# `/context/company-context.md`

# RDB Solutions Ltd Context

RDB Solutions Ltd is developing internal and customer-facing software systems with a strong preference for self-hosted infrastructure, local control, and practical automation.

The company favours owning its development stack rather than depending heavily on third-party SaaS platforms where avoidable.

## Goals

The main goals are:

- Improve development efficiency
- Use local and self-hosted tools where practical
- Automate repetitive development and deployment tasks
- Support LLM-assisted development
- Maintain control over source code, infrastructure, and data
- Build systems that are maintainable by a small team or solo developer

## Preferred Approach

RDB Solutions Ltd prefers:

- Self-hosted Git using Gitea
- Jenkins for CI/CD
- Docker-based deployments
- Proxmox for virtualisation
- Local LLMs where possible
- Clear task files and backlog-driven agent work
- Incremental changes over large risky rewrites
- Documentation that allows AI tools to understand the system quickly

## General Constraints

- Avoid assuming GitHub is used.
- Prefer Gitea-compatible workflows.
- Prefer local or self-hosted services where practical.
- Avoid vendor lock-in unless there is a clear benefit.
- Keep systems understandable and maintainable.
- Prefer simple architecture before complex orchestration.