https://limelyte.com/notes/ Articles, field notes, and posts from the shop. en-us https://limelyte.com/notes/running-the-company-on-a-team-of-bots/ https://limelyte.com/notes/running-the-company-on-a-team-of-bots/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Field note Most of the work at Limelyte runs through Grok Bot now. I've got about 30 bots spread across a handful of Grok accounts, one per company plus a couple for game dev and personal… https://limelyte.com/notes/your-domain-knowledge-is-your-moat/ https://limelyte.com/notes/your-domain-knowledge-is-your-moat/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Article Every small business has years of pricing, estimating, and selling knowledge AI cannot replicate. Here is how we let agents use it without giving away the recipe. https://limelyte.com/notes/nats-as-an-event-fabric/ https://limelyte.com/notes/nats-as-an-event-fabric/ Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Field note Been building with NATS for the last few years now and I feel like I'm becoming a fanboy. It's the event fabric underneath several of our bigger projects, Sluicebox, TitleTools,… https://limelyte.com/notes/sluicebox-scheduling-milestones-workflows/ https://limelyte.com/notes/sluicebox-scheduling-milestones-workflows/ Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Field note Sluicebox got a big round of updates this week. Mostly around project scheduling and task workflows, the stuff that was too simple before. Tasks used to be completed or not.… https://limelyte.com/notes/titletools-autoexamine/ https://limelyte.com/notes/titletools-autoexamine/ Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Field note Working on our AutoExamine functionality in TitleTools https://limelyte.com/notes/timers-that-write-their-own-descriptions/ https://limelyte.com/notes/timers-that-write-their-own-descriptions/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Field note Global rule: when I'm working on a project, the agent keeps a timer running and appends a client-readable description as work happens. I don't write time entries. They write… https://limelyte.com/notes/the-golden-pattern/ https://limelyte.com/notes/the-golden-pattern/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Field note The stack we keep landing on at Limelyte. **Go API**, Gin router, Gorm or SQLX or SQLC for data depending on how much SQL we want to write by hand, SQLite for anything that… https://limelyte.com/notes/hidden-cost-big-bang-rewrites/ https://limelyte.com/notes/hidden-cost-big-bang-rewrites/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Article Why throwing out the old system and starting over keeps going badly, and what we do instead. https://limelyte.com/notes/trusting-our-own-methodology/ https://limelyte.com/notes/trusting-our-own-methodology/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Article We put Hybrid Migration to the test on our own 20-year business system. Zero downtime. https://limelyte.com/notes/ai-faster-not-lazier/ https://limelyte.com/notes/ai-faster-not-lazier/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Article How our developers work with AI coding agents, and why a person still designs and reviews every change. https://limelyte.com/case-study/titletools/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/titletools/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT Case study Document pipelines, examination, and compliance for title plants. https://limelyte.com/case-study/limelyte-extranet/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/limelyte-extranet/ Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT Case study Our own shop system, rebuilt in six months without downtime. https://limelyte.com/case-study/leisure-concepts-jet/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/leisure-concepts-jet/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT Case study A manufacturing system modernized while production kept running. https://limelyte.com/case-study/wheeler-industries/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/wheeler-industries/ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT Case study A job tracking portal that replaced paper orange sheets. https://limelyte.com/notes/raspberry-pi-cluster-incoming/ https://limelyte.com/notes/raspberry-pi-cluster-incoming/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT Article We've been working on a new project in the office: a Raspberry Pi cluster designed to support our team's development efforts. https://limelyte.com/notes/buchanan-building/ https://limelyte.com/notes/buchanan-building/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT Field note Have you been to our space? It’s pretty awesome. Check it out. https://limelyte.com/notes/the-go-language/ https://limelyte.com/notes/the-go-language/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT Field note If you know nothing about Go, here are a few key or interesting points that make it a great tool for our toolbox: * It is statically typed and compiles to machine code so it is… https://limelyte.com/notes/must-have-tech-tools-for-mac/ https://limelyte.com/notes/must-have-tech-tools-for-mac/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT Field note After 30+ years in the software development industry with 20 of those working primarily on a Mac workstation, here are my top must-have tools for every software developer or… https://limelyte.com/notes/robotics-automation-challenge-1/ https://limelyte.com/notes/robotics-automation-challenge-1/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT Field note Levi and Tanner came up with a great first challenge for our robotics cars. The general idea is to autonomously navigate from the Buchanan building east entrance foyer, through… https://limelyte.com/notes/shop-night-with-the-atlimelytedotcom-crew/ https://limelyte.com/notes/shop-night-with-the-atlimelytedotcom-crew/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT Field note Shop Night with the @Limelytedotcom Crew https://limelyte.com/notes/cnc-plasma-retrofit/ https://limelyte.com/notes/cnc-plasma-retrofit/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT Field note We repowered our CNC plasma table with Masso. Built a new controller box, just a quick parts list. * Stepper * Moons 24hs7401-p3n * 620oz * 3.5 amp * Motor controller * Gecko g540… https://limelyte.com/case-study/mojent/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/mojent/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT Case study An app for realtors and the buyers they show houses to https://limelyte.com/case-study/leisure-concepts/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/leisure-concepts/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:00:00 GMT Case study Taking over and extending the core software for a hot tub and spa accessories maker. https://limelyte.com/case-study/paw-print-genetics/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/paw-print-genetics/ Sat, 01 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT Case study Ordering, results and lab software for a canine genetic testing company. https://limelyte.com/case-study/drive509/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/drive509/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:00:00 GMT Case study Student records and online onboarding for a CDL training school. https://limelyte.com/case-study/propertysync/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/propertysync/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 12:00:00 GMT Case study A title plant in the browser, in commercial use since 2018. https://limelyte.com/case-study/hotstart/ https://limelyte.com/case-study/hotstart/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT Case study A mobile app that helps customers pick the right thermal equipment.