Foundry Workspace Manager
Developer desktop workspace for CLI-driven workflows and terminal orchestration
A developer productivity application built to organize complex project workflows for developers who live in the terminal. Provides structured session management for multiple coding assistants, CLI processes, and environments with a custom dark engineering brand system.
The Challenge
Modern development requires juggling multiple terminal tabs: background servers, database watchers, Docker logs, and AI coding assistants. Standard terminal emulators turn into an unorganized sea of tabs with lost context and dead processes.
Architecture & Solution
Created Foundry as a workspace organizer that clusters terminal sessions and processes by project context, keeping active commands, logs, and coding agents visually structured and persistent.
Engineering Decisions
- Non-Intrusive Workflow ArchitectureDesigned to sit alongside existing developer IDEs and shells rather than forcing proprietary terminal replacements.
- Bespoke Engineering Design SystemConstructed a high-contrast dark palette (charcoal, forge orange, hot metal gold) tuned for prolonged command-line readability.
Outcomes
- Streamlines context-switching across multi-service monorepos and local microservices
- Provides persistent workspace states across system reboots