Software that belongs to you.
A small team building, teaching, and securing the tools you actually depend on — without the subscriptions, surveillance, or lock-in.
The software industry has reorganized itself around surveillance, subscription, and lock-in.
The tools you use every day — your email, your phone, the systems your business runs on — were built by companies whose business model depends on keeping you dependent. Most of it used to be better. Most of it could be better again.
We help people and companies move off platforms that are failing them, onto tools they can actually own — and we build the pieces that do not exist yet. You do not need to be an ideologue. You just need a next step.
Our work is small on purpose. One project at a time, scoped in writing, priced in writing, finished when we say it is finished. When it is yours, it is yours: every credential, every line of source, every key. We hand it off and we stay reachable for the long tail.
What we do.
Four practices, one discipline. Each is its own engagement model.
Software
Custom builds, integrations, and migrations off legacy systems. Data recovery, fleet handover, and unwinding software you were never supposed to be able to leave.
READ MORE → A.02Teaching
One-on-one and small-group instruction. Corporate training. Programs for high school students and adults rebuilding their lives. Plain language, patient pace.
READ MORE → A.03Hardware
Phones and computers built to be fast, private, and yours. No telemetry, no locked bootloaders, no bloat. Bulk procurement and fleet setup for businesses that want it done right.
READ MORE → A.04Security
Ethical hacking, penetration testing, and hardening engagements for organizations that actually care about their security posture. Quiet, thorough, discreet.
READ MORE →How we work.
1.
Get on a call.
Free, no pitch. Thirty minutes. We tell you whether we are the right team. If not, we usually know who is.
2.
We write back.
Scope, price, timeline, in writing. No surprise fees, no open-ended hourly billing, no figuring it out as we go.
3.
We do the work.
Updates on a schedule we agree to, in writing. If something breaks six months later, we pick up the phone.
4.
We hand it off.
You get everything — source, documentation, credentials, access. No lock-in. Ever.
Recent writings.
A running record of what we're working on and what we believe.
Work with us.
Pick what suits you. We answer both within two working days. We will not put you on a list, and we will not chase you afterwards.
Book a thirty-minute call →
Free. No pitch. We talk about what you are trying to do.
hello@capitalismkilledsoftware.com
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