Pipeline Punks
The workshop side of True North.
Pipeline Punks is our public workshop and publications hub for people who run fleets, fuel and field operations. Read the field notes, choose a petroleum brief, and try the Build Studio on sample data.
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Operators Brief
Public field notes about practical operational work, what broke and what can be learned from it. Read the current issue and the archive on the hub.
Read the Operators Brief archivePetroleum email briefs
Choose from six free briefs covering operations, AI in the field, compliance deadlines, vendor claims, seasonal readiness and action summaries. Confirm by email; each brief includes a link to stop it.
Build Studio
Open now. The Build Studio is a free, no-login sandbox. Pick the operational tools your business actually needs, watch each one run on sample data, and send your blueprint straight to a human at True North. It uses sample data only, never your records.
Open the Build StudioLearn to Build
Being rebuilt. Follow the learning lane on the hub for updates about practical tools and building your own operational fixes.
Check the Learn to Build statusOff-road diesel tax check
Free tool. For Colorado operators burning clear diesel in equipment that never runs on a public road. Enter five numbers to see what dyed diesel would save and how much tax already paid may be recoverable. It runs in your browser and stores nothing. Estimates only; your CPA files any claim.
Run the off-road diesel tax checkFrom the workshop to the operation
TNDS provides the assessment and implementation work. The case studies describe anonymized engagements; public demos on Pipeline Punks use sample data.
Read the TNDS client case studiesMore from True North
These case studies describe client engagement work. Pipeline Punks is our public workshop and publications hub. Our GitHub organization introduces the practice and its public development standards.