Open to opportunities · Winnipeg, Canada

Now

Last updated: 2026-03-10 · Based on /now movement

⚡ Current Status

Formerly 15 years in food service. Now building production applications with Rust, TypeScript, and NixOS infrastructure.

🔥 Open to remote work 📍 Winnipeg, Canada

🔨 Building 4 active

→ 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

→ Kubernetes cluster migration for 4-host NixOS setup
→ Advanced Rust patterns (SQLx, Axum, WebAuthn)
→ MCP server development and integration
→ AI agent orchestration with pi-agent-core

🖥️ Infrastructure 4 active

→ Maintaining 4-host NixOS mining cluster (Zephyr, Nexus, Forge, Sentry)
→ Colmena multi-host deployment system
→ Local LLM stack with privacy-first AI gateway
→ 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 progress

Jon Gjengset
Kubernetes: Up and Running Next up

Brendan Burns
The Pragmatic Programmer Reference

David 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 4

Into Dev Journey ~2yr