One person, and that is the whole point.

Built by Tyler is a one-person engineering studio in Monterey. I design and build hardware — robotic arms, FPV drones, tilt-rotor aircraft — and I build the websites and software that other businesses run on. Same hands, same standard, both ends of the problem.

Work with me See the builds

The short version

I have been taking things apart and putting them back together wrong, then right, for as long as I can remember. Everything here started that way.

The mechanical side came first: parts analysed before they get cut and tested after they are assembled, iterated until they hold up under load rather than on a screen. The software side grew out of it, because a drone or a robot is never just mechanical — it is a structure and the control that brings it to life, designed as one system. That intersection is where the interesting problems live.

It is also why I build software for other businesses. Most people making websites have never had to make something work where a failure is a part on the floor rather than a bug report. That changes how you build: you test it, you document it, and you hand it over so somebody else can maintain it. A business website is a small problem by comparison, which is exactly why it should be done properly, quickly, and for a price you can see before you call.

I work out of Monterey, California. If you email me, I am the one who answers.

02 — The bench

What is actually on the bench.

Not a logo wall. These are the tools I use often enough to be quick in, with how long I have been in them — the mechanical set from design and analysis work, the software set from the things I build here.

Anything not on this list, I will tell you who to call rather than learn it on your budget.

Design & analysis

SOLIDWORKS 6 yrs
CATIA Surfacing
Inventor 7 yrs
FEA & CFD Sim

Make

3D printing FDM / resin
Machining Manual
Carbon & composites Airframes
Soldering & wiring Bench
Flight & bench test Every build

Software

Python 4 yrs
TypeScript & React Web
C++ Embedded
Postgres Data
Stripe & Cloudflare Ship

How I work

Four things I will not trade away.

Every one of these costs me something. They are here because the alternative costs you more, and because a promise you can check is worth more than a page of adjectives.

Everything ships with its source CAD, firmware, code and documentation. If you paid for it, you own it outright and you can take it anywhere.
Nothing is bought and rebadged No white-labelled hardware, no page-builder templates. It is designed here or it is not sold here.
You deal with me No account manager, no handoff to a junior. The person who scopes the work is the person who builds it, and the person who answers the email.
I will talk you out of it If a build or a piece of software is the wrong answer for what you are trying to do, I would rather say so on the first call than take the money.

Two ways to put me to work.

Have me build the software your business runs on, or order something I have already built. Both start the same way: you send an email, and I answer it myself.

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