I build software by directing AI, and I ship it.
What I'm good at is directing AI to build software and shipping it. I decide what to build, set the limits it has to work inside, and check every change before it's kept. Right now I'm building Rift, a coding app where the AI does the typing and you stay the reviewer. It's open source, so you can download it and run it today, or read every line of it. I started out running game servers and taught myself the rest.
Rift, a desktop app for coding with AI.
You stay the reviewer. The AI works inside your project. It reads your files and proposes changes, and it can run git for you (that's the tool that saves and tracks every code change). You pick how much rope it gets, from approving every step to letting it run. You also get several chats open at once, a web browser built right in, and a meter showing what each turn is costing you.
The app and the AI talk to each other. It can stop and ask you a question in the chat, pop open a preview of what you're building, or ping you when a long job is done. It runs on Rust, which keeps it fast and stable. You can talk to it instead of typing, and your voice never leaves your computer. It even updates itself.
- Building Rift, a desktop app for coding with AI. The AI reads your code and can run git for you, there's a web browser built in, and it updates itself. You set how much it can do on its own. It's open source, has 899 tests, and ships as a public download (v0.148). I designed and directed the whole build myself, setting the overall design and the AI's limits, then reviewing every change it made. I did it nights and weekends around a factory job until January 2026, and full-time since.
- Built EXFIL, my first shipped project. It's a small Windows app that lives in your taskbar tray and retunes your screen's color for each app you open. It also shows your frame rate and PC stats while you game. I shipped the first version in C# and .NET 8, then rebuilt it from scratch in Rust once I'd learned enough to do it right. Both versions are public, and the Rust one is free to download and updates itself.
- I work across the whole stack: SvelteKit and TypeScript for the part you see, Python, FastAPI, and Rust behind it, Linux to put it online. The AI writes the code and I direct it.
- Started in yard work and facility cleaning, then got moved up to the assembly line within a few months. Company-wide cuts ended the role in Jan 2026.
- Ran heavy equipment and handled landfill operations on site at a working paper mill. I showed up, did it right, and kept it safe for about two years. The contract ended in March 2025.
- I was responsible every day for running equipment safely on a live industrial site. It's not the kind of job you can fake your way through.
- This is where I started. I got in by modifying game files in 2022, then came back in early 2023 and hosted my own server. It didn't last — I didn't know how to optimize or manage it yet, and a live server tells you that fast. That lesson stuck.
- I spent the next two years developing for other FiveM and RedM communities alongside full-time work: configuring resources, modifying Lua, running a MySQL database, and admining both Windows and Linux. People notice the second anything breaks, so I learned to fix fast.
- Wound down in early 2025 to focus on building software full-time.
This is the stack my projects are built in. I direct the AI across all of it and review what it writes.
- Directing AI agents
- Prompt engineering
- Guardrails & security
- Reading & reviewing code
- Shipping releases
- Rust
- C# / .NET 8
- Tauri 2
- Windows APIs
- SvelteKit 2
- Svelte 5
- TypeScript
- Python
- FastAPI
- MySQL / SQL
- Windows admin
- Linux VPS
- GitHub Actions
- Git & GitHub
If you're building with AI, let's talk.
I'm looking for a role building software, whether that's software engineering, developer tools, or AI-focused product work. Remote works. So does in person around Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Central Arkansas, and I'm open to relocating for the right team. If you're trying to figure out how to ship with AI, that's the kind of work I'm best at.
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