MilePost Labs Built to go the distance Start a project
MilePost Labs, LLC

Built to go the distance.

Custom software, website work, and special projects — from an engineer who has been shipping production software since 1984.

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What we do

Software, built by someone who's shipped it for 40 years.

A small, senior practice — no account managers, no hand-offs. You work directly with the engineer building your project.

Software Development

Full-stack product development, prototype to production — modern web apps, APIs, data, and the unglamorous plumbing that keeps them reliable.

Website Work

Fast, clean, hand-built sites that load quickly and read well on every device — no bloated page-builders, no template sprawl.

Custom & Special Projects

The one-off, the integration nobody else will touch, the gnarly problem that doesn't fit a template. Special projects are the specialty.

Quick Prototyping

A working proof-of-concept, fast — so you can see, test, and validate the idea before committing to a full build.

AI Solutions

LLM-powered features, chatbots, and document/data extraction — practical AI wired into real workflows, not hype.

Spreadsheets & Excel

Complex workbooks, formulas, macros, and dashboards — turning messy spreadsheets into reliable, automated tools.

Databases

Schema design, queries, migrations, and reporting — from Postgres to cleaning up and making sense of your data.

About

Four decades of shipping software.

Mark Fugel has been building software since 1984 — four decades of production work across industries, following early-career engineering roles at employers including AT&T and 3M.

MilePost Labs is his independent practice, focused on the projects most shops won't take on: the gnarly integration, the idea that needs a working prototype before it needs a team, the system that has to actually hold up in the real world.

Deep experience, a direct working relationship, and software built to go the distance.

Since 1984
Building production software
End to end
Prototype to production
Special projects
The work others pass on
Mark Fugel on a mountain trail, granite peaks and pines behind him
Mark Fugel — still going the distance.
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Have a project that needs to actually ship?

Tell me what you're building. Whether it's a full product, a website, or the special project no one else will take — let's map the route.

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