About

Precision-built, by design.

Crucible Logic Labs builds local-first software for independent operators — tools you own, held to a single exacting standard.

The founder

Dr. Curtis Rasmussen

Crucible Logic Labs is the work of Dr. Curtis Rasmussen — an industrial-organizational psychologist (PhD) and Certified Ethical Hacker with eight patents pending. His practice sits at the intersection of human performance and applied AI: understanding how people actually work, then building software that respects it.

That background shapes every Forge decision — from the review-gated outbox that keeps a human in the loop, to the local-first architecture that keeps your data yours.

At a glance

  • PhD, Industrial-Organizational Psychology
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
  • Eight patents pending
  • Advisory roles in applied AI

What we believe

The standard behind the Forge

Your data is yours

Software should run where your work does. Forge keeps your information on your machine, not on someone else's servers.

Honest by default

We tell you where Forge fits and where it doesn't. No dark patterns, no feature walls, no surprise upsell.

Built to one standard

Every tool in the suite shares one design, one database, and one bar for quality — so the parts work as a system.