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cody@hillforge.aiHillforge is a private technology practice. We design and build the systems serious teams depend on, and make sure they hold up under pressure.
When the technical decisions are hard and the pressure is on, Hillforge is the steady hand you bring in. Clear thinking, calm under load, and choices you can build on.
I work with a small number of partners at a time, so the attention is real and the advice is honest. The name says it plainly: good work is forged, not assembled. Shaped with care, under pressure, to last.
A focused practice rather than an agency. I take on a small number of engagements and build them to outlive the project that started them.
Fast, distinctive websites and the brand identity around them, usually the first thing anyone sees of your business. Everything is hand-built rather than dropped into a template, and set up so you fully own and control it afterward. For a lot of clients this is where we start, and it often opens the door to deeper work.
Building the software you need and connecting the tools you already use, so the day-to-day runs without friction. It's documented properly and built to keep running long after the project wraps, not propped up by whoever happened to write it.
AI that does real work inside your business instead of sitting in a slide deck. The automations and tools that save you hours every week and fit the way you already operate, used where they actually pull their weight and left alone where they don't.
A clear, honest second opinion when the technical choices are hard and the stakes are high. You might be weighing a build, sizing up a vendor, or facing a direction you can't easily walk back. Bring me the decision and I'll give you a straight read on it, in plain language.
The technical leadership your company needs without hiring a full-time executive. I take ownership of your technology decisions, your team, and your roadmap, and I stay accountable for where they lead. It's the right fit when you've outgrown winging it but aren't ready to bring on a permanent CTO.
This runs from a single project to an ongoing partnership, all from the same practice. Most clients start with one piece and grow into the rest over time.
A few recent builds, described by what they do. Client names stay private, but the range speaks for itself.
Aviation, insurance, and pro sports all run on one system, each with their own branded version of it. A multi-tenant platform on Firebase and React, with persona-based onboarding, clinical screening reframed as performance metrics, and a white-label edition system that reskins a single codebase for each vertical.
A field sales team logs every visit straight from their phone, often just by snapping a photo, while managers get a clear daily picture of what each rep is up to. A Telegram-driven CRM with photo and vision parsing, follow-up cadence tracking, per-rep digests, and admin-managed brand routing. Designed, built, and deployed end to end.
A companion app for motorsport weekends that shows fans where they are on the track, what's nearby, and what's happening around them. Built in React and Firebase with live GPS tracking, venue-specific interactive maps, and a multi-track theme system driven from a single build.
Find the right prospects, reach out automatically from the right person's inbox, and make sure those emails actually land instead of getting flagged as spam. Automated outreach and lead-intelligence systems with multi-persona routing, OAuth-based email integration, deliverability hardening across SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, and scheduled discovery agents.
Systems built to run on their own around the clock and recover without anyone stepping in. Long-running automation with live monitoring, failover handling, and a structured methodology, built to catch problems early and recover cleanly.
Polished marketing and professional sites that the client owns outright once they go live. Framework-free builds with custom typography, auto-deploy pipelines, and full DNS handover, made as reusable systems rather than one-off pages.
Details are intentionally general. Happy to talk specifics in a conversation.
No long sales process. A short path from first conversation to real work.
A first call to talk through what you are facing and what good would look like. If it is not a fit, I will say so plainly and point you somewhere better.
I lay out what I would do, how long it takes, and what it costs, in plain terms. No surprises, no padding, no jargon.
I do the work and stay close to it, with steady communication along the way and something built to last at the end.
Selective engagements, considered replies. If the work is a fit, I’ll say so plainly.
cody@hillforge.ai