Strata
Strata / 2026
One connected platform for construction: clients, contractors, crews, money, materials, tools, and weather in the same place.
Independent creative technology studio
Ideas
shouldn’t
stay in
their lane.
Off the Rails is a small studio that designs and builds websites, custom software, private AI, and apps for people who think differently. One idea in. A thousand possibilities out.
Always available to talkAlways available to talk — timing decided together.Springfield, Oregon → everywhere
OTR / Mark 012026
One idea
A thousand
possibilities.
44.0462° N / 123.0220° W
Studio mark / primaryEst. off the rails
Capabilities: Websites, Client portals, Internal tools, Offline apps, Private AI, Workflow automation, Data rescue, NFC / QR tool tracking, The weird integration
01 / Selected work
Proof, not promises.
Vanguard Construction
Vanguard Construction / 2026
A precise residential brand site, backed by client and contractor portals for bids, materials, and communication.
McKenzie River Lodge No. 195
McKenzie River Lodge No. 195 / 2026
A public front door and a private lodge system: dues, calendar, directory, messaging, scholarships, a live site editor, and a companion app.
The Collective
Off the Rails / 2026
A private AI team that runs on one GPU: a Queen model, specialist models, local memory, retrieval, and construction-specific tools.
02 / In the studio
Built in public.
Internal builds, client products, and the tools we needed before anyone else did. Status and preview links come straight from the project record.
Build70% builtRéveil
Off the Rails Studio
Smart alarm and daily timing for Android. Private beta.
Build progress70%
Build10% builtTakeoff
Off the Rails Studio
Private Android beta for construction takeoff and estimating. Local-first, no account, and 63 bid-estimate methods.
Build progress10%
Build60% builtNo Bull
Off the Rails Studio
Private local-first used-car search that aggregates listings and filters dealer lots.
Build progress60%
Build10% builtPixel
Off the Rails Studio
Mass image conversion for Windows and Android. Batch conversion, presets, and a simple drag-and-drop workflow.
Build progress10%
Build75% built03 / What we build
If it lives
on a screen.
Most studios pick a lane. We build whatever the idea actually needs — a storefront, a field app, a gnarly integration, or the tiny tool that saves someone six hours a week.
If it doesn’t live on a screen, ask anyway.
01
Websites
Sites that carry their weight.
Marketing sites, storefronts, editorial systems, and CMS builds your team can actually use. Fast by default, designed to be remembered.
DesignNext.jsCMSE-commerce
02
Custom software
The spreadsheet has to go.
Internal tools, dashboards, portals, and workflow software. We sit with the people doing the work, then replace the thing that is slowing them down.
DiscoveryArchitectureWeb appsAPIs
03
Apps & products
From sketch to shipped.
Mobile and web products, from first prototype to app-store release. One team across design, build, and the awkward middle.
Product designReact NativeUXLaunch
04
Automation & AI
Make the robots do it.
Integrations, sync engines, local AI, and the small bits of glue that buy your team their Mondays back. AI only where it actually helps.
IntegrationsData syncPrivate AILocal inference
Also on the benchClient portalsInternal toolsPrivate AIOffline appsData rescueNFC / QRBring us the weird one
04 / How it goes
Four steps.
No mystery.
Good work does not need a fog machine. You will know what we are doing, what it costs, and what happens next — usually before you have to ask.
Step 01
Untangle
We ask the uncomfortable questions first. What is actually broken? Who is it for? What would make this a waste of money?
- Stakeholder interviews
- Systems audit
- Scope & success
Step 02
Sketch
Wireframes, prototypes, and a visual direction you can react to. We design the hard screen before we write the hard code.
- Information architecture
- Prototype
- Design system
Step 03
Build
Small releases, real feedback, no black box. You see the thing running every week, and we keep the tape moving.
- Weekly builds
- Staging preview
- Blue-tape reviews
Step 04
Hand off
Docs, training, and a codebase your next developer will not curse. We stay around for the messy first month.
- Documentation
- Training
- Support
05 / Why off the rails
The shortest
distance between
an idea and a
thing that works.
We are a small, senior team by choice. The person you talk to is the person doing the work. No account layer, no handoff to a junior, no deck where a prototype should be.
Some projects are a website. Some are a spreadsheet that finally snapped. We like both. What we care about is the moment something stops being a hassle and starts being useful.
01
Question the brief.
The first version of the assignment is rarely the real problem. We would rather find that out in week one than month three.
02
Build the smallest real thing.
A working slice beats a beautiful mockup. Ship the risky part early, learn, then make it beautiful.
03
Leave it better than we found it.
Clean handoff, honest documentation, no mystery dependencies. You should be able to leave us without breaking anything.
Have something in mind?
Got a good one?
Tell us the thing you cannot stop thinking about. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right people to build it.