Reed Tereski
Founder & Principal Engineer
Remote / Global
I grew up in St. Augustine Beach, facing the Atlantic. Every major decision in my life started at the shoreline — the kind of clarity you get when the horizon is the only thing ahead of you. That instinct for clarity drives everything I build.
For a decade, I shipped enterprise products — Wegmans, Disney, AB InBev, Shake Shack. The kind of projects where “it worked in staging” doesn't cut it. Millions of users. Tight timelines. Real stakes.
Now I build the infrastructure behind AI systems. Coquina is a self-healing memory platform — 1,800+ memories, 13,700+ auto-generated relationship edges, running 24/7 on Apple Silicon with zero cloud dependencies. Forge orchestrates 23 autonomous workers overnight — code reviews, research scanning, security audits. I designed, built, and operate all of it.
I run my own infrastructure because recommending systems I haven't operated is guesswork. I prototype in code because designs need to survive real constraints. I build local-first because your data and your AI should be under your control.
Philosophy
Local-First
No cloud dependencies. Your infrastructure, your hardware, your control. Every system I build runs without an internet connection.
Self-Healing
Systems that recover without you. Three-tier resilience: process auto-restart, application graceful degradation, automated backups.
Zero Waste
Every component earns its place. No speculative abstractions. No premature optimization. Complexity is added only when the problem demands it.
Tech Stack
AI/ML
Frontend
Infrastructure
The Studio Model
Grain Studios is intentionally small. One principal. Deep expertise. No account managers, no layers, no handoffs. When you hire Grain Studios, you get Reed — the same person who architects the system, writes the code, and operates it in production.