We build products that ship and scale.
PFP Labs is a California-based product studio shipping independent apps and experiments across cloud, IoT, web, and mobile. We turn ideas into real products — from first prototype to production.
What we build with
Capabilities we use to ship our own products.
Cloud Services
Cloud-native backends, infrastructure, and DevOps pipelines that keep products running.
IoT Systems
Connected hardware, sensor data, and embedded software that bridge the physical and digital.
Web Development
Fast, usable web apps and platforms built for real people and real workflows.
App Development
Native and cross-platform mobile apps designed for the devices people carry every day.
From the blog
Practical writing on product engineering, AI workflows, and building software that ships.
Cursor + Lovable via MCP: The Design Handoff Workflow I Wanted
Cursor owns the product, Lovable gets commissioned for design work, and I decide what comes back. Connecting Cursor to Lovable's MCP server turns two isolated AI tools into one workflow with a clear source of truth.
How I Built JARVIS for My Home: A Local Voice Command Deck on a Mac Mini
A local-first home assistant running on a single Mac mini: wake word, speech-to-text, a small local model and text-to-speech, plus a sci-fi dashboard that speaks a factual daily briefing from my outdoor cameras. No audio or video leaves the house for inference.
The Agent Is the Loop: Cursor, Kiro and MCP Without the Buzzwords
What an AI agent actually is, stripped of buzzwords: the model, the loop, the tools and the protocol. How Cursor, Kiro and MCP each own a different layer of the same architecture — with the production concerns nobody puts on the diagram.
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Built in California, shipped everywhere
PFP Labs is a small product studio that thrives at the intersection of hardware, cloud, and user experience. We design, build, and ship our own apps — from first prototype to production — and write about what we learn along the way.
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Based in California. Always happy to hear from fellow builders, collaborators, or anyone shipping something interesting.