Lost Pines Creative

Product engineering & technical leadership — from first principles to shipped.

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What we're building

Software
Everything we create starts with the same belief: the most important parts of your life — your family's safety, your relationships, your belongings, your home — shouldn't depend on systems you don't control.
NomadCore app dashboard showing the family preparedness home screen

NomadCore

Live on iOS & Android

Family emergency preparedness powered by offline AI. Emergency plans, supply tracking, offline maps, and a knowledge base of 1,320 procedures — all without needing signal.

"Your family's plan, in your pocket."

nomad-core.com  ·  App Store  ·  Google Play
Remember Who app showing the contacts list with follow-up reminders

Remember Who

Pre-Launch

A privacy-first personal CRM that helps you remember everyone you meet. On-device AI transcription, encrypted storage, geo-reminders — your contacts never leave your phone.

"Your relationships. Your data. Your device."

rememberwho.app

Evident House

Early Development

Document your belongings with cryptographic proof. When disaster strikes and you need to prove what you owned, Evident House provides evidence your insurer can't dispute.

"Your insurance proof, owned by you."

Sovereign School

Concept

A multi-agent AI homeschool platform that gives parents a coordinated cabinet of educators — superintendent, principal, teachers — while keeping the parent as the ultimate authority.

"Your children's education, guided by AI, governed by you."
Design & Craft
Articulated 3D-printed dragon made by DeSmit Designs

DeSmit Designs

Active

Engineering-driven design services — 3D printing, CAD modeling, and laser cutting. From custom prototypes to finished products, built with the same precision as medical-grade hardware.

"Driving innovation with engineering excellence."

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Handcrafted blue beaded necklace from Blue Plumeria, worn

Blue Plumeria

Open for Orders

Handcrafted jewelry from a working atelier. Limited small-batch pieces featuring natural stones, crystals, freshwater pearls, and copper wire work — each one made by hand in the USA.

"Handcrafted. Small-batch. Made with intention."

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DeSmit Designs — selected work

A sample of recent commissions across 3D printing, CAD modeling, and laser work. Start a project →

Backlit acrylic LED gaming sign made by DeSmit Designs
Custom LED signage
Framed multi-layer mandala wall art, laser cut
Layered laser art
CAD model of a mechanical assembly
CAD modeling
3D-printed hummingbird feeder
Functional product design
Custom electromechanical device: a 3D-printed chassis with a motorized tilting display and servo
Electromechanical design
3D-printed topographic relief map of Texas
Custom modeling

What I bring

Fifteen years building regulated hardware and software, now applied as an engineering practice — architecture, delivery, and the judgment to ship. Every capability below is proven in shipped product.

Offline-first systems

Software that keeps working when the network doesn't — local-first data, on-device intelligence, graceful failure.

1,320 offline procedures in NomadCore

Security by architecture

Encryption and privacy designed in, not bolted on. Data stays where it belongs — on the user's device.

AES-256 · on-device · zero-knowledge
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Ship on every platform

One codebase to iOS, Android, and the web — fewer moving parts, faster iteration, one team.

React Native / Expo across the portfolio
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Regulated-grade rigor

FDA/CE-caliber quality systems applied to software: real process, real tests, real release gates.

15 years in medical devices

Who's building this

Daniel De Smit, Founder & Engineer at Lost Pines Creative

Daniel De Smit

Founder & Engineer

15+ years designing FDA-regulated medical devices — from portable oxygen concentrators to cancer detection systems to microwave ablation tools. Products acquired by Siemens Healthineers and ResMed. Now building the same quality of engineering into tools that keep families safe and in control of their own data.

Medical Device Engineering FDA / CE Compliance Product Development Quality Systems

Work with me

Available for consulting and technical-leadership engagements through Lost Pines Creative — and open to the right senior role. Tell me what you're building.

Small business

Groundwork

AI tools and modern systems for local businesses — websites, payments, booking, and a receptionist that never misses a call. Set up and run for you.

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Consulting & technical leadership

Fractional CTO, technical due diligence, and 0→1 product engineering — from architecture to shipped.

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Design & fabrication

3D printing, CAD modeling, and laser cutting through DeSmit Designs — prototype through finished part.

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Or write directly — desmitdesignz@gmail.com