Rescues and fixed-deadline delivery
Pick up where another partner stalled, with a Good / Better / Best decision matrix so the client picks which compromises buy back the schedule. Deliver to the launch date that is already public.
See offer Principal-led · AV systems since 1998
We finish technology projects. Including the ones already started.
Consult, design and build for jobs where the deadline is fixed, the previous partner missed it, the budget is already half-spent, or a new physical product has to be in production this quarter.
No charge. No deck. Bring the constraint. We will tell you whether to hire us, hire someone else, or do it yourself. Reply within four working hours, weekdays.
We do not do AI strategy decks. We do AI features that survive a Tuesday.
Crucible problems
Most technology problems are not technical.
They are commitments stuck between sales, engineering, suppliers and customers.
A launch date that is already public when the previous partner stops returning calls. A new physical product that has to ship in twelve weeks because that is when the trade show opens. A platform that needs an AI surface enterprise customers will actually adopt rather than another demo. A workflow trapped between spreadsheets, manual process and half-connected SaaS tools.
Thrucible exists for the seam between code, hardware, supplier and contract — where pressure, ambiguity and commercial consequence collide.
Where we are useful
Senior help where the work crosses code, hardware, suppliers and contracts.
Hardware end-to-end, on a quarter timeline
Concept, mechanical, electrical, firmware and low-volume production. Most recent: a Patent-Pending appliance from concept to US production in twelve weeks.
See offerAPI, SDK and AI surfaces customers actually use
Full API remap, an SDK real engineers want to use, plus open-source reference AI integrations so each customer can roll their own surface against their own data and policies.
See offerHow we work
And when a different kind of consultancy fits the job better.
Setting expectations honestly is cheaper than discovering them halfway through. Here is how Thrucible engages — read it before the call.
- We are a Mr Wolfe consultancy. Short-term, tight-timeline projects are what we do best. If you have eight or more months to deliver, a more traditional consultancy is probably more suitable.
- We deliver to deadlines, not timelines. If your delivery date is a guideline rather than a fixed schedule, a more traditional consultancy is probably the right call.
- Indicative pricing. A project consultation is typically $3,000. Project costs depend on scope, but a three-month hardware-and-software event deliverable runs north of $20,000 in project costs, plus materials and equipment.
- We are remote-first. We come on site only when needed — usually for final delivery and training. You are paying us to deliver, not to travel.
What we own, not what we say
Since 1998
We've built everything from process mapping to power stations. We likely have the skill set for your issue. Or we will refer you to someone who has.
Patent Pending
SANDER — a hardware appliance we invented and put into US low-volume production in twelve weeks. IP transferred to the client; you own the IP we invent for you.
olitrack.app
A live, MIT-licensed consumer product we designed, built and run on our own infrastructure
Engage Works
"Knowledge second to none in his field, delivers what he says he will, on time and on budget" — Steve Blyth, CEO
Reference work
Real engagements. Different stories.
Below are just three of our prior engagements. The rest are on the reference page.
Start with the pressure point
Bring the messy version. Leave with a yes/no.
Useful context: what is at stake, what has already been tried, what success looks like, and the deadline.