Why teams trust
the studio.
We don't ask you to take our word for it. Here's the evidence.
Trust in a software engagement comes from verifiable evidence, not assertions. Every claim on this page is backed by something you can check: a public GitHub repo, a certification verification link, a methodology document, a test suite count.
9 active certifications across testing, cloud, and networking.
All certifications are active. Verification links available on request — just ask during a discovery call.
Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
Active
Test Automation Engineer (TAE)
Active
Certified Tester AI Testing (CT-AI)
Active
Certified Cloud Practitioner
Active
Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
Active
Certified Developer — Associate
Active
Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate
Active
Certified DevOps Engineer — Professional
Active
CCNA (Routing & Switching)
Active
Every project ships with these standards enforced.
13 testing frameworks. Every layer covered.
See the Quality Telemetry case study for the full architecture.
Unit
Jest, Vitest
Component
Testing Library
API
Supertest
Contract
Pact
E2E
Playwright, Cypress
Performance
k6, Lighthouse CI
Security
OWASP ZAP
Accessibility
Axe
Visual regression
Percy / Chromatic
BDD
Cucumber
No code ships without passing CI gates.
Terraform-managed. Security-scanned. Auditable.
All infrastructure provisioned via Terraform.
106 public repositories. 1,438 commits in the last year.
All open-source projects are publicly available and maintained. The commit history is not curated for appearances — it's the actual development record.
106
Public repositories
1,438
Commits (last 12 months)
57
Pull requests (last 12 months)
27
GitHub followers
Talk to past collaborators directly.
Sage Ideas is a young studio. Rather than ship cherry-picked testimonials, every prospective client gets the option to talk directly to people I've built things with — fintech engineers, founders, ops leads. Real phone numbers, real conversations, no scripts.
Fintech engineering lead
Worked alongside on production trading systems for 5 years. Available for technical reference calls.
Studio client (founder)
Engaged Sage Ideas for a Ship + Operate combination. Willing to talk about scope, timeline, and outcome.
Open-source collaborator
Co-shipped a developer-tooling project. Available to discuss code quality, communication, and reliability.
Reference contact details are shared with prospective clients during discovery, with both parties' consent. As the client roster grows, quoted testimonials will replace this honest stub — not before.