About CochranBlock
The Mission
Your server bill is too high. CochranBlock exists to prove it — and fix it. This entire company runs as a single Rust binary on a laptop for $10/month. We build zero-cloud architectures that replace bloated infrastructure with lean, fast binaries. All Rights Reserved — The Cochran Block, LLC.
What We Do
Fractional CTO services for startups and SMBs drowning in cloud costs. We audit your infrastructure, identify what you're overpaying for, and replace it with edge compute that you own. 31 Rust repositories back every claim we make.
The Architecture
Single-binary Rust. Embedded assets. No external databases for static sites. Cloudflare tunnel for internet exposure. Total cost: a laptop and $10/month. We've built an augment engine, a reverse proxy, on-device AI models, a payment engine, and a testing framework — all running this way.
The Trifecta
THREE THINGS NO COMPETITOR CAN MATCH:
1. You can't outprice free. Every line of code is battle-tested Rust. No cloud dependency. No vendor lock-in.
2. You can't out-transparent proven architecture. The architecture, the results, the benchmarks, the IR&D audit — all public. Verify anything. Challenge everything.
3. Expertise is inherent. Building it in public proves the capability. The code IS the resume.
The Method
Most AI companies download a model and wrap an API around it. We train our own models on our own hardware, debug the math ourselves, and ship binaries that work without internet. The difference is ownership — we own every layer of the stack, and we own every layer.
Custom architecture. We build diffusion models from scratch in Rust. Not Python. Not PyTorch. Not downloaded from HuggingFace. The TinyUNet is ours. The training loop is ours. The sampling math is ours.→ pixel-forge source
Our own hardware. Trained on consumer GPUs — RTX 3070 8GB and RTX 3050 Ti 4GB in laptops running Debian. Not rented cloud A100s. Total training cost: electricity.→ infrastructure details
Real debugging. We found and fixed fundamental math bugs — Gaussian noise scaling, epsilon prediction, DDIM sampling — by reading tensor values and tracing gradients. Not by throwing more compute at the problem.→ commit history
Ships on a phone. The model runs offline in a 10 MB app. No API key. No cloud. No subscription. No internet required. Try that with a HuggingFace download.→ binary sizes
31 projects, one person. 143,763 lines of Rust across 351 source files. 1,598 tests. Every binary serves its own SBOM. Every claim is verifiable from source code. The site you are reading runs the same code it serves.→ read the source
AI-augmented, not AI-dependent. We use Claude, Gemini, Cursor as force multipliers. The AI writes code. The human directs architecture, catches bugs, makes decisions. Full transparency — the Timeline of Invention documents exactly what the AI did vs what the human directed.→ open books
Founded By
Michael Cochran — Fractional CTO, Zero-Cloud Architect, Army veteran (17C Cyber Operations). 13 years defense and enterprise. SDVOSB submitted. It's not the Mech — it's the pilot.
LLC formed, 31 products built, site live, eMMA registered, SAM.gov filed, first partnership signed — all in under 30 days.
View source — 31 repos, 32 crates.io publications
What the Team Said
"You are one of the brightest people I ever had the pleasure of working with. Your passion to elevate whatever you work on, coupled with your crazy research skills are something to aspire to. You're forged to thrive."— Carpenter, USCYBERCOM J38 JMOC-E
"You taught others and left 'gifts' of code. We are better for having you here."— Jay, USCYBERCOM J38 JMOC-E
"Awesome team player, dedicated fact finder, and loyal and honest teammate."— CPT Nate Durbala, USCYBERCOM J38 JMOC-E
"I certainly hope you find the place that allows you to display your incredible talent. Thank you for your service."— Jeremy Ritz, USCYBERCOM J38 JMOC-E
"Working with you made the JMOC-E a better place. I know you will continue to do great things."— TSgt Holland, USCYBERCOM J38 JMOC-E
"Thanks for building the groundwork for development here."— SFC Rios, USCYBERCOM J38 JMOC-E
"Thank you for pushing me to pursue becoming an expert in a programming language."— SSgt Muirhead, USCYBERCOM J38 JMOC-E
"Continue your legacy. The red team initiative is still alive."— LTC Beal, USCYBERCOM J38 JMOC-E