- 🦀 Proud Rustacean building the next generation of high-performance systems
- 🚀 Maintaining Shimmy v1.9.0 - My flagship Python-free Rust inference server (3.5k ⭐ and growing!)
- 📸 Built CrabCamera v0.7.0 - Professional desktop camera + audio plugin for Tauri (134 ⭐)
- 🔤 Released ShimmyTok v0.7.1 - Pure Rust tokenizer for GGUF models, llama.cpp compatible
- 🎬 Built Muxide v0.2.0 - Pure Rust MP4 muxer, zero deps, no FFmpeg (48 ⭐)
- 🔐 Maintaining Gatewarden - Hardened Keygen.sh license validation for Rust
- 🛠️ Currently building Shimmy Console + a secret Rust inference library
- 💬 Ask me about Rust, Go, Scala, AI Infrastructure, Systems Architecture
- ⚡ Fun fact: Military precision meets Rust's memory safety guarantees
- 🎖️ Former 9/11 era Staff Sergeant, United States Air Force — 20+ years as a software engineer; devoted husband and father
Building the next generation of Rust-based AI tooling - Can't reveal everything yet, but big things coming in the LLM space! 🤫
🚀 Shimmy
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The Privacy-First OpenAI Alternative - 5.1MB single-binary Rust inference server. 3.5k+ stars! Complete, live, and the Ollama alternative developers actually want. FREE forever, no asterisks.
RustOpenAI CompatibleGGUFZero-Config5MB BinaryFREE Forever
Professional Desktop Camera + Audio Plugin - v0.7.0 Tauri plugin with MediaFoundation controls, synchronized A/V recording, auto-capture quality validation. 134 ⭐ and growing!
RustTauriProfessional ControlsCross-PlatformProduction Ready63 Tests
� Muxide 
Pure Rust MP4 Muxer - Zero deps, no FFmpeg. Feed it encoded frames, get standards-compliant MP4. H.264, H.265, AV1, AAC, Opus.
RustMP4MuxerVideoZero DependenciesStandards Compliant
�🎵 Auxide 
Real-Time Audio Kernel - v0.3.0 with 50+ DSP nodes, correct-by-construction graph execution, RT-safe processing. The foundation for next-generation audio applications.
RustReal-Time AudioDSP50+ NodesRT-SafeGraph-Based
DSP Utilities Library - High-performance DSP building blocks for Auxide, including wavetables, windows, FFT utilities, and real-time safe algorithms.
RustDSP UtilitiesFFTWavetablesReal-Time Safe
Database Freedom Platform - Live and serving retail redistributors. 27,000x faster than vector databases with SMT-powered mathematical search optimization across any database type.
GoSMT SolversDatabase AgnosticProductionEnterprise Clients
Visual management interface for Shimmy inference servers. Currently building the next-generation tooling for local AI development workflows.
RustTauriAI ToolingComing Soon
Production-Ready AI Agent Framework - Built in Rust, 97% faster than Python alternatives. Complete framework for building AI-powered automation workflows.
RustAI AgentsProduction Ready97% Faster
🌿 Botanica 
Professional botanical cultivation database with AI-powered plant insights.
RustAI InsightsData ModelOpen Source
| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| 🔥 Total Contributions | 2,800+ |
| 📝 Commits | 2,500+ |
| 🔀 Pull Requests | 83 |
| 📦 Releases Shipped | 133 |
| 🏗️ Repos Created | 101 |
| ⭐ Stars Earned | 3,782 |
| 🍴 Forks | 294 |
Peak Day: 182 contributions (Oct 9, 2025) — Yeah, I don't mess around.
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Building tomorrow's infrastructure, today.




