TCPU Solutions

How we work

Nothing here is unusual. It is written down because knowing what happens next is most of what makes a technical project bearable.

  1. Scope

    A conversation, then a written summary of the problem as we understand it, what we would do about it, what it costs and how long it takes. If the honest answer is that you do not need us, that is what the summary says.

  2. Build or migrate

    Work goes out in small pieces you can see running, not in one reveal at the end. You get an environment to click through from the first week, and a standing weekly point of contact.

  3. Run

    Monitoring, patching, backups and a tested restore. Someone is on the other end of the alert. We would rather find the failure at 02:00 than have you find it at 09:00.

  4. Hand over

    Documentation written for whoever comes next, access in your name, and a walkthrough with your team. This step exists whether or not you are going anywhere.

What we hold to

Boring technology, chosen on purpose

We pick tools with long support windows and a large pool of people who know them. Novelty is a cost paid by whoever maintains the system in five years.

Estimates with the uncertainty left in

A range and the reason for the range beats a confident single number that quietly becomes a target.

Written decisions

Why a thing was built this way is recorded next to the thing. Institutional memory should not live in one person's head, including ours.

Security is part of the build

Least privilege, patched dependencies, tested backups and sane defaults from the start, rather than a review bolted on before launch.

Sound like a fit?

Tell us what you are dealing with and we will reply with what we would actually do about it.

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