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Daylited

What we do

Read it, build it, document it

Three activities, in that order, and the order is the whole method. Reading is cheap, building is expensive, and documenting afterwards means building twice.

Where we workStart a conversation

Three circles of growing size joined by glowing lines Three rings stand in a row, marked 01 read, 02 build and 03 document, where the middle one is largest and violet and the right one blue. Short glowing lines draw themselves between them. Above stands the order is the whole method. 01 READ 02 BUILD 03 DOCUMENT THE ORDER IS THE WHOLE METHOD READING IS CHEAP. BUILDING IS NOT. DOCUMENTING LAST MEANS BUILDING TWICE.

The six things we are actually hired for

A lens over a field of documents where a single one is lit Forty four documents lie in a grid, all faint except one that glows. A lens drawn as a circle with crosshairs and a handle lies over the field, and a bright point sits at its centre. Above stands classification first, not keywords. CLASSIFICATION FIRST, NOT KEYWORDS

Research

Prior art and landscape

What exists, who owns it, what lapsed and where the space is. Delivered as a document with a number and a date behind every claim we make.

A three tier archive shelf with one document pulled out into the light Three shelves filled with document spines of varying height, drawn in thin outline. In the middle of the second shelf one document is pulled out and lit by the cone, showing four lines of text and a violet underline. Above stands the failures are the useful half, below stand granted, lapsed, withdrawn and rejected. THE FAILURES ARE THE USEFUL HALF GRANTED . LAPSED . WITHDRAWN . REJECTED

Research

Technology scouting

A field you are considering entering, mapped: the players, the filings by year, the standards in force and the ones about to change under you.

A prototype on a test bench between an instrument and a sensor An object stands in the middle of a bench, drawn as an elongated case with three lines of text and a glowing round detail. On the left stands an instrument where a blue measurement trace draws itself, on the right a sensor with four violet marks. Above stands it runs, and the number is written down. IT RUNS, AND THE NUMBER IS WRITTEN DOWN BENCH . MEASURE . RECORD . REPEAT

Engineering

Prototype and proof

From sketch to a board that boots and an enclosure that closes. Measured on a bench, with the numbers written down whether or not they flatter us.

A four layer network handing its output to a document that can be checked A neural network drawn as four vertical layers of nodes joined by thin lines, where every fifth connection is violet and stronger. On the right the network hands over a document with three lines of text. Above the layers stand the words in, on device and answers for it, and below the scene stands evaluated on a set you hold. IN ON DEVICE ANSWERS FOR IT EVALUATED ON A SET YOU HOLD

Engineering

Applied AI

Models that run on the device, in the vehicle or on your own hardware. Evaluated against a set you hold, so the score is yours to reproduce.

An open technical file with a mark stamped across the right hand page A binder lies open in the middle with six lines of text on each page, drawn in thin outline against a lightly filled surface. A violet round stamp with a check mark sits over the right hand page. Above stands assembled while we build, below stand risk, standards, tests and declaration. ASSEMBLED WHILE WE BUILD RISK . STANDARDS . TESTS . DECLARATION

Conformity

Technical file and CE

Risk assessment, standards applied, test plan and the declaration of conformity. Built alongside the product rather than reconstructed from memory at the end.

A drawing with three circled findings and a reviewer beside it A drawing in thin outline with eight lines of text and a centre line. Three places are circled in violet with a line running out into the margin. On the right stands a figure drawn as a circle and a shoulder line, joined to the drawing by a glowing line. Above stands read by someone not invited to the next meeting. READ BY SOMEONE NOT INVITED TO THE NEXT MEETING TWO WEEKS. ONE DOCUMENT.

Review

Second opinion

A team, a design or a roadmap read by someone who is not invited to the next meeting. Two weeks, one document, no diplomacy.

A timeline where each week carries a bar of a different height A horizontal line with eight marked weeks. Above each week stands a bar of varying height, every second one violet. A glowing line draws itself through the whole timeline. On the left stands scope signed, on the right handover, and below stands a week that produced nothing says so. SCOPE SIGNED HANDOVER EVERY WEEK, THE THING ITSELF A WEEK THAT PRODUCED NOTHING SAYS SO

How an engagement runs

Fixed scope, weekly evidence, one handover

Every engagement starts with a written scope: what gets built, what it must measure, what it explicitly does not include, and what it costs. Both parties sign it before anyone starts. A change is a new scope with a new price, agreed before the work, not an adjustment discovered on an invoice.

Once a week you get the thing itself, running, plus a short note on what moved and what did not. Not a status deck. If a week produced nothing, the note says the week produced nothing and why.

At handover you receive the source, the design files, the measurements and the technical file, in a repository you control. Access for us ends the same day unless you ask for it to continue.

  • Scope and price agreed in writing before the first hour
  • Weekly, a working artefact and a plain note
  • Everything in your repository, under your name, at the end

The four shapes an engagement takes

Most work fits one of these. If yours does not, say so on the call and we will write a fifth.

ShapeTypical lengthWhat you end up holding
SearchTwo to four weeksA landscape document and a recommendation, which may be to stop
Second opinionTwo weeksOne written review of a design, a team or a roadmap
PrototypeTwo to five monthsA working object, its measurements and its design files
Product to fileFour to nine monthsThe above plus the technical file and the declaration

Lengths are the range we plan against, not a promise made before we have seen the problem. The number in your scope is the one that counts.

An opened envelope under an arc of light An envelope stands open in the middle with two lines of text visible, one of them violet. An arc of light curves over it from left to right and ends in a point. Above stands two paragraphs is enough, below stands answered within one working day. TWO PARAGRAPHS IS ENOUGH ANSWERED WITHIN ONE WORKING DAY

Which of the four is yours?

If you are not sure, that is the first call. It is free and it is short.

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