Your IT Partner’s Pitch Deck Won’t Fix Your Backend. But the Right Engineers Will

Your IT partner’s pitch deck isn’t going to fix your broken backend. Neither will that glossy “digital transformation” campaign they posted on LinkedIn. 

We started Out of Spec because too many companies get burned by big names and big promises. The real work—the kind that saves money, speeds things up, and keeps your systems from eating themselves alive—happens in quiet conversations with senior engineers who know how to get things done. 

Those engineers? They’re part of the Kaunas High Tech Cluster—a network of Lithuanian tech companies who build ERP systems, automate manufacturing lines, untangle chaotic e-commerce backends, and deliver working MVPs faster than your procurement team can schedule the first meeting. 

We’ve seen it all: 

• A €1.2M “total rewrite” quote replaced by a six-week API wrap that kept the client’s legacy system running for another five years. 

• A failing ERP rollout rescued by spending two weeks on warehouse floor walk-throughs before writing a single line of code. 

• An e-commerce platform taken from “customers can’t check out” to “record sales week” in under a month, without a rebuild. 

Different specialties, shared standards: think of it as a cross-industry strike team for complex digital challenges. 

Each issue: 

• One real business problem and how it was actually solved (no vendor fairy tales). 

• Insights from teams who’ve shipped complex, custom solutions without derailing the budget or the timeline. 

• Practical takeaways you can apply before your next IT project goes sideways. 

If you’re a CTO, ops lead, or product owner tired of wading through the hype, welcome—you’re in the right place.