Software Architect & Tool Builder
I design and build developer tooling with a focus on simplicity, privacy, and correctness. No SaaS lock-in, no telemetry, no surprises.
cyferlawyn
Senior Software Architect
I've been working in software since 2008, first as a full-stack engineer and since 2018 as a software architect. Over that time my focus has shifted from building individual features to shaping the systems those features live in — their boundaries, their failure modes, and the contracts between them.
My technical roots are in message-oriented middleware. The discipline of designing for asynchrony, back-pressure, and eventual consistency still informs how I approach distributed problems today. More recently that work has evolved into cloud-native architecture, microservices, and behaviour-driven design — building systems that are observable, testable, and honest about what they do.
Lately I've been spending time on AI from an orchestration angle: how models fit into larger systems, where the boundaries of reliability sit, and how to use them without handing over control. That interest directly shapes the tools I build.
One tower. Endless waves. Countless upgrades.
A browser-based single-tower defense game built with vanilla JS and the Canvas 2D API. Survive endless waves of enemies, earn currency, and unlock upgrades — from explosive rounds and spread shot to orbital death rings and chain lightning. No install, no dependencies; progress saves in your browser.
AI commit messages, entirely on-device.
A VS Code extension that reads your staged diff and generates a conventional commit message using a local GGUF model. No API keys, no internet, no code ever leaves your machine. One-time purchase, no subscription.
1.11.6 completes the three-faction covenant system, adds a large batch of new prestige upgrades, and rebalances existing shard costs and tiers.
1.7.18 adds the NEXUS faction covenant system, the Obliterate blastwave mechanic, major traitor system changes, and a stack of smaller improvements.
The first major content update to APEX adds an Ascension system, enemy pets (Traitors), five new enemy types, five new late-game upgrades, and a reworked boss encounter.