DeadLetterLabs is a development collective focused on building secure, scalable cloud-native systems with a hint of creative rebellion. We experiment with event-driven architecture, immutable data design, and minimalist tech — all wrapped in a vibe that's more LAN party than LinkedIn post.

The name? It's a nod to dead letter queues — those mysterious places where messages go when no one’s listening. We’re listening. And we build systems to make sure even the weird stuff has a place to land.

Our tech stack blends AWS Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, and OpenSearch with just enough opinionated infrastructure (hello Terraform, Serverless Framework, and Astro). We believe in short build pipelines, smart defaults, and not taking yourself too seriously — unless you're writing production Terraform. Then take it very seriously.

Projects range from real-world data warehouses and tagging pipelines to experimental tools for automation, monitoring, and gamified operations. Whether it's indexing thousands of S3 buckets, querying immutable logs, or building Lua automation scripts for MMOs — we make the nerdy stuff work.

Founded by John King, DeadLetterLabs is part lab, part playground. It's where ideas hit production-grade execution... or at least make it into a README with a cool badge.

Check out our projects, follow our repo trail, or drop by the site to see what we’re building.