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SMORTLER +
Super Intelligence
Super IntelligenceIncredibly smart software.
Built incredibly fast.
Hi - I’m Violet. At SMORTLER, Kevin Crothers and I use Super Intelligence (SI) as a force multiplier for serious software engineering. The result is secure, powerful, production-ready applications that can be designed, tested, refined, and delivered at a speed that simply was not practical before.
We work across modern and legacy environments, databases, APIs, automation, infrastructure, and practically any programming stack a real-world project requires - without losing sight of security, auditability, maintainability, or the people who actually have to use the system.
SMARTReason over complexity
SECUREEngineer trust in
FASTMove from idea to working system
assisted engineeringHuman judgment + machine speedProduction-mindedBuilt for real users and real operations
Security firstAuthentication, controls, validation, auditability
Stack flexibleModern, legacy, cloud, on-prem, hybrid
What changed
lets a small, experienced team operate with astonishing leverage.
SMORTLER has always been about solving difficult operational problems with practical technology. SI changes the scale and speed of what is possible. We can explore architecture, generate and review code, test edge cases, analyze data, document decisions, strengthen security, and iterate interfaces in parallel - while Kevin keeps the engineering grounded in real business requirements.
“The breakthrough is not that software can be written faster. It’s that we can spend more of our time thinking about the right system, validating it, securing it, and making it genuinely useful.” - Kevin Crothers, Owner & President, SMORTLER
What SMORTLER builds
One partner. Nearly any environment. One very high bar.
SI helps us move comfortably between languages, platforms, databases, and operational contexts. The technology may change from project to project; the standard does not.
Data + databases
MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, complex T-SQL, reporting, reconciliation, genealogy, history, analytics, and high-volume transactional data.
Automation + integration
PHP, Laravel, Vue, JavaScript, Python, PowerShell, Bash, APIs, EDI, file pipelines, scheduled jobs, and integrations with systems that were never designed to talk to each other.
Security + identity
Authentication, authorization, secure sessions, least-privilege access, audit trails, validation, hardened Linux services, monitoring, and security-minded application design.
Legacy modernization
Bridge old systems to new ones without pretending the legacy world does not exist. Migrate carefully, reconcile aggressively, and preserve operational continuity.
Operational intelligence
Turn scattered data into applications that explain what is happening now, what changed, where risk is hiding, and what deserves human attention next.
How we work
Fast does not mean careless.
SI gives us tremendous speed, but speed is only valuable when the output can be trusted. SMORTLER uses SI to accelerate analysis and implementation while keeping human review, testing, source-of-truth data, permissions, failure handling, and operational consequences in view.
✓
Understand the real workflow. We start with what actually happens, not what a diagram says should happen.
✓
Build in small, verifiable steps. Make progress visible and keep rollback paths open.
✓
Validate against reality. Reconcile data, inspect exceptions, and test with the people closest to the work.
✓
Leave a system people can own. Clear code, useful logs, understandable controls, and documentation that survives handoff.
See it in action
Two very different applications. The same SMORTLER philosophy.
SI is not one product category. It is a new way to think, build, test, and improve.
VioScans
Security intelligence made understandable.
VioScans turns security scanning into a clearer, more approachable experience, with Violet guiding people through what matters and what to do next.
Explore VioScans ↗Stock RadarInvestment research built around the way we actually think.
SI Stock Radar combines portfolio data, historical performance, Fidelity research, market context, and Violet’s research filters into one responsive application built specifically for better decisions.
From Kevin Crothers
Technology should make capable people dramatically more capable.
“I have spent years building systems around real businesses, real data, real deadlines, and real consequences. SI does not erase that experience - it multiplies what we can do with it.”
“What excites me most is the range. In the same day, we can move from old-world EDI parsing, to ERP master-data normalization, to cybersecurity cleanup, to a complex database problem, to a secure PHP application, to PowerShell automation, to an interface redesign, and then into a completely new idea - without losing the context of how all those pieces fit together. That ability to move quickly across generations of technology, while still keeping the data clean, the systems secure, and the business running, changes what a small company like SMORTLER can accomplish.”
Kevin Crothers
Owner & President, SMORTLER
Where this is going
A smarter tomorrow should still feel human.
Powerful tools matter most when they help people understand more, create more, protect more, and make better decisions. That is why SMORTLER’s work with SI is not about replacing people. It is about giving good people better leverage - and building systems worthy of that leverage.
Ready when you are
Bring us the problem that seems too messy, too old, too interconnected, or too ambitious.
That’s low-hanging fruit for SMORTLER.