TurtleWare

TurtleWare is a software consultancy founded in 2015 by Daniel Kochmański, built around his own values and principles rather than a fixed service catalogue. The site is deliberately minimal: an about page describing the practice, the person behind it, and the kind of work he takes on. Rather than presenting a product, it functions as a professional profile and a point of contact for potential collaborators.

The specialisations are narrow and technical: Common Lisp, graphical interfaces, compiler development, and C/POSIX systems. Engagement models are flexible, covering external advisory work as well as hands-on participation in an existing team. The listed projects give a concrete sense of scope, including Web Embeddable Common Lisp under an NLnet grant, complex float specialisation in ECL for Rigetti Computing, McCLIM and SICL compiler improvements, and quality assurance leadership at Emergynt Security.

This makes the site most relevant to startups, companies and individuals who already know they need Lisp expertise or low-level systems and graphics work, rather than to people shopping for a general development agency. Open-source maintainers seeking a commissioned feature in one of the related projects are also an explicit audience.

Because availability shifts over time, the practical route is to make contact early and describe the project, the timeline and whether the need is advice, implementation or a sponsored feature. Expect a technical, direct conversation rather t