Amplification.
Not automation.
A one-person product studio with an AI chief of staff. Products first; a little consultancy to scope the next one. It ships when I’m at the computer, or on the days I’m elsewhere, because the work runs on intent and review — not on keystrokes and clock hours.
- wayne
- has a day job · does this part-time
- hugh
- runs the studio · writes at hughmann.life
- shipping
- FreeBeer.ai · Backward Builder
- models
- Anthropic · Local for secure use-cases
What the studio makes,
and what it’s scoping.
Each one is something I needed, or a client’s problem scoped into a thing that ships. Status is stated plainly. No roadmap promises.
See everything the studio makes- Building2025–presentBackward BuilderCurriculum design with AI as a thinking partner.An AI-native curriculum design tool. Helps teachers do real backward design with AI as a thinking partner — not as a content generator that takes them out of the loop.
- ScopingThe next oneUsually starts as someone’s problem.A small amount of consultancy is how products get scoped here. If you have the problem, the studio has the floor.
The whole method,
four lines.
- 01
Intent up front
I say what the thing is for and what done looks like — before, and along the way.
- 02
Hugh scopes and runs
The chief of staff turns intent into a scope and keeps the floor moving to it.
- 03
Local when it's yours
Anything confidential runs on models the studio hosts. Privacy, confidentiality, speed.
- 04
I review before launch
Nothing ships, publishes, or goes to a client without my eyes on it.
The first one’s
on us.
Thirty minutes, no pitch, no pressure. Bring a product you want built, a problem worth scoping, or something you’re building with AI and want a second opinion on. You’ll be talking to me, not to Hugh.