StaffEngineer
Deterministic Claude Code skills for a production stack
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StaffEngineer - Deterministic Claude Code skills for a production stack

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StaffEngineer is a pack of deterministic Claude Code skills that scaffold and wire a production-grade dev stack the same correct way every time — instead of re-prompting Claude each session. Skills run deterministic scripts (e.g. /squidci for CI) over a known toolchain (OrbStack, Doppler, Docker). Free today: squidapp (full-stack scaffold) and squidops (toolchain doctor). The full pack (deploy, observability, real-time, durable workflows) is a one-time purchase you own, not a subscription.

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Hey PH, I'm Tamas, solo maker. StaffEngineer came out of a simple frustration: every session I'd re-prompt Claude Code to set up the same production stack (CI, deploy, secrets, observability) and it'd do it a little differently each time. So I turned the correct way into deterministic skills that run the same scripts every time. Two are free today - squidapp scaffolds a full-stack app, squidops checks your toolchain - drop your email and you get install instructions. Prompts improvise; skills ship. Two things I'd genuinely love feedback on: (1) which part of your prod setup do you most wish was one deterministic command? (2) does a one-time, you-own-it purchase (vs a subscription) feel right for dev skills? Thanks for taking a look.
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 Hey — congrats on the launch. This scratches a real itch: re-doing the same production setup every session and getting slightly different results each time is maddening, so turning the correct way into deterministic skills is a clever answer. "Prompts improvise; skills ship" is a great line, and the one-time, you-own-it model feels right for dev tooling.

Launch tip: a short video on the page usually converts better than text alone. I made one for you from your own site — here:



Fel free to save it and add it to your launch. It was auto-made by FoxPlug (), which turns your real build and launch activity into narrated videos and ready-to-post updates.

Congrats on the launch!

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 Saul, this is awesome. I just added your video to the launch list so people can see it as part of the launch. You captured the pain exactly: every session starts drifting unless the setup is deterministic. Really appreciate you making this.

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