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Personal tools and experiments. Most are in active use; a few are archived or on pause. Source on GitHub.

  • skiff

    Container orchestration for macOS + Linux

    A single-binary, single-YAML control plane between docker-compose and Kubernetes. Health-aware lifecycle management, scheduling, service discovery, and a unified API for containers, native daemons, and scheduled jobs on one machine.

    • infra
  • lookout

    OTEL trace collector for AI agents

    OpenTelemetry collector purpose-built for agent workflows. Ingests gRPC/HTTP traces, enriches spans with token-cost calculations and anomaly detection, groups by session, exposes a web UI, REST API, MCP server, and TUI.

    • infra
    • ai
  • hatch3d

    Pen-plotter compositions

    Generative compositions and a hatching algorithm targeting the AxiDraw. Daily ingest from /r/plotterart for inspiration; a print queue runs on a Raspberry Pi.

    • art
  • qpas-ish

    Stereo resonant filter firmware

    Rust firmware for the Electrosmith Daisy Patch SM. A QPAS-inspired clocked stereo resonant filter — two state-variable cores with continuous LP/BP/HP morph and stereo frequency spread, built for resonant pinging.

    • audio
    • eurorack
  • duopulse

    2-voice algorithmic drum sequencer

    Eurorack firmware for the Patch.Init — an opinionated 2-voice percussion sequencer for techno through experimental IDM. Zero shift layers; every parameter is directly accessible across eight knobs and two modes.

    • audio
    • eurorack
  • BrightPath

    Satirical corporate-consultancy site

    Procedural slogan generator, synergy clustering, stakeholder lingo, and Fisher-Yates-shuffled visuals — a deadpan parody of management-consultancy web design rendered with unironic craft.

    • web
    • satire
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