Midnight Works builds durable systems. Software, hardware, information infrastructure — tools that function reliably without constant management, narrative, or intervention.
We favor finished artifacts over services. Outcomes over process. Clarity over persuasion. We assume systems will eventually be stressed, misused, or ignored — and design accordingly.
If Midnight Works is successful, its presence is felt mostly through the absence of problems: fewer manual steps, fewer meetings, fewer dependencies, fewer explanations required.
We build things meant to keep working after people stop paying attention.
Everything here — Collapse Labs, Snowball, Clearspan — are different ways of approaching the same goal from different angles.
Investigates failure modes, boundary conditions, and degradation patterns. If systems will eventually be stressed, misused, or ignored — figure out how before it matters. Cross-disciplinary problem-solving and experimental projects. Publishes findings when useful.
collapselabs.com →Internal data infrastructure and knowledge systems. Information that compounds over time rather than decays. Tools for managing what you know across years, not sprints.
Internal divisionPublic-facing tools for institutional transparency and civic information access. Reduce friction between public records and public understanding. Make the opaque legible.
Coming soonTools built to stand on their own. Each addresses a different infrastructure gap — some public, some government, some enterprise.
Blockchain-anchored PE stamp verification for municipalities. Verify professional engineer credentials in seconds, not days. Immutable audit trail for every stamped document.
Municipal water infrastructure intelligence. Aggregates compliance data, funding signals, and upgrade timelines across Midwest water and wastewater utilities. The controls-layer market view nobody else builds.
Military supply chain accountability on blockchain. End-to-end tracking of defense assets from procurement through deployment. Targeting DoD contracts and SBIR funding.
Self-hosted home intelligence platform. Local LLM, facial recognition, automation hub, and knowledge base — all running on your hardware. Zero cloud dependencies. Privacy-first by architecture.
Universal secure messaging. One app that talks to every platform — Signal, WhatsApp, SMS, Discord — with end-to-end encryption that just works. iMessage simplicity with Fort Knox underneath.
Decentralized identity credential system. A modern replacement for CAC PKI authentication built on Cosmos SDK. Government-grade identity verification on open infrastructure.
Prediction market research companion. Pulls live market data from Kalshi with related news articles, sparklines, and direct bet links. Research-first, ad-supported.
Privacy-first CDN and edge compute. A Cloudflare alternative built on open infrastructure with zero-knowledge DNS, edge workers, and transparent security practices.
Hardware entropy generation device. True randomness from physical phenomena — not algorithms. Plugs into blockchain key generation, session keys, and cryptographic infrastructure across the entire product ecosystem.
A builder of durable systems. We operate with an engineering mindset, not a marketing one. We don't sell ideology, vision, or community. We don't optimize for attention.
Anything we produce is expected to stand on its own, remain legible over time, and degrade predictably rather than fail theatrically.
We're accelerationists. We give people what they want, what they need, and we see how it goes.
We are not a consultancy, an agency, or a platform. We don't do retainers, sprints, or standups unless something is actively on fire.
We are intentionally quiet. If our work requires an explanation, it isn't finished. If it requires a meeting, something went wrong.
Shared infrastructure across the product ecosystem. One blockchain, one entropy source, one auth layer — different applications.
All blockchain products share Cosmos SDK infrastructure — enabling code reuse, shared validator networks, and cross-chain communication via IBC protocol. StampLedger, Asset Chain, and BlockchainID run as modules on the same chain.
Docker Compose with Supabase for auth and data. Cloudflare Pages for frontends. Railway or dedicated VPS for blockchain nodes. Everything designed to run on hardware we control, with cloud as an option — not a requirement.
Response times vary based on current operational capacity. For product-specific questions, reach out through the relevant product's own channels when available.