I spent years building mechanical automation — physical systems that have to actually work, every time, or things break. That mindset translates directly to software: design for reliability first, edge cases second, aesthetics third.
What's changed is the tooling. AI lets a small team deliver in days what used to take a consulting firm months. I'm honest about that — Beaudoin Systems is a focused shop, not a 50-person agency. You get senior-level work without agency overhead, faster.
The proof is shipped: a two-sided marketplace with live payments, an AI budgeting app with a real subscription model, and automations running quietly in the background of other businesses. An engineer's discipline, modern tools, no fluff.