on metrics. Detailed private numbers (search analytics, lead volume) are shared in a conversation with each client's permission rather than posted publicly. The figures above are publicly verifiable or our own engineering measurements. Happy to walk through the rest when we talk.
Software we build and run ourselves
"Developer-led" is literal. Not every project is a local website. We ship production software across the web, native apps, and AI, and we hold client work to the same bar.
Peanut Gallery
A real-time AI commentary engine: live transcription plus multi-model orchestration streaming reactions in under 300ms, runnable on your own keys. Production real-time AI, in the open, the proof we build with AI, not just talk about it.
peanutgallery.live →Tideward
A premium idle RPG shipping on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro, with offline progression, cross-device sync, no ads, and no tracking. Cross-platform native engineering and product polish held to App Store standards.
tideward.app →manugames.com
The publisher site behind Tideward: a fast, structured-data-rich build with an RSS feed and a devlog content strategy. Cruxsmith is a studio of Manu Games LLC, and this is its house.
manugames.com →Cruxsmith
Hand-built, no framework bloat, with hand-written schema, tuned Core Web Vitals, accessibility, and a serverless contact pipeline. The site is its own case study.
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