Define the constraint
Make the user, outcome, boundary conditions, and failure modes explicit.
Independent software practice
Useful software, carefully connected.
Spline Solutions is a home for software products, technical experiments, and selective client work.
Move the control pointsCatmull–Rom spline
Good systems are coherent before they are impressive.
The work starts with the shape of the problem: who it serves, what must remain true, and which constraints actually matter. Technology follows from that—not the other way around.
Reduce the surface area
Prefer a smaller system that can be understood, operated, and improved.
Build the connection
Design product, interface, data, and operations as one continuous system.
Leave it maintainable
Readable code, observable behavior, documented decisions, and sensible defaults.
A focused practice, not a catalogue of services.
Product engineering
Designing and building focused web products from initial model through deployment and iteration.
Product / Full stackInternal systems
Tools that clarify operations, remove repetitive work, and connect existing services without unnecessary complexity.
Workflows / IntegrationsApplied intelligence
Evidence-based retrieval, classification, and assisted workflows where the system can be evaluated and supervised.
AI / DataTechnical prototypes
Small, credible implementations used to test a difficult assumption before committing to a larger build.
Research / PrototypingThe metaphor, in working form.
Interactive study
Same points.
Different path.
Drag the points and compare a direct polyline with a smooth interpolation. The constraints are unchanged; the quality of the connection is not.
Start with a clear problem.
A useful first note includes the current workflow, the constraint that matters most, and what a better outcome would look like.