This is senior help that ships.
codegrit.dev is led by Dusty Chadwick.
You work directly with me. No layers. No handoff. No junior bench learning on your clock.
I help founders and technical leaders make better decisions in architecture, infrastructure, data, and AI. Then I help ship the ones worth shipping.
That work has spanned twenty-five years across startup pressure, cloud migrations, data platforms, and production AI. It has included leading as Head of Data at Suncrest Hospice, VP Engineering and Head of AI at Voze, Data Infrastructure Manager at MX, and CTO and Cloud Architect at Crux Connect / Room Choice.
You are not buying process theater. You are buying senior judgment, direct execution, and a shorter path from problem to decision.
Why founders call codegrit.dev.
Because the hard part usually is not effort. It is judgment.
They need clarity
Their roadmap is a wishlist. Nobody knows what to build first or what to kill.
What should be built now. What should wait. What should be cut. What will scale. What will quietly become expensive.
They need movement
Lots of activity. Not enough progress. The wrong turns are compounding.
The value is not more activity. The value is fewer wrong turns, cleaner decisions, and faster progress on the work that matters.
They need product, not demos
They've funded three AI proofs of concept this year. None of them shipped.
I get called when AI needs to become a real capability inside the business, not a slide, not a prototype, not an experiment that dies in handoff.
They need leverage
The stack is fragile. The team is stuck. Leadership is flying blind on what's worth doing next.
Sometimes the stack is fragile. Sometimes the team is stuck. Sometimes leadership just needs a sharper technical read on what is actually worth doing next.
What working together feels like.
I get to the constraint fast, tell you what matters, and bias toward systems your team can actually own after I leave.
Find the real constraint
I look for the point where architecture, delivery, and business risk are actually colliding. That is usually where the leverage is.
Make the tradeoffs plain
I tell you what to fix, what to leave alone, and what gets more expensive if you wait. If the right answer is to simplify or kill something, I say that too.
Ship work that sticks
I prefer simple systems, clean boundaries, and decisions your team can maintain. The goal is durable progress, not dependency.
What this is not.
Not an agency
You are not getting layers of account management or a rotating cast of contributors. You are getting me.
Not staff augmentation
This is not renting a pair of hands and hoping judgment shows up later. The judgment is the product.
Not a retainer for meetings
I am here to improve decisions, remove friction, and help ship important work. Not to decorate the calendar.
Not vendor lock in a nicer shirt
I care about systems your team can understand and own. That matters even more in AI, where dependence gets expensive fast.
codegrit.dev stays small on purpose. That keeps the work senior, direct, and accountable.
If you need leverage, start here.
Dusty is a factory of ideas. He has endless ideas to solve any problem. And, even better, every idea works.
If you need architectural clarity, production AI, or direct technical judgment, start with the shape of the work or the proof behind it.