I spent 13 years inside engineering firms. I ran one. I left to build something different.
I spent a year building with AI. Solved my own problems along the way. Tracked everything. 178 initiatives. $1,772 in infrastructure. Zero revenue.
I ended up with two things worth sharing.
One proves what happened to your files. The other finds hidden connections in your systems.
I don't know which one the market wants. So I'm running both side by side. Same site. Same analytics. Same builder. The market decides.
Here's what I'll be sharing along the way: everything I learned.
File-level hash-chain integrity monitoring. Proves what happened to any file at any point in time. Rust core, desktop app, runs on your machine. $10,000/yr.
See the evidence →Domain-agnostic coupling detection from passive metrics. Finds hidden dependencies in distributed systems. No agents, no credentials, read-only. Free audit.
See the evidence →Writing
Lessons, frameworks, data, mistakes. Everything from a year of building with AI.
Live from ops.db
These numbers count inbound contact form submissions mentioning each product. They come from a SQLite database on a Mac Mini in Charleston. The API endpoint is public. When you reach out about Provenance or Sympatheia, the number moves.
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Monthly update. What the data shows. What I learned. No spam.