01 / INTELLIGENCE
Applied AI
Move from AI experiments to useful tools: private knowledge workflows, local model infrastructure, agent boundaries, evaluation, and human-approved actions.
Explore AI consultingINDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING
Make complex technology work for you.
Applied AI, agentic workflows, and dependable IT—designed around the problem you actually need to solve.
From first assessment to documented handoff.
Strategy grounded in implementationSecurity considered from day oneClear scope and handoff
WHAT WE DO
Three disciplines.
One practical approach.
Technology projects rarely stay in one lane. We connect the data, infrastructure, and workflows needed to make an idea reliable in the real world.
02 / AUTOMATION
Agentic systems
Build agents that can retrieve evidence, use approved tools, and draft useful work—with clear permissions, evaluation, and human approval where needed.
Explore agentic consulting03 / FOUNDATIONS
IT & infrastructure
Keep critical systems healthy through cloud and Microsoft 365 work, migrations, networking, security, automation, and tested recovery plans.
Explore IT servicesHOW WE WORK
Useful answers start with the whole system.
We begin with your goal and the constraints around it. Then we build a path you can operate, verify, and explain to the next person.
See how engagements work- 01
Understand the real problem
Map the users, data, dependencies, risks, and success criteria.
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Design a workable path
Choose a focused scope and define checkpoints before change.
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Build, verify, hand off
Test the full workflow and leave clear operating guidance.
PROOF IN THE WORK
Built for the details that matter.
Explore selected engineering work behind the Socket23 approach. Each case study distinguishes production work from personal lab projects.
PERSONAL LAB · AI
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Local AI agent platform
Model serving, authenticated APIs, routing, and controlled access.
PRODUCTION WORK · ITVirtualization migration
Preserved identity, storage safety, application availability, and recovery.
PERSONAL LAB · SECURITYThreat monitoring lab
Correlated packet, flow, log, and IDS evidence for investigation.
THE PERSON BEHIND SOCKET23
Curiosity, engineering judgment, and a bias for making things work.
Socket23 is an independent technology practice led by Joseph Miller, a hands-on systems engineer in Oregon. His background spans infrastructure, security, cloud recovery, automation, and private AI.
That breadth shapes every engagement: understand the dependencies, protect the way back, and verify the outcome people rely on.
Meet JosephSTART A CONVERSATION
Bring the complicated problem.
Tell us what you are trying to accomplish, where you are stuck, and what a successful outcome would look like.