Automate the boring parts.
Migrations, imports, audits, image processing, deployment helpers, diagnostics and one-off tools built around a real operational problem.
0x11GEARS / LAB / 0x01
Under the surface.
A technical and creative playground: systems, experiments, failures, prototypes and the invisible work behind polished digital products.
GEARS LAB / interactive shellLIVE
lab@gears.agency$ help
GEARS LAB shell — deliberately over-engineered for a page nobody needed.core: help · stack · uptime · whoami · projects · tools · scripts · joinplay: coffee · matrix · glitch · sudo · deploy friday · reboot · shutdown · exitroutes: home · work · about · contact · services · capabilities · brief · estimate · faq · hello worldbuild: type 'build' to list every expertise route, or 'build hotel', 'build SaaS', 'build logistics'…10 expertise targets mounted.tip: ↑ / ↓ recalls history, TAB completes commands, clear wipes the buffer.
Measure first. Then cut.
We profile rendering, queries, APIs, assets and infrastructure. Less payload and fewer moving parts often beat another dependency.
0x12Use the right tool, not the fashionable one.
We move between design software, terminals, databases, browser devtools, server logs, profiling tools and small custom utilities.
0x13If it repeats, it deserves a question.
Some processes should stay human. Others are better as scripts, webhooks, queues or tiny internal tools that remove repetitive work.
0x14Logs are part of the interface.
Monitoring, traces and useful diagnostics help us understand systems after launch instead of treating production as a black box.
0x15Creative code belongs in production too.
Motion, procedural graphics, unusual interactions and technical prototypes are tested here before they become client-facing patterns.
0x16GEARS / TOOLBOX
Tools are temporary. Curiosity is infrastructure.
We like scripts, profiling, optimisation and small tools because they expose how a system actually behaves. The stack changes; the habit of measuring and understanding does not.
01 / shell scripts02 / performance profiling03 / API probes04 / Lighthouse05 / curl06 / grep / awk / sed07 / Docker08 / Nginx09 / PostgreSQL / PostGIS10 / Redis11 / Cloudflare12 / CI/CD13 / synthetic monitoring14 / browser devtools15 / image pipelines16 / database explain plans
Like breaking things carefully?
If you enjoy scripts, optimisation, weird prototypes, useful automation and making systems less wasteful, say hello. A perfect CV is optional. Curiosity is not.