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First To Launch

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First To Launch

Specializing in cutting-edge application development, cloud & on-premises deployment, containerization, and self-hosting solutions.

We operate production-grade platforms — Winners Pick, F-Five, and Edgeboard — led by Richard Townsend, CEO and Senior Innovations Engineer.

Open Winners PickOpen Winners PickOpen F-FiveOpen F-FiveOpen EdgeboardOpen EdgeboardClient systems online across regions

Delivery workspace

Guided
Previews on demand

Ephemeral environments per pull request keep reviewers close to the work.

Release scoring

Jenkins + ArgoCD evaluate health before promotion to production audiences.

Secure supply chain

Signed images through Artifactory with Nginx routing and mTLS ingress.

Observability loops

Signals land in minutes with a unified dashboard for cloud and on-prem.

Operational pulse

Live
Active builds
Workstreams in progress
6
Cutover ready
Release candidates queued
4
Incidents (7d)
Across managed clusters
0
Support desk online — responses within minutes.

Tech watchlist

The stack powering client rollouts and launch cadence.

Updated hourly
JavaProduction ready
Spring BootProduction ready
VaadinProduction ready
JenkinsProduction ready
Artifactory OSSProduction ready
JFrog RegistryProduction ready
ReactProduction ready
Next.jsProduction ready
DockerProduction ready
KubernetesProduction ready
MicroK8sProduction ready
AWSProduction ready
MySQLProduction ready
PostgreSQLProduction ready
ArgoCDProduction ready
LinuxProduction ready
WindowsProduction ready
Node.jsProduction ready
JavaScript ES6Production ready
ProxmoxProduction ready
MacProduction ready
Let's EncryptProduction ready
Nginx Proxy ManagerProduction ready