Designing Resilient Systems with and for the People They Serve
This page is a single story about why I build frameworks, who they serve, and what remains when the work is finished. Move through each chapter to see how the projects, partnerships, and personal history connect.
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Chapter 1 — Signal
I work across civic design, AI systems, and infrastructure — building frameworks that make complexity understandable and accountability measurable. Resilience isn’t just technical; it’s personal. Every project on this site was built from the ground up, often under real-world stress, to prove that design can serve both people and precision at once.
My work explores extended cognition and human-AI symbiosis—using models as external memory and design collaborators, in the spirit of ‘centaur systems’ and the extended-mind thesis.
QuoteCheckerAI transparency audits arming homeowners to challenge predatory contractor quotes before they sign.
Treasure Valley Light RailAn opt-in rail governance blueprint helping Idaho counties expand transit without surrendering local control.
Legacy of the HorizonA hard sci-fi tabletop RPG where tactical campaigns and memory-bound progression let crews reshape a living galaxy together.
I collaborate with organizations and teams that want their systems to last — not just function. Whether the work involves policy modeling, AI integration, or civic planning, the objective is always the same: build structures that remain transparent and adaptive over time.
What I bring into the room
Translation of complex civic, technical, or organizational challenges into actionable architectures.
Measurable feedback loops that keep outcomes legible to the people affected by them.
Integration of ethical AI principles into practical, testable workflows.
Governance and accountability models that remain verifiable, even under stress.
Who thrives in the build
Municipal innovators balancing public trust with technological growth.
AI and infrastructure teams committed to clarity, safety, and long-term adoption.
Builders, leaders, and policymakers who value collaboration and iteration over bureaucracy.
How we can work together
Co-Lab Sprints (60–90 Days): Embedded design partnerships to model, test, and document systems in motion.
Every framework on this site started as a problem that didn’t have a satisfying answer. Some were civic. Some were technical. Some were deeply personal. Each one became an experiment in how structure can turn difficulty into clarity. I don’t build for attention or scale. I build because every system, from a light switch to a legislature, should be able to explain itself.
Legacy of the Horizon (LoTH)
A simulation-grade, hard sci-fi TTRPG that remembers every choice you make.
423K+ words of solo-written lore, probability engines, and ethics systems.
I’ve spent most of my life learning how things hold together — and how they fall apart. I didn’t come through universities or accelerators; I came through trial, error, and repair. I left school at sixteen, earned my GED, and built my way forward from there — wiring homes, managing retail teams, solving real-world problems that didn’t wait for credentials.
That background shaped how I think. Every system — civic, digital, or human — either distributes stress or breaks under it. My work now revolves around designing structures that don’t fail quietly: frameworks that stay transparent under pressure, remember their users, and grow stronger through iteration.
I’m a single father raising two remarkable kids, one nonverbal autistic and one deeply intuitive. Most days are a blend of design reviews, IEP meetings, bedtime stories, and the steady work of keeping both people and systems running. Parenthood didn’t slow me down — it sharpened everything. It taught me that care and structure aren’t opposites; they’re prerequisites for resilience.
A few years ago, I rebuilt my entire home by hand — electrical, plumbing, HVAC, automation — while working full-time and navigating some of the hardest years of my life. That project became my personal thesis on endurance: how precision, patience, and iteration can turn a space into a living framework.
I live with ADHD and Bipolar I, conditions that can either destabilize or amplify depending on how you structure your life. I’ve chosen the latter. I treat my brain like a high-performance processor — it demands calibration, but when tuned correctly, it can model complexity at scale and still see the emotional detail inside it. That tension between logic and empathy defines everything I build.
My career isn’t a straight line. I’ve managed stores, led teams, founded projects, and built frameworks that span from smart home automation to civic governance. The through-line is simple: I build systems that make complexity legible and failure recoverable.
Chapter 5 — Why It Exists
This site is a living record — a space to show the work rather than explain it. Every framework here was born out of necessity: a broken process, a bad design, or a question no one else was asking. I didn’t create for attention; I created because waiting for permission wastes time.
QuoteChecker.ai came from a contractor quote that didn’t add up.
Treasure Valley Light Rail started as a question about why transit couldn’t scale locally.
Legacy of the Horizon grew into a decade-long build of a simulation-grade sci-fi TTRPG where every decision leaves a mechanical and narrative mark.
Each project follows the same rule: design for truth, test for failure, document what survives.
I built this site so people could see how that process looks when applied across disciplines — from AI ethics to civic infrastructure, from theory to wiring diagrams. It’s not about building empires; it’s about building things that work and proving that one person, equipped with curiosity and endurance, can push systems forward.
If you found your way here, you probably care about the same things: clarity, accountability, and the quiet satisfaction of watching something complex finally run clean. If so, you’re in good company. Reach out — there’s always another system to build.
