Real-world problems.Thoughtful systems.Useful things.
I’m Shane Michel.
Operational Systems Architect & full-stack developer.
I connect the dots between how a business works and what technology can do to make it work better.
A little about mepeople + process + code
01 / The person behind the systems
Different worlds.
Same instinct.
A retail floor. A bakery. A business dashboard. A line of code. To me, they all start with the same question: how could this work better?
I move between operations and technology, turning messy processes into clear rules, usable tools, and systems people can actually rely on.
Understand it. Improve it. Make it useful.
02 / How I think
Practical is
a principle.
A few defaults I keep coming back to.
Start with the real problem.
Watch the work before deciding what to build.
Prove it small.
Test the useful version, learn, then grow.
Make the good path easy.
Clear rules and good defaults beat daily guesswork.
Build things you can own.
Understandable, maintainable systems that can change with you.
A reminder to myself: solve today’s problem before architecting tomorrow’s.
03 / Explorations
One curiosity. Many outlets.
Different projects. The same satisfaction of making something work better.
Operations & everyday tools
Time clocks, item scanners, dashboards, and the workflows between them.
Software & experiments
Full-stack apps, XRPL tools, and small ideas worth testing.
Beyond the screen
Baking, food production, and hands-on processes in the real world.
When the work becomes your business
There’s a practical
side to all this.
SMWS is where I put this approach to work for small businesses: websites, connected workflows, and ongoing care.
Take a look at SMWS smws.us