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About BaristaLabs

An independent studio for design and technology.

BaristaLabs designs, engineers, and ships software. Most of what we make is our own: apps for the road and a web atlas for EV backroads. We also build for a small number of clients who care how their software is made.

One way of building, two kinds of work

Whether we are making a product or working inside a client workflow, we start with one concrete use. We define what the system should and should not do, build something the people responsible for it can maintain, and learn from real use before expanding the scope.

Products first
Our own software, designed and engineered in house, shipped when it is real, and supported after launch.
Commissioned work
Websites, apps, media, automation, and AI-assisted tools for a small number of clients, built with the same care.

What we make

Products we make

Apps and tools built around a specific use. The Products page has current availability, device requirements, compatibility notes, external links, and full details.

  1. 01

    Supercharger Rally

    Turn Supercharger stops into checkpoints, achievements, Roadbooks, trips, and routes worth driving. Available on the App Store.

  2. 02

    RouteDrop EV

    Shape, save, rehearse, and share a multi-stop EV drive, then use a guided flow to send destinations to a compatible Tesla. Available on the App Store.

  3. 03

    EV Backroads

    Find a dirt road worth the drive: mapped backroads, trail guides, and charging nearby for EV trips beyond the highway. Live on the web.

  4. 04

    Custom War Minis

    Explore original tabletop miniature concepts in an AI-assisted creative app. In development.

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Commissioned work

Direct help for one client workflow

For client work, we begin with one recurring process and the people, systems, data, and decisions involved. Clients work directly with the senior people who make architecture, risk, and implementation decisions throughout discovery and the build.

How client work moves

  1. 01Use scoped discovery to identify the workflow, users, risks, and smallest useful pilot.
  2. 02Set the scope and human approval points before the build starts.
  3. 03Set the schedule after access, test cases, reviewers, dependencies, exclusions, and acceptance evidence are agreed.
  4. 04Document the system, ownership, and handoff so the client team can maintain it.

Client work

Examples of shipped client work

Published case studies with named clients: a customer-facing website and app, an owner-editable portfolio, and a repeatable video workflow. Each one shows what was built and what the client said about it.

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People

Who you work with

You work directly with the people making the architecture, implementation, creative, and client-experience decisions.

Sean McLellan

Sean McLellan

Lead Architect & Founder

Sean leads architecture and implementation for BaristaLabs clients. He brings more than two decades of software architecture experience to small-business AI projects, translating messy workflows into scoped systems with clear risk reviews, practical integrations, and maintainable handoffs. Clients work with him directly during discovery and build decisions instead of being passed through layers of account management.

Stilson Greene

Stilson Greene

Principal Creative Consultant

Stilson helps BaristaLabs keep AI work grounded in the people who will use it. His creative strategy and client-experience background is especially useful when a project needs clear messaging, humane interfaces, or content workflows that feel natural for customers and staff.

Stilson Greene's website

Choose what to explore next

See what we make

Explore BaristaLabs apps for road trips, the EV Backroads atlas, and what is still in the lab.

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Build something with us

Bring a site, an app, or a recurring process that needs better software. We will read it and reply with fit, rough scope, and the next useful step.

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