Six things. Done right.
Six things.
Done right.
Automation, custom AI and less routine work. Plus the platform underneath and the software on top.
Automation
Your tools talk to each other. Data moves without copy-paste, failures raise alerts.
Someone on your team copies data from one system into the next. Every week, by hand. We connect your tools so that runs without a person: tested, logged and maintainable by your team.
Deliverables
- Integrations between CRM, ERP, ticketing, accounting and internal tools
- Event-driven workflows instead of cron jobs and handoffs by email
- Documents, forms and emails read, checked and routed automatically
- Error handling, retries and alerts. You notice a failure before your customer does.
- Code in your repository. No click-built flow that only one person understands.
Custom AI in Your Workflow
AI on your data, wired into your tools. With clear permissions and a person who approves.
A chat window next to the work saves very little. AI pays off once it knows your data, can use your tools and runs where your team already works.
Deliverables
- Assistants on your data: wiki, tickets, manuals, codebase. Every answer cites its source.
- Connected to your tools via MCP servers and APIs. You decide what the AI may read and change.
- Agents for recurring work: triage tickets, draft replies, reconcile data. A person approves.
- The model follows your data: cloud API, EU hosting or an open-weight model on your own infrastructure
- Evals and logging. You see where the AI gets it wrong before it happens in production.
Less Routine Work
If the same steps eat hours every week, we automate them. Measured before and after.
Stitching status reports together. Writing release notes. Answering the same question for the fifth time. It costs your team hours every week. We automate the repeated steps and measure what it saved.
Deliverables
- An inventory with your team: which routine costs the most time?
- Prioritized by time saved per effort. Biggest lever first.
- The simplest tool that holds: a script, a workflow or AI. Not always AI.
- Measured before and after. Time saved is a number, not a feeling.
- Handover with documentation. Your team runs and extends it without us.
Cloud, Kubernetes & Platform Engineering
AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD and GitOps. The foundation everything else runs on, operated by your own team.
Automation and AI need a foundation that holds. We build AWS environments, Kubernetes clusters and pipelines that stay stable under load, with a bill you can explain. Your team runs them afterwards.
Deliverables
- Cloud strategy and migration: re-platform, re-architect or hybrid, based on the business case
- AWS per the Well-Architected Framework: landing zones, security baseline, cost optimization
- Production-grade Kubernetes clusters (EKS, self-managed, on-prem) with RBAC and network policies
- CI/CD, infrastructure as code and GitOps. Pipelines that run in minutes and don't flake.
- Internal developer platforms and observability. Self-service instead of tickets.
Architecture Modernization
Architecture that fits the domain and team. Modernize monoliths incrementally, reduce technical debt and define clear boundaries.
The monolith doesn't have to die in a day. We modernize step by step: pay down tech debt, carve out services, go event-driven.
Deliverables
- Monolith-to-microservices strategies (Strangler Fig, Branch by Abstraction)
- Tech debt analysis with a concrete paydown plan and prioritization
- Event-driven architecture: events, commands, CQRS where it makes sense
- Domain-Driven Design for clean service boundaries
- API strategy and versioning for sustainable interfaces
Hands-on Engineering
Build and implement software together: Go, TypeScript, APIs, reviews, pairing and knowledge transfer.
We build software, not just infrastructure. Backends, APIs, frontends, mobile apps. Go, TypeScript, React, Svelte: whatever fits the problem.
Deliverables
- Backend development: Go, TypeScript/Node.js, REST & GraphQL APIs
- Frontend engineering: React, Svelte, Astro. Fast and maintainable.
- Fullstack prototypes and MVPs in weeks, not months
- Code reviews, pair programming, knowledge transfer with your team
- Test automation, CI/CD integration, and production readiness
How we work
Build together.
Founder-led: every engagement is delivered by Matthias Bruns, founder and sole managing director. No subcontractor network. Specialists are named and agreed in advance; delivery accountability stays with Appetizer Labs UG.
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