Uptime
18 yrs
Focus
AI / Software / Networks
Based in
SE Michigan

Justin Newman

Just-In-Time Technology Services · Builder and Doer

Making things runs in the blood. Two decades across hardware, software and the infrastructure between them, and now AI put to work across all three.

Senior engineering help for teams that want AI put to real work, software built, a network designed, or a platform that stays up, from the first architecture sketch to running it in production.

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Services

  • AI engineering

    Practical AI in your products and workflows, built to be measured, safe and maintainable.

    • LLM features, agents and automation
    • Search and answers over your own documents
    • AI-assisted development and evaluation

  • Software engineering consulting

    Hands-on development and technical leadership for new products and existing codebases.

    • Back-end services and APIs
    • Code and architecture reviews
    • CI/CD, testing and release pipelines

  • Network engineering

    Networks for offices, sites and labs, designed to be secure and easy to run.

    • Routing, switching, VLANs and Wi-Fi
    • Firewalls, VPNs and remote access
    • Monitoring and troubleshooting

  • System design

    Architecture that fits the problem, the budget and the team that has to run it.

    • Infrastructure and cloud architecture
    • Scaling, reliability and backups
    • Migrations and modernisation plans

  • Hosted services

    Websites, applications and internal tools hosted and looked after for you.

    • Web and application hosting
    • Self-hosted and containerised services
    • Updates, security patches and backups

Tools I work with

  • Infrastructure as code: cloud resources provisioned and managed from declarative config.
  • Agentless automation for configuring servers and deploying software at scale.
  • Packages an app and its dependencies into containers that run the same anywhere.
  • Amazon Web Services: cloud compute, storage and networking.
  • Google Cloud Platform: cloud compute, storage and networking.
  • Backend services and tooling.
  • JavaScript framework for front-end user interfaces.
  • Python web framework for backend applications.
  • The operating system under most servers and dev environments.
  • Deployed, imaged and supported across every version since the 90s.
  • Supported alongside Windows and Linux fleets.
  • Mobile device management: enrolling, configuring and securing devices remotely.
  • Ubiquiti switches, access points and gateways for wired and wireless networks.
  • Designing and maintaining the networks that connect everything else.

Projects

  • Sparen Homes Platform

    2022 — present
    • Vue
    • Django
    • GraphQL
    • Terraform

    Fullstack Vue, Django, Flask, GraphQL and Express.js application with a containerized local dev environment and Terraform-managed cloud infrastructure.

  • 25-branch IT rollout

    2015 — present
    • Networking
    • Procurement
    • Vendor management

    Designed and deployed hardware, software and network infrastructure across 25+ branch locations statewide, matching vendor specs to security and technology goals.

  • Escort Zetec powertrain swap

    2012
    • Engine swap
    • Wiring
    • Mechanical

    A wrecked ZX2's whole front end, engine to struts, swapped into an Escort sedan, then three days of hand-drawn wiring diagrams to move its cruise control across. It still works.

  • Customized iPod Classic (7th gen)

    2018
    • Hardware mod
    • Repair

    A 7th-generation iPod Classic rebuilt with a 128 GB SSD for speed and durability, and an iVue clear front panel for a one-of-a-kind look.

Approach

  1. Understand

    Start from what the business needs and what already exists, not from a favourite tool.

  2. Design and build

    Small, reviewable changes, automated checks and documentation your team can keep using.

  3. Run and hand over

    Deploy safely, monitor what matters, and either keep it running or hand it over cleanly.

About

I took apart my first computer at age 7, because the new disc drive my mom had just had installed wouldn't read a game I had on CD. Took it out, put the old one back in. Played my game.

Since then it's been the same pattern on a longer timeline: take the thing apart, figure out why it's built the way it is, put it back together better. iPods, game consoles, cars, IT infrastructure for 25+ branch locations, a fullstack app and the cloud it runs on. Different scale each time, same process.

Just-In-Time Technology Services is how I do that for clients: one engineer who understands the whole stack, from the model to the cables. Affordable, dependable technology work, done right, without the markup of a big service company or the compromises of an off-the-shelf build.

Contact

Tell me a little about the project and I'll get back to you by email.

You can also write to contact@justintimetechnology.com.

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