⚡ Current Status
Formerly 15 years in food service. Now building production applications with Rust, TypeScript, and Omarchy infrastructure.
🔥 Open to remote work 📍 Winnipeg, Canada
🔨 Building 6 active
- → ReverbOS - owned Omarchy-based OS now running every host in the fleet
- → MapleSpike - sovereign Canadian AI data pipeline (Quill portal + workers)
- → Frostbite Gazette - AI-curated Canadian journalism platform
- → Troves & Coves - Crystal jewelry e-commerce with React + shadcn/ui
- → Astral Key - Rust Web3 authentication microservice
- → Synapse - Local-first AI command center with Tauri
📚 Learning 4 active
- → Operating a 5-node K3s homelab on Omarchy (ArgoCD GitOps, ~160 pods)
- → Advanced Rust patterns (SQLx, Axum, WebAuthn)
- → MCP server development and integration
- → AI agent orchestration with Hermes profiles
🖥️ Infrastructure 4 active
- → Operating an owned Omarchy fleet — Zephyr, Nexus, Forge, Sentry (+ a Windows/WSL2 node)
- → Fleet telemetry with the Infomarchy desk on every host
- → Local LLM stack (Ollama on RTX 3090, voice models on K3s)
- → Comprehensive documentation system for agents
🔭 Exploring 4 active
- → Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem
- → Local AI inference optimization
- → Declarative infrastructure patterns
- → Privacy-first web architectures
📚 Reading
- Rust for Rustaceans In progressJon Gjengset
- Kubernetes: Up and Running Next upBrendan Burns
- The Pragmatic Programmer ReferenceDavid Thomas
🎧 Listening
- Synthwave coding playlists High energy
- Lo-fi hip hop for focus sessions Chill
- Post-rock (Explosions in the Sky) Epic
📈 Journey Progress
Tracking journey from food service → software development through AI-assisted learning and hands-on building.
Active Projects 7+
Hosts in Cluster 5
Into Dev Journey ~2yr