stout
Consulting by Neul Labs

We build systems that are 10-100x faster.

We're the team that builds and maintains stout — a Rust package manager that's 10-100x faster than Homebrew. We take on a limited number of engagements each quarter helping companies ship high-performance Rust software, optimize existing systems, and build AI agent infrastructure.

How we engage

Fixed-scope project

Rust performance engineering

Profiling, optimization, and rewrite of hot paths. We built stout (10-100x vs Homebrew) and bring that same methodology to your codebase — whether it's a CLI tool, a backend service, or a data pipeline.

Build engagement

CLI tool development in Rust

End-to-end design and build of Rust CLI applications. Async runtimes, SQLite integration, cross-platform binaries, shell completions, and distribution packaging.

Advisory or build

AI agent infrastructure

Production agent platforms, MCP servers, tool-calling pipelines. We design and build the infrastructure that lets your AI agents operate reliably at scale.

1-week engagement

Architecture review

A senior engineer reviews your Rust codebase, identifies performance bottlenecks, memory issues, and architecture gaps — and delivers a concrete remediation plan.

Monthly retainer

Retained advisory

Monthly retainer for Rust architecture guidance, PR reviews, performance audits, and incident support. Caps at a few hours per week.

Stack we work in

RustTokioSQLiteClapreqwestserdeAxumActixWASMPythonFastAPIMCPDockerKubernetesCapRover

Get in touch

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