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> Your infrastructure in a week. Everything you need to know.
> 10 hours a month. Direction when you need it. Space when you don’t.
> Multi-agent systems. Ship in weeks, not quarters.
> One conversation. If there’s fit, you’ll know in 15 minutes.
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> codegrit --flywheel
01 REVIEW
02 LEAD
03 BUILD
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Review. Lead. Build. Compound.

Three ways to work together. Each engagement maps to one phase of the flywheel — start where you need the most leverage, then compound from there.

01

Review

Start with what exists. One system, one architecture review, one clear diagnosis — before anyone talks about strategy or roadmap.

Architectural Audit One week, fixed scope. I trace your data paths, check your topology, and flag anything that looks fragile. The deliverable is just a list: fix this, watch that, and leave this alone, with time and cost estimates for each item.
02

Lead

Evidence-based direction that actually lands. Architecture reviews, infrastructure decisions, and whatever's most useful that week — not a scheduled status update.

Fractional Advisory 10–15 hours a month, give or take. Real engineering judgment. Sometimes I'm steering, sometimes I'm merging PRs. I keep my load light so each engagement gets real weight.
03

Build

Working system, proven approach — now operationalize. Design and ship a multi-agent system for whatever problem is costing you the most right now.

Agentic AI Fixed price. I figure out the agent topology, wire up the orchestration, and ship something that actually works. You own the code when we're done: tested, documented, and running.

Each phase builds on the last. Strategy follows proof. Systems scale from the ground up, not from theory. The flywheel keeps turning.

Thinking out loud about AI, systems, and shipping.

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Dusty is a skilled leader and a valuable member of the team. He excels in taking responsibility for the stewardship of the people reporting to him, and truly cares about their professional and personal development. I have absolutely loved the time I have spent working with Dusty.
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Technology Leader in Game Development, ML & Data Engineering
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Dusty is truly an engineer's manager. He seems to have a magical sixth sense of knowing exactly what his engineers need. I've never felt as empowered, as successful, or as confident as I have working under Dusty. I've grown so much by being on his team.
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Dusty is a factory of ideas. He has endless ideas to solve any problem. And, even better, every idea works. I've seen his incredible architecture design skills and coding skills at work, creating an enterprise class system. I would recommend him to any company.
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