inherent.design is a systems practice cooperative focused on technical operations: infrastructure, workflows, and the teams that run them.
We treat technology, process, and people as one concern viewed from three angles, not three separate departments.
How We Work
We build alongside our clients, not for them. Knowledge transfers as the work progresses, so teams develop capability through direct participation rather than handoff documentation.
Every engagement is designed to leave behind systems that the team can own and operate independently. When we step away, nothing should break and nothing should be a mystery.
Capabilities
Infrastructure and Platform Engineering
- Kubernetes cluster design, deployment, and management (k3s, EKS, GKE)
- Network architecture and zero-trust connectivity (Cloudflare, Istio, service mesh)
- GitOps workflows and continuous delivery (ArgoCD, Flux)
- Infrastructure as code (Pulumi, Terraform)
- Secrets management and security hardening (SOPS, Vault, age)
Software Development
- Full-stack application development (TypeScript, Go)
- API design and integration
- Database architecture and optimization (PostgreSQL, Redis)
- Distributed systems design
AI and Machine Learning
- Multi-agent orchestration and LLM workflow design
- AI integration for business processes
- Data pipeline architecture
- Vector search and semantic retrieval systems
DevOps and Automation
- CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
- Build system optimization
- Monitoring, alerting, and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki)
- Workflow automation (n8n, custom tooling)
Consulting and Process
- Systems architecture review and planning
- Process optimization and workflow design
- Technology evaluation and vendor assessment
- Team enablement and knowledge transfer
Who We Serve
We work with small businesses, nonprofits, and growing organizations that need infrastructure and workflows they can rely on. Our clients come to us when their systems need to hold up under real conditions, not just presentations.
Most engagements begin at a transition point: a team outgrowing its tools, an organization absorbing new complexity, or a system that needs to work differently than it was built to.
Beliefs
We prioritize understanding over implementation, and education over dependency. An ungrasped solution is a tool, not a solution.
We do not gatekeep expertise. The work we do is learnable, and our role is to accelerate the path from complexity to clarity. People can do what we do. Our job is to make that easier.
If your organization needs infrastructure that compounds, processes that scale, and a partner who builds with you rather than for you, we should talk.
Reach out to start a conversation.