About Us
Engineering excellence meets AI-native development. We have been building software for over a decade, and we are just getting started.
Our Story
The Lacanians started with a simple observation: great software comes from deep understanding of both the problem and the technology. With over 10 years of hands-on engineering experience, we have seen frameworks rise and fall, paradigms shift, and the entire industry transform with AI.
We embraced AI-assisted development early, not as a gimmick but as a fundamental shift in how software gets built. Today, we integrate tools like Claude, MCP servers, and custom AI pipelines into every project, delivering work that used to take months in weeks.
Software, like language, is structured — and understanding that structure is what separates good engineering from great. Our approach is opinionated but pragmatic: TypeScript and Go because they scale, Vue and Astro because they ship fast, PostgreSQL because it never lets you down.
Our Expertise
Full-Stack Development
TypeScript, Go, Vue 3, React, Nuxt, Next.js, Astro, NestJS. We build end-to-end applications using the right tool for each layer of the stack.
AI Integration
Claude API, MCP servers, custom agents, RAG pipelines, and AI-augmented development workflows. We build with AI and we build AI features.
Technical Leadership
Architecture reviews, technology roadmaps, team scaling strategies, and the kind of CTO guidance that non-technical founders need to make confident decisions.
Code Maintenance
Audit, refactor, and stabilize existing codebases. Especially those built with AI tools that need a human engineering eye to become reliable and maintainable.
AI-Native by Design
AI-native is not a marketing term for us. It describes how we actually work. Every project at The Lacanians uses AI-assisted development as a core part of the engineering process, not bolted on as an afterthought.
We use Claude for code review, architecture brainstorming, and documentation. We build custom MCP servers that give AI models deep context about our projects. We maintain internal tooling that lets us iterate on complex systems at a pace that would be impossible with traditional development alone.
The result is not sloppy AI-generated code. It is carefully directed, human-reviewed, production-grade software that ships in a fraction of the time. We treat AI as a force multiplier for senior engineers, not a replacement for engineering judgment.
Meet the Founder
Full-stack developer with over a decade of experience in systems design, DevOps, and a wide range of programming languages including Python, Ruby, TypeScript, Go, and Elixir. Based in Mexico, building software for clients worldwide.
Before founding The Lacanians, Abdul spent years working across startups and established companies, wearing every hat from backend engineer to technical lead. That breadth of experience is what makes fractional CTO work a natural fit — he has been in the trenches and knows what decisions matter at each stage of a company's growth.
An early adopter of AI-assisted development, Abdul builds and maintains a growing collection of open-source developer tools — from MCP servers like tinyvault and vecgrep, to haiku.nvim for AI code completion in Neovim. The tools we use internally are the same ones we open-source for the community.
What We Value
Reliability
Ship software that works on day one and keeps working on day one thousand.
Transparency
No black boxes. Clear communication, open processes, and honest timelines.
Velocity
Move fast by being smart. AI-native workflows mean we ship in weeks, not months.
Craft
We take pride in clean architecture, thoughtful APIs, and code that reads like prose — a well-formed signifier in every module.
Knowledge Sharing
We write about what we learn. Our blog and open-source work are how we give back.
Partnership
We are not vendors. We are partners who care about your business outcomes as much as the code.
Ready to Work Together?
We would love to hear about your project. Whether it is a new build, a rescue mission, or strategic guidance, let's talk.