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What has my attention — updated June 2026.

Work

Exploring what's next across PKI, edge AI, and distributed systems. Previously at Thistle Technologies; taking the time to find the right problem.

Building

• Salsa Collective / Tanda — AI lead management for Latin dance organizers. Go backend, Supabase, local LLM on a Pi 5. Shipping features weekly.
• codeciech.com — this site. TanStack Start frontend, Go sync backend, Obsidian for authoring.

Studying

Diving deep into distributed systems and AI/ML — system design, scaling patterns, and working with local LLMs in production-like setups.

Infrastructure

• Raspberry Pi 5 — runs Hermes Agent (cron-driven AI workflows), the Go sync backend, and preview builds.
• Desktop (13th Gen i7-13700KF, 96GB RAM, RTX 3060 12GB) — runs LM Studio for local LLM serving (qwen3.6-35b) and heavier workloads.

Life

Latin dance 3-4x a week — salsa and bachata, deep in the Denver scene. Getting into gardening — may upload some garden photos soon.