A modern software development workspace illuminated by connected digital displays

Independent software development studio

Building, learning, and experimenting with technology.

A long-running home for practical software, emerging web technologies, and ideas worth exploring.

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Who we are

Small team.
Enterprise experience.

High Tech Hangout is a small, independent group of developers who enjoy building useful software and exploring emerging technologies. Over the years, this site has served as a technology blog, development lab, and home for a variety of original projects.

High Tech Hangout is led by experienced software developers and supported by contributors with professional backgrounds in enterprise application development. Collectively, we bring experience designing, building, and maintaining production software in large-scale business environments while using High Tech Hangout as an independent space for experimentation and original projects.

How we work

Experienced development, enhanced by AI.

We use AI-enhanced development tools for research, design, implementation, testing, and analysis. They help us work faster and explore more possibilities, but they do not replace software-engineering experience.

Architecture, technical decisions, validation, security, and responsibility for the finished product remain in human hands.

Technical foundation

Microsoft credentials earned across development and systems engineering

  • MCSD Web
  • MCSD App Builder
  • C# Specialist
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
  • Microsoft Technology Associate: .NET Fundamentals
  • MCP+Internet

Current project

Sentry7

In active development

7 Days to Die server operations

Know what your server is doing. All the time.

Sentry7 is an intelligent operations and monitoring platform for 7 Days to Die servers, providing continuous server awareness, live maps, player history, Discord integration, automation, and secure administrative tools.

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