Any monkey can vibe a v0
To build a production-ready v1, you need APES
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What You Get
Product strategy and positioning — Competitive analysis, user personas, market positioning. Not just "what to build" but "why this matters."
Complete product documentation — PRD, use cases, user stories, architectural decision records. Everything your team needs to understand the product.
Production infrastructure you own — Deployed on your AWS account. Full source code, infrastructure-as-code, database schemas. No black boxes.
Handoff-ready architecture — Diagrams, deployment guides, runbooks. Hand it to your engineering team tomorrow and they know exactly how it works.
Case Study: GridPulse
A production application I built and deployed using the APES framework
Analytics for the grid transition. Daily briefs, fuel mix breakdowns, CO₂ tracking, and storm impact dashboards—built and operated by one person.
Built using the complete APES framework: AI agents assisted with domain research (energy grid transition), competitive analysis, persona development, and defining the first four major capabilities. Architecture selected from proven blueprints. Implementation accelerated with AI-generated code and expert oversight. Deployed to production AWS infrastructure with full monitoring and cost tracking.
GridPulse transforms federal grid data into stories anyone can read—which fuels are powering your region right now, how clean energy is reshaping the grid, and what happens when a winter storm hits. One engineer, APES, production AWS.
APES: Your product, evolved.
If you have a product that needs to get built or a team that needs help adopting AI systematically, let's talk.