motis group
automationchad (n): an engineer who channels the timeless wisdom of simplicity while everyone else chases complexity.
Modern software has lost its way.
The forgotten truth: Most companies aren't Google, yet blindly adopt their architectural patterns. The best systems aren't distributed by default—they're purpose-built for the actual problem at hand. A well-designed database schema and thoughtful SQL query will outperform a Spark cluster for most business problems.
I build systems that respect fundamentals: single machines that handle workloads others throw clusters at, careful data modelling that eliminates performance bottlenecks, and architectures that minimise the true cost drivers like data transfer and unnecessary compute.
Contact priority (scale matters):
- You manage systems at $1M+ scale (cloud costs or revenue)
- Your cloud bill keeps growing while your actual needs haven't
- You have $100K+ budget currently feeding the complexity beast
- You're from a marginalised background tackling problems with unnecessary technical debt
Location:
- Melbourne coffee: Technical discussions only
- Virtual: Initial assessment
- Your office: For real problems
Email: williampmarzella@gmail.com (read all, reply to signal)
Motis Group builds data systems that would make our computing ancestors proud. We optimise for what matters: reliability, maintainability, and performance without premature scaling. Our solutions respect the hard-won lessons of the past—understanding that most problems don't require distributed systems, containerisation, or real-time processing when a well-tuned database and scheduled jobs will do.
If your team is creating tomorrow's legacy headaches by overengineering today's solutions, let's talk about getting back to what works.