A technoir-styled exasperated figure

Creative systems. Technical clarity. Quiet fire.

We build tools, interfaces, and infrastructure for people doing complex work under pressure.

heartbred_studio/about.sh
$ cat studio.txt

Heartbred is a studio for strategy-driven software, AI tooling, and visual systems. We help individuals and small teams turn chaos into flow — and ideas into artifacts.

Most of our work happens quietly. But if you're staring down a mess no one else wants to touch — we're probably your people.

01. What We Do

Cyberpunk cityscape
debug-mode
v1.2.4
heartbred_studio/services.sh
$ cat mission.txt

We fix broken systems.
&& build the ones that should've existed all along.

~/core
heartbred_studio/approach.sh
$ echo $APPROACH

Most of our work starts with a sigh.

A bottleneck. A dashboard no one uses. A project that was oversold, over-promised, or already on fire. That's fine. We don't need clean.

We do our best work when the stakes are high and the manual doesn't exist.

heartbred_studio/services.sh
$ ls -la services/
  • drwxr-xr-x 3 staff
    🛠

    Internal_Tools priority-high

    Fast, focused UIs and CLIs that do exactly what they need to — no onboarding required.

  • drwxr-xr-x 3 staff
    🧠

    AI_Workflows @latest

    Local-first. Privacy-respecting. Integrated like a team member, not a novelty.

  • drwxr-xr-x 3 staff
    ⚙️

    Infrastructure_Glue

    gRPC, SQLite, serverless, shell scripts — the stack doesn't matter. The outcome does.

  • drwxr-xr-x 3 staff
    🎨

    Brand_Systems // visual

    Design that explains itself. Style guides that actually make decisions easier.

  • -rwxr-xr-x 3 staff
    urgent
    🧯

    Triage_BlackBag

    Dropped in last-minute? Good. We know what it means to move with the pressure on.

$ _

02. Who We Work With

Six process vectors for strategic clarity

Current State

system:unstable
01 SCALE_MISMATCH

Running small team with outsized ambition

!
02 FOCUS_SPLIT

Wearing six hats & thinking in five-year arcs

⚠
03 RESOURCE_GAP

Stuck between technical possibility & human capacity

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04 CONTEXT_SWITCH

Building and selling while thinking about raising

⚠
05 DEBT_SPIRAL

Making one technical debt payment with another

!
[!] deadline drift detected
[#] active project backlog: 14
OUTCOME SYSTEM_FAILURE

Tactical gridlock

↓

PROCESS STABILIZATION

Process Stabilization

system:stabilizing
HEARTBRED CORE

Strategic
Clarity

01 SIGNAL DISTORTION
Client Experience:

They're overwhelmed but can't articulate it

Heartbred Action:

We triangulate problems from the noise

02 AMBITION ENTROPY
Client Experience:

They've outgrown their systems

Heartbred Action:

We show which dreams to shelve vs ship

03 RESPONSIBILITY FOG
Client Experience:

Nobody owns the fire, everyone's busy

Heartbred Action:

We install decision pressure valves

04 STACK MISMATCH
Client Experience:

Tech is technically fine, tactically broken

Heartbred Action:

We simplify the actual delivery pipeline

05 EXECUTION DRAG
Client Experience:

Everything feels harder than it should

Heartbred Action:

We eliminate flow friction and double-binds

06 COGNITIVE LIFT
Client Experience:

They finally "see" what's happening

Heartbred Action:

We externalize their intuition into structure

"We don't replace your thinking. We stabilize it." 

function contact() {
  return {
    studio: "heartbred",
    status: "accepting_projects",
  };
}
    
// TODO: Add more contact details
const response = {
  success: true,
};

Let's work together.

We're selective about the projects we take on, and focused on delivering exceptional value to those we do.

This isn't a lead capture. It's the start of a conversation.

new-message.sh

Tell us what you're building, or what's breaking.

> Direct Contact

> Schedule a call

Book a consultation →

15-minute intro calls available weekly

> Studio location

Distributed / Operates from Alberta, Canada

We work with clients around the world.

(Because it's 2025. And most of the real work happens remotely anyway.)