systems architecture
Boundaries, data flows, failure modes — decided before the first commit. We draw the system, then we defend the drawing.
$ arc4ne --init · arc struck · ok
ARC4NE
systems architecture · software engineering · applied AI
from physics: an arc — current leaping a gap, tearing gas into glowing plasma. Lightning's family. Latin arcus: the bow, the curve.
from chemistry: Ne — neon, element 10. A noble gas: stable, invisible, utterly inert — until it's energised.
put together: an arc discharge through neon gas is literally how a neon sign glows. 'Arcane' means hidden knowledge; neon means visible light. arc4ne is the spark between them — the thing that makes the arcane glow.
/ɑːˈkeɪn/ — an arc for Ne · neon sits dark until an arc strikes through it.
You bring the neon. We bring the arc.
We design, build, and run software that holds up in production — from first diagram to metal.
alpha v0.1 — forged in Australia
$ ls ./capabilities
software engineering
Typed, tested, shipped. Boring pipelines, exciting products. Code that the next engineer thanks you for.
saas platforms
Multi-tenant products from zero to production — auth, billing, observability, the unglamorous 80% done right.
applied ai
RAG, agents, evals. Grounded in your data, measured against reality, zero fabrication tolerated — in the model or the pitch.
$ cat ./stack
Current-generation, boring-on-purpose choices — modern enough to move fast, proven enough to sleep at night.
interfaces
The latest generation of web stacks for design and front-end — fast, accessible interfaces that respect your device, your bandwidth, and your motion settings. Chosen per project, never by fashion.
services
Node · Go · Python (FastAPI) · REST & server-sent streams · typed contracts end to end
data
PostgreSQL · pgvector for retrieval · object storage (R2/S3) · caches only when they're earned
platform
Kubernetes · GitOps (ArgoCD) · Terraform · multi-arch containers (amd64+arm64) · Cloudflare edge, tunnels & WAF
observability
Prometheus · Grafana · Loki · real SLOs, real dashboards — the same ones we watch ourselves
applied ai
Claude & the modern LLM stack · RAG over your data · agent tool-loops · eval harnesses with published scores
$ cat ./method
listen & map
The domain, the constraints, the actual problem — before any technology gets named.
architect
Boundaries, data flows, tenancy, failure modes — on paper, argued about, then committed to.
build
Typed, tested, reviewed. CI from day one. Every image built for two architectures.
ship
GitOps: a push to main is the deploy, a revert is the rollback. No snowflake servers, no heroics.
run
Metrics, logs, SLOs, backups that provably restore — and honest post-mortems when reality pushes back.
Multi-tenant SaaS is a specialty: identity and SSO, billing, tenant isolation, rate limits, audit trails — the parts nobody demos and every customer depends on.
$ cat ./proof
We run what we sell. This page is served from our own Kubernetes cluster on ARM metal in Sydney — GitOps-deployed (a push to main built two architectures and rolled it out), fronted by Cloudflare with zero inbound ports, watched by our own dashboards, backed up off-site nightly.
Built in Australia, timezone-native for Australian businesses — with partner reach across Europe and South America.
own your metal · measure, never assume · ship honest systems
$ who
A team of German, Australian and Brazilian software engineers with a proven track record — decades of shipping, from video-conferencing systems in the '90s to modern SaaS and applied AI. Timezone-native for Australia; working reach across Europe and South America.
the team
engineering · product · operations
Senior hands on every line: full-stack web and mobile, SaaS with auth and billing, AI/LLM integration, code audits and security hardening, DevOps and 24/7 operations. Hundreds of projects shipped — from startups to household-name platforms.
the bench
architecture · platform · applied ai
Systems people: Kubernetes and GitOps, RAG pipelines with published eval scores, security-hardened by default. The cluster serving this page is our own work, end to end.
$ open channel
Direct line — tell us what you're building, what's in the way, and where it needs to go. Attach the brief, the spec, or the napkin sketch.
$ ready — compose and transmit