The setup
What a business runs on once we've finished with it. Chosen the way you'd choose anything you use every day: because it's the best one.
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On the desk
Mac
Aluminium, glass and a screen you'll catch yourself admiring. The laptop people ask for by name.
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Under the hood
Linux
The operating system the internet runs on. Fast, lean and entirely yours.
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For the thinking
Claude
AI that writes, reasons and builds. With ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and open models on the bench wherever they're the better fit.
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For the busywork
n8n
Every repetitive job in the business, automated in a tool you own and can take anywhere.
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Keeping watch
Jamf and CrowdStrike
Every machine set up, patched and protected from one place. You'll forget it's there.
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In the corner
A server of your own
Built by hand in Queensland. Open models like DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi and Hermes, running in your building, answering only to you.
What it replaces
| Out | In | Why |
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| Windows laptops | Macs, or Linux where it suits | Machines your people are proud to open. They also kept working on 19 July 2024. |
| Intune | Jamf | Every Mac in the business set up, patched and locked down from one place. |
| Defender | CrowdStrike | Security from a company that does security for a living. |
| Copilot | Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, or an open model you run yourself | Roughly 450 million people use Microsoft 365 at work. About 15 million pay for Copilot. The customers have already voted. |
| Power Automate | n8n or Zapier | Your automations should be yours. Rebuilt in tools you can pick up and move. |
| AI rented from someone else's cloud | A server in your own office | Open models like DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi and Hermes, running on hardware I assemble by hand. It answers to nobody in Washington. Either one. |
| Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and SharePoint | Several good options each | Each one gets its own write-up as it's finished. They'll land on the Writing page. |
Three house rules
You own it
Every tool that goes in lets you take your data and your automations with you. Anything that locks the door behind you stays out.
It works on Fridays
Your email, your chat, your files and your security come from different places, so one bad morning at one vendor leaves the rest of the business standing.
It answers to you
Anything sensitive can run on hardware in your own building, under Australian law, with your name on the asset register.