Infrastructure engineer · Systems architect · Compulsive builder of things
18+ years building systems that run, scale, and occasionally explode in interesting ways.
Currently at Clocktower and Associates — AI tooling, blockchain infrastructure, and web audits.
I name my projects after literary characters and give them attitudes. It's a whole thing.
I write about AI agents, infrastructure, security, and open-source tools at dev.to/ticktockbent.
| Post | Description |
|---|---|
| A Rust TUI for Your UniFi Network That Actually Takes Code Review Seriously | If you run UniFi gear, you manage it through a web UI. That's fine until you need to script... |
| Anatomy of a GitHub Actions Supply Chain Attack Targeting MCP Repos | On April 7th, someone submitted a pull request to my project Charlotte. 28 lines. One new file. A... |
| Your Artifact Registry Doesn't Need 2 GB of RAM | Every team eventually needs an artifact registry. You need somewhere to push Docker images, host... |
| I Renamed All 43 Tools in My MCP Server. Here's Why I Did It Now. | Charlotte 0.6.0 ships a breaking change, batch form fills, and lazy browser launch. Plus the story of 7 strangers... |
| Your System Is Not a State Machine | State machines can't describe agentic AI systems. The state space is too vast, the behavior isn't stochastic, and... |
AI Agent Infrastructure — MCP servers, semantic memory, distributed coordination, and web standards for the agent era.
Blockchain & DeFi — Prediction markets, escrow protocols, staking systems, and on-chain analytics on Ethereum and Polygon.
Games — Browser puzzles, Unity prototypes, idle games, and simulations. If it has a game loop, I've probably built one at 2am.
Infrastructure — Docker, Kubernetes, Flux, CI/CD, and Conway's Game of Life distributed across a k8s cluster because why not.
Languages
Infrastructure
Blockchain
Inner ring = Monday, outer = Sunday. Midnight at top. Updated weekly.
A collaborative story, one turn at a time. Anyone can continue — just comment on the story issue.
The rules: No back-to-back turns. 500 character limit. That's it.
A random game plays every time you visit. How it works →
- 🖨️ 3D printing things that probably didn't need to be 3D printed
- 🎮 Designing games I'll finish one day (the prototypes have prototypes)
- 📚 Discworld completionist — GNU Terry Pratchett
- 🧪 Convincing distributed systems to agree on things (they never do)
Open to collaboration, contributions, and projects with unreasonable scope.