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BUSY FORGING REAL SOFTWARE.
DO NOT DISTURB THE BUILD.

Independent software foundry building backend systems, cloud-ready platforms, automations, and digital products.

[PRODUCTS FROM THE FORGE]

REPHORA

STATUS: BETA // PRODUCT BUILD

A learning platform for structured study sessions, concept memorization, progress tracking, and AI-assisted feedback.

SMIDHUS-SDD-HARNESS

STATUS: LIVE // DEVTOOL CLI

A Go-based CLI devtool for Spec-Driven Development workflows. It uses opencode as a bridge to the user’s own AI providers.

[CORE CRAFT]

BACKEND SYSTEMS

APIs, data models, business rules, integrations, and service layers designed to survive real production usage.

PRODUCT ENGINEERING

From product idea to usable software: scope, flows, architecture, trade-offs, implementation strategy, and delivery execution.

CLOUD & AUTOMATION

Cloud-ready services, deployment pipelines, background jobs, integrations, and operational workflows built for maintainable systems.

SDD WORKFLOWS

Spec-driven engineering workflows using structured agents, validation gates, documentation, and repeatable build processes.

[THE SMITH]

Smidhus is forged by Juan Zuluaga, a software engineer with 11+ years of experience turning business problems into backend systems, cloud-ready platforms, automations, and digital products.

This forge is where I build focused products, experiment with AI-powered workflows, and shape technical ideas into systems that can run, scale, and be maintained.

EXPERIENCE

11+ years building production software

FOCUS

Backend, cloud, automation, architecture, and product delivery

[OPEN COMMS]

HAVE SOMETHING TO FORGE?

Have a product idea, a backend problem, or an automation that should already exist?

Send a signal. The forge is open for selected builds, technical consulting, integrations, and product engineering work.