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CrateWin
Build Microsoft Intune .intunewin packages on your Mac, no Windows VM required.
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Practical software for the awkward bits.
Hastie & Co is Ruairidh Hastie's independent home for standalone software products, public writing, and careful experiments. The work stays narrow, self-contained, and clear about what it is not trying to be.
Project list
Two things you can look at right now.
CrateWin is available to buy now. Dex is public as a companion-app experiment. Anything still being shaped stays off the page until it is ready for daylight.
Companion appLab
Dex
A careful companion-app experiment for lookup, maps, and source-aware planning.
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How Hastie & Co keeps projects bounded.
Standalone tools with narrow jobs
Hastie & Co products should solve specific, self-contained problems with a clear user, a clear job, and a clear edge.
Direct-selling software with clear support paths
Product pages, purchase routes, licensing, legal links, release evidence, and support should stay attached to named products people can understand before they buy.
Public writing, not packaged advice
Security and AI-governance notes can explain public lessons and practical thinking, but they should not be framed as bespoke client advice or a hidden service line.
Named products before broad offers
The studio works best when each idea can stand on its own as a product, not as a vague service promise or a catch-all operating system.
Point of trust
Structural trust, not vibes.
Public pages say what is real now, how to get help, and where the edges are. No vague fog, no pretending unfinished things are finished.
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