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AI & Automation
Strategy through deployment for teams treating AI as infrastructure, not theatre.
- Strategic planning & architecture
- API infrastructure & integration
- Custom agent & skill development
Florida · Established 2025
We craft
what others
configure.
A boutique consulting practice — explicitly, purposely small — for AI systems, data plumbing, and the rare working prototype. We move slowly enough to think, quickly enough to ship.
See what we’re building01 · Practice
We don’t just consult — we craft your vision.
Most software work today is assembly: connect API to API, drag widget onto canvas, paste prompt into chat. There’s a place for that. There’s also a place for the slower work — sitting with the problem, sketching three versions, throwing two away, and shipping the one that actually fits.
Tomlinson Works exists for that second kind. Embedded systems, semantic search, agent dispatch, data pipelines that don’t lie. Built once, built well.
02 · Services
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Data & Analytics
Pipelines, vector stores, and the boring plumbing that makes the interesting work possible.
- Operationalizing data into business value
- Semantic search & vector retrieval
- Pipelines from raw → trusted
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Embedded Systems
From driver-level firmware to working robots. Custom hardware built one machine at a time.
- Custom driver work (ESP32-S3, RP2040, RP2350)
- Robotics research & exploration
- Niche hardware products
03 · Process
Listen
A real conversation. We learn the problem, the constraints, the team — and what success looks like in your words.
Sketch
Three concepts on paper before any code. We propose the smallest version that can teach us something true.
Build
Tight loops. Working software at the end of each one. You see progress weekly, not at the end.
Hand off
Documentation worth reading. A teammate, not a black box. We’d rather you outgrow us than need us forever.
04 · Recent Work
AI & Data Systems
04Zero-agent command dispatch using vector embeddings + KNN. 21/21 routing accuracy at 61ms on Pi 5.
Client USDA Agricultural Data PipelineAutomated reporting pipeline working with 50M+ rows for an agtech platform — JSON ingestion through DuckDB to BigQuery.
Client Grower & Marketer Analysis AgentBuilt an analysis and reporting agent for a grower/marketer industry startup — natural-language queries over operational ag data.
Client Call Transcript Analysis AgentDeduplicative agent for large-volume analysis of 33K+ call transcripts with graph-relational mapping of entities and themes.
Embedded & Hardware
08~25–30cm humanoid platform, 16+ DOF. Pi 5 brain over UART to ESP32-S3 servo controller, agentic skill dispatch.
Shipped Linson E-Ink TypewriterDistraction-free writer’s deck on Pico 2W with TCA8418 keyboard controller and 4.2″ e-ink display.
Open Source Pico FanPico 2W cluster thermal management — monitors internal temperature and modulates Noctua exhaust fan speeds for closed-loop airflow control.
Shipped E-Ink Picture FrameLong-runtime frame for rotating photography and scripture display — low-power refresh on schedule.
Shipped E-Ink CLI TerminalCommand-line interface rendered to e-ink. A terminal you can read in sunlight without a glowing screen.
Shipped IoT Temperature & Humidity StreamerEnvironmental monitoring device streaming sensor data over MQTT for real-time dashboards.
Shipped Pocket Tymer PomodoroESP32-S3 + Waveshare 2″ e-ink Pomodoro timer with task tally and MagSafe mounting.
In Dev Laser Tag GunPico 2W platform with NEC IR protocol encoding and spring-loaded solenoid recoil for tactile feedback.
05 · Begin
A short email beats a long form.
Tell us what you’re trying to build.
duane@tomlinsonworks.com
Replies usually within a day. We’ll ask what success looks like before we quote anything — and we’ll tell you when we’re not the right fit.