Operational reality first
Architectures should be understandable, observable, recoverable, and useful to the teams that operate them.
Independent platform engineering and orchestration consulting
Developer systems built for speed, clarity, and operational control.
MycroftAI focuses on platform engineering, deployment automation, cloud infrastructure, observability, and AI-assisted workflows for teams that need practical systems rather than hype.
Platform engineering
CI/CD modernization
Deployment orchestration
Cloud infrastructure automation
Observability and reliability
Workflow orchestration and intelligent tooling
Focus
Useful platform work for complex delivery environments.
MycroftAI is oriented around the kind of engineering work that helps product teams move: CI/CD systems, infrastructure automation, workflow orchestration, reliability, and developer experience.
The emphasis is on grounded technical execution: making systems easier to ship, observe, operate, and evolve.
Current Build
StyxCD: YAML-driven orchestration for deployment workflows.
StyxCD is an active platform engineering project exploring how application definitions, infrastructure plans, build stages, and observability signals can be orchestrated through explicit workflows.
workflow.yamlcloud_workflow
release:
name: johnny-platform-release
workflow: cloud_workflow
applications:
spring:
- name: styxcd-orchestrator
build:
type: gradle
infrastructure:
target: ecs-fargate
observability:
logs: structured-json
backend: lokiPrinciples
Automation with accountability
Good platforms reduce friction without hiding ownership, approval paths, rollback behavior, or production risk.
AI as engineering leverage
AI-assisted workflows are most valuable when paired with clear constraints, human review, and practical delivery judgment.
Contact
Platform engineering, consulting, and architecture conversations.
For contract, consulting, or engineering leadership conversations, reach out directly.
grant.gortsema@mycroftai.org