codename
EXCHANGE CORE
rust · kafka · flamegraph
noise
Order pipeline stalling at p99 2,340 ms. Declared unfixable by two vendors.
signal
p99 86 ms. Zero missed fills in 180 days.
Signal from noise.
Eight engineers. Four engagements a year.
We take the problems others call impossible.
01 — manifesto
Others see noise.
We see the solution.
powerdevs is an eight-person engineering unit. We take four engagements a year — attention is the only resource that compounds. Clients stay unnamed. Numbers don't.
8
engineers, zero subcontracting
4
engagements per year
11
impossible problems shipped since 2023
86 ms
worst p99 we left behind
02 — capabilities
Four things. Done at depth.
Performance forensics
We read flame graphs the way others read logs. Latency has a hiding place; we publish its address.
Live-system surgery
Replacing engines mid-flight. Migrations measured in zero minutes of downtime.
Zero-to-one systems
From whiteboard to audited production. No scaffolding theater.
Technical due diligence
Forty-eight hours inside a codebase. You get the truth, with line numbers.
03 — selected work
Clients stay unnamed.
Numbers don't.
codename
LIVE MIGRATION
k8s · strangler-fig · dual-write
noise
27 services, 11 years of legacy, no maintenance window allowed.
signal
Migrated live. Downtime: 0 minutes.
codename
RENDER ENGINE
canvas 2d · quadtree · workers
noise
1.2 M geodata points choking a dashboard at 4 fps.
signal
60 fps on a 2015 laptop. Canvas, not WebGL.
04 — the record
Proof has weight.
Eleven engagements since 2023. Each one left something behind. Drag them — they hold.
drag to toss · they settle
05 — the unit
Eight people. No bench.
drag to rotate · select an engineer
06 — engagement
How we take a problem.
Write to us. One page. The problem, not the solution.
We reply within 72 hours. Sometimes the answer is no.
If it fits, we scope in one week. Fixed team, fixed cadence, fixed number.
we take it if
- It has been declared impossible.
- It has a measurable definition of done.
- You can name the decision maker.
we pass if
- It is routine.
If your problem is ordinary, we are not the team you're looking for.
07 — telemetry
This page, measured.
We benchmark what we ship. Including this one — live, on your machine.
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▪ field resolved —
▪ field state —
▪ record wall bodies —
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▪ dom nodes —
▪ transferred —
▪ trackers0
▪ links on this page1
08 — contact
One address. One decision.
Request a slot.Q3 2026: one slot remaining.
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