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Architects · Systems Engineers · Operators

Systems that pay for themselves.

We redesign your web, modernize your infrastructure, and cut your cloud spend — in that order, or all at once. Built by senior engineers who've shipped production software at scale.

PrizeWerkz LLC · Wyoming Based in Minneapolis, MN Remote-first · U.S. & EU
What we do

Three pillars. One standard: built to last.

Most shops hand you a deck. We hand you a working system, documented and deployed — with a bill you can explain to your CFO.

01 / Redesign

Web experiences that convert.

Your site should move people to action — not just exist. We redesign interfaces with measurable lifts in performance, accessibility, and conversion.

  • Full brand & marketing site rebuilds
  • Design systems and component libraries
  • WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility baked in
  • Core Web Vitals — green across the board
02 / Rebuild

Infrastructure, modernized.

Legacy stacks containerized. Flakey deploys stabilized. Fragile cron jobs replaced with observable pipelines. You keep your team; we bring the pattern library.

  • AWS / Linode / Railway architecture
  • Docker, CI/CD, and secure release pipelines
  • Postgres · pgvector · Redis · Ollama
  • Observability: logs, traces, alerts
03 / Right-size

Cloud bills, cut to the bone.

Audit your spend. Retire dead services. Move hot workloads to the right tier. Clients typically see 30–60% savings with zero capability loss.

  • Cost & usage audits with a written report
  • Reserved-instance & commitment strategy
  • Self-host vs. managed-service trade-offs
  • Ongoing monthly review (optional)
How we work

A tight loop, not a six-month deck cycle.

STEP 01

Discover

We read the code, map the infrastructure, and interview the people who actually run it. No assumptions.

STEP 02

Prove

One-week paid scope. You get a written architecture review, cost baseline, and a prioritized plan — yours to keep.

STEP 03

Ship

Small, reviewable PRs. Deploys behind flags. Weekly demos. Nothing goes live without you seeing it first.

STEP 04

Hand off

Runbooks, diagrams, and on-call docs — written for the humans who come next. Optional retainer for month-over-month refinement.

Selected work

Shipped. Running. In production.

All case studies
● Live askbrad.app SaaS · Legal Tech

BRAD — Custody-case intelligence, court-ready.

A document-organization and pattern-detection platform built for families navigating family court. Ingests emails, texts, and court records; surfaces violations and timelines; drafts tone-checked declarations. Self-funded, live, and growing.

Stack: FastAPI · Postgres/pgvector · Railway · Ollama
● Live baronmindstream.com Fintech signal

Baron Mind — Real-time financial signal.

A macro signal platform tracking metals, crypto, and equities for independent investors. Self-hosted on a 1GB Linode node — proof that you don't need a $2k AWS bill to run a production feed.

Stack: Python · Redis · Linode · Nginx
10+Years in production
4SaaS products shipped
30–60%Typical cloud savings
WCAG AAAccessibility default
Endorsements

Vouched for by operators, not marketing departments.

Pending approval
"When our CRM was forced into a subscription cloud, our contract entry ballooned 6–8×. Lance was the operator in the seat — he diagnosed the real cost, walked us through the trade-offs, and kept the business moving. Today he does that for other companies through PrizeWerkz."
Network Karate Service
Golden Valley, MN · Ownership
Pending approval
"Lance is one of the few engineers I trust to look at a hard systems problem and come back with a clear, honest plan. Rare instinct for both the architecture and the humans who have to run it."
Brian Chelminiak
Founder · DeBroglie Labs
Meet the founder

Lance Saxerud — Architect & Systems Engineer.

Ten years of full-stack software engineering — Spring Boot, React, AWS, Kubernetes, dbt, OpenSearch, Redshift — across Solera, Pedigree Technologies, and most recently Global Overview's Amazon-advertising platform.

Also twenty years as a professional drummer. Eleven countries by age 21. USO Qatar. Supported The Kentucky Headhunters, Hunter Hayes, and Jake Owen. That's how he knows how to hit a deadline.

Not working alone. PrizeWerkz draws on a tight network of senior operators — each running their own LLC — for growth, security, and systems review. Meet the network →

Ready to stop paying for systems that don't pay you back?

One discovery call. One-week paid scope. A written plan you own, whether we build it or you do.

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