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Evidence

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.

Certifications

9 active certifications across testing, cloud, and networking.

All certifications are active. Verification links available on request — just ask during a discovery call.

ISTQB

Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)

Active

ISTQB

Test Automation Engineer (TAE)

Active

ISTQB

Certified Tester AI Testing (CT-AI)

Active

AWS

Certified Cloud Practitioner

Active

AWS

Certified Solutions Architect — Associate

Active

AWS

Certified Developer — Associate

Active

AWS

Certified SysOps Administrator — Associate

Active

AWS

Certified DevOps Engineer — Professional

Active

Cisco

CCNA (Routing & Switching)

Active

Code Quality

Every project ships with these standards enforced.

TypeScript strict mode (no implicit any, no unchecked returns)
ESLint + Prettier configured and enforced in CI
Husky pre-commit hooks (lint, type-check, test)
Minimum test coverage: 60% line coverage enforced by CI gate
All external API calls have error handling and retry logic
No hardcoded secrets — all credentials via environment variables or AWS Secrets Manager
Dependency audits: npm audit / pip audit in CI, no known critical vulnerabilities shipped
Testing Infrastructure

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

CI/CD Standards

No code ships without passing CI gates.

TypeScript type check — every PR
ESLint (zero warnings policy)
Full unit test suite
Build verification
E2E smoke test
Security scan (OWASP ZAP on deployment pipelines)
Lighthouse CI performance budget check
GitHub Actions for all CI/CD
Environment segregation: dev / staging / production
GitHub OIDC for AWS deployments (no long-lived credentials)
Rollback capability on all production deployments
Infrastructure

Terraform-managed. Security-scanned. Auditable.

All infrastructure provisioned via Terraform.

VPC with public/private subnet architecture
S3 + CloudFront for static assets (no public bucket access)
Lambda + API Gateway for serverless workloads
GitHub OIDC for CI/CD authentication (no IAM user keys)
AWS Secrets Manager for credential management
CloudTrail + Security Hub enabled by default
tfsec + checkov security scanning on all Terraform PRs
Open-Source Record

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

View GitHub profile
References

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.

Reference available

Fintech engineering lead

Worked alongside on production trading systems for 5 years. Available for technical reference calls.

Reference available

Studio client (founder)

Engaged Sage Ideas for a Ship + Operate combination. Willing to talk about scope, timeline, and outcome.

Reference available

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.