Carlos Arias
43ae1e2015
Establishes the deploy baseline on main so the admin agent's publish/rollback has a clean starting point. Everything built to date: sumi-e brand system, homepage, projects (DB-driven case studies), resume, about, services + website-design detail, contact form + DB, changelog, favicon + share card. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DoFYZY9gkGPNDqZ7NuEa9a
623 lines
28 KiB
HTML
623 lines
28 KiB
HTML
<!doctype html>
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<html lang="en">
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<head>
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<meta charset="utf-8">
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
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<title>Carlos Arias — Agentic AI & Automation Engineer</title>
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<!-- SOURCE OF TRUTH. Never hardcode a hex in this file. -->
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="../brand/tokens.css">
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<style>
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*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }
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html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }
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body {
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margin: 0; background: var(--ca-paper); color: var(--ca-ink);
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font-family: var(--ca-sans); font-size: var(--ca-s3);
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line-height: var(--ca-lh-body); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
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overflow-x: hidden;
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}
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a { color: inherit; }
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img { max-width: 100%; display: block; }
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.shell { max-width: 82rem; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 var(--ca-gutter); }
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/* ================= masthead ================= */
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/* The wordmark is absent while the hero signature holds the name,
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then fades in as it scrolls away. No redundancy on first screen. */
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.masthead {
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position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 20;
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display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 1.25rem;
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padding: 1.5rem 0;
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border-bottom: var(--ca-hairline) solid transparent;
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transition: border-color var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease),
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background var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease);
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}
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/* Over the ink hero the bar is transparent with light type; once it
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passes onto paper it takes the paper ground. Borrowing only the
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two foreground tokens keeps the hexes in tokens.css. */
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.masthead:not(.stuck) {
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background: transparent;
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--ca-ink: var(--ca-ink-surface-fg);
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--ca-ink-3: var(--ca-ink-surface-fg-3);
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}
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.masthead.stuck {
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background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ca-paper) 88%, transparent);
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backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
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border-bottom-color: var(--ca-rule);
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}
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.mark {
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display: flex; align-items: center; gap: .8rem; text-decoration: none;
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opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-6px);
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transition: opacity var(--ca-dur-slow) var(--ca-ease), transform var(--ca-dur-slow) var(--ca-ease);
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pointer-events: none;
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}
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.masthead.stuck .mark { opacity: 1; transform: none; pointer-events: auto; }
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.mark img { width: 124px; height: auto; }
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.seal {
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display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
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width: 1.5rem; height: 1.5rem; flex: none;
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background: var(--ca-seal); color: #fff;
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font-family: var(--ca-serif); font-size: .8rem; line-height: 1;
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border-radius: var(--ca-radius);
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}
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.nav { margin-left: auto; display: flex; gap: 1.4rem; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: flex-end; }
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.nav a {
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font-family: var(--ca-mono); font-size: var(--ca-s1);
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letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase;
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color: var(--ca-ink-3); text-decoration: none;
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padding-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
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transition: color var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease), border-color var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease);
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}
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.nav a:hover { color: var(--ca-ink); border-bottom-color: var(--ca-ink); }
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/* ================= RULE BREAK 1 ==================
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The signature at monumental scale. Japanese calligraphy is
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not small and polite — a single stroke fills the paper.
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It writes itself, which is the whole thesis in one gesture. */
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/* Option A — the hero is an ink surface in both themes; everything
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below it is washi paper. A dramatic entrance resolving into
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restraint, rather than a dark rectangle pasted onto a light page. */
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.hero {
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position: relative;
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min-height: 92vh;
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margin-top: -5.5rem; /* the masthead floats over it */
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padding: 8rem 0 clamp(3.5rem, 7vw, 5.5rem);
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display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center;
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}
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/* kintsugi at the seam where ink meets paper */
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.hero::after {
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content: ""; position: absolute; left: 12%; bottom: -1px;
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width: 46px; height: 2px; background: var(--ca-ink-surface-seal); z-index: 3;
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}
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.hero-grid { display: block; }
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#wash {
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position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
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z-index: 0; pointer-events: none;
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opacity: 0; transition: opacity 1.6s linear;
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}
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#wash.on { opacity: 1; }
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.hero-inner { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
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.signature { margin: 0 0 clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 2.75rem); }
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.signature img {
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width: 100%; max-width: 46rem; height: auto;
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clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0);
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animation: write 2.1s cubic-bezier(.31, .06, .2, 1) .25s forwards;
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}
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@keyframes write { to { clip-path: inset(0 -2% 0 0); } }
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.hero .eyebrow {
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font-family: var(--ca-mono); font-size: var(--ca-s1);
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letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase;
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color: var(--ca-ink-3); margin: 0 0 1.5rem;
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}
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/* NB: no `.hero h1` sizing rule — h1 is the signature block, and a
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max-width here would crush it. The tagline is a <p>. */
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.hero .sub {
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font-size: var(--ca-s3); line-height: 1.6; color: var(--ca-ink-3);
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max-width: 52ch; margin: 1.5rem 0 0;
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}
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.hero-links { display: flex; gap: 1.75rem; margin-top: 2.25rem; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; }
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/* delayed entrance, sequenced behind the signature */
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.seq { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(var(--ca-reveal-y)); }
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.seq.in { opacity: 1; transform: none;
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transition: opacity var(--ca-dur-slow) var(--ca-ease), transform var(--ca-dur-slow) var(--ca-ease); }
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.cta {
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font-size: var(--ca-s2); font-weight: 500; text-decoration: none;
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background: var(--ca-ink); color: var(--ca-paper);
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border: 1px solid var(--ca-ink); border-radius: var(--ca-radius);
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padding: .8rem 1.4rem;
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transition: background var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease), color var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease);
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}
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.cta:hover { background: transparent; color: var(--ca-ink); }
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.quiet-link {
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font-size: var(--ca-s2); text-decoration: none;
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border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ca-ink-4); padding-bottom: 3px;
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transition: border-color var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease);
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}
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.quiet-link:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--ca-ink); }
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/* ================= sections ================= */
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/* RULE BREAK 3 — kintsugi. The hairline rule is broken and the
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break is filled with vermillion rather than hidden. Wabi-sabi's
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actual philosophy: the repair is the beautiful part. */
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.band {
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padding: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 6.5rem) 0;
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border-top: var(--ca-hairline) solid var(--ca-rule);
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position: relative;
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}
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.band::before {
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content: ""; position: absolute; top: calc(var(--ca-hairline) * -1);
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height: var(--ca-hairline); width: 28px; background: var(--ca-seal);
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left: 12%;
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}
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.band:nth-of-type(even)::before { left: 63%; width: 18px; }
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.band:nth-of-type(3n)::before { left: 34%; width: 40px; }
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/* ---- brush stroke emphasis ----
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A real sumi stroke: blunt where the brush lands, tapering as it
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lifts, with kasure (dry-brush breaks) trailing the tail. Drawn as
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a mask so the colour comes from --ca-seal and follows the theme.
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Applied to emphasis, never to every heading — brushing everything
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is the same as brushing nothing. */
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.brushed { position: relative; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; }
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.brushed::after {
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content: ""; position: absolute;
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left: -.12em; right: -.18em; bottom: -.26em; height: .3em;
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background-color: var(--ca-seal);
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-webkit-mask: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 400 20' preserveAspectRatio='none'%3E%3Cpath d='M3 8C70 4 150 3 230 4.5C300 5.8 355 8 395 11C398 11.6 398 12.6 394 13C350 14.4 295 14 225 13.2C150 12.4 70 13.5 5 17C1 17.4 0 9 3 8Z'/%3E%3Cpath d='M298 14.8C328 15.2 358 15.6 384 15.8' stroke='black' stroke-width='0.9' fill='none' opacity='0.5'/%3E%3Cpath d='M118 15.6C158 16.1 208 16.2 248 16' stroke='black' stroke-width='0.7' fill='none' opacity='0.35'/%3E%3C/svg%3E") no-repeat left center / 100% 100%;
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mask: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 400 20' preserveAspectRatio='none'%3E%3Cpath d='M3 8C70 4 150 3 230 4.5C300 5.8 355 8 395 11C398 11.6 398 12.6 394 13C350 14.4 295 14 225 13.2C150 12.4 70 13.5 5 17C1 17.4 0 9 3 8Z'/%3E%3Cpath d='M298 14.8C328 15.2 358 15.6 384 15.8' stroke='black' stroke-width='0.9' fill='none' opacity='0.5'/%3E%3Cpath d='M118 15.6C158 16.1 208 16.2 248 16' stroke='black' stroke-width='0.7' fill='none' opacity='0.35'/%3E%3C/svg%3E") no-repeat left center / 100% 100%;
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clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0);
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}
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/* The stroke paints on — same left-to-right gesture as the signature. */
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.in .brushed::after, .seq.in .brushed::after {
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clip-path: inset(0 0 0 0);
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transition: clip-path 900ms cubic-bezier(.31, .06, .2, 1) 160ms;
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}
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.mission .brushed::after { background-color: #fff; }
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.band-head { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 3rem; flex-wrap: wrap; }
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.band-head h2 {
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font-family: var(--ca-serif); font-weight: 400; font-size: var(--ca-s6);
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line-height: var(--ca-lh-head); margin: 0; letter-spacing: -.01em;
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}
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.band-head .aside {
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margin-left: auto; font-family: var(--ca-mono); font-size: var(--ca-s1);
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letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ca-ink-4);
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}
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/* scroll reveal */
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.rv { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(var(--ca-reveal-y)); }
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.rv.in { opacity: 1; transform: none;
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transition: opacity var(--ca-dur-slow) var(--ca-ease), transform var(--ca-dur-slow) var(--ca-ease); }
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/* ================= capabilities ================= */
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.caps { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(17rem, 1fr)); gap: 0 3.5rem; }
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.cap-item { padding: 1.5rem 0; border-top: var(--ca-hairline) solid var(--ca-rule); }
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.cap-item h3 {
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font-family: var(--ca-serif); font-weight: 400; font-size: var(--ca-s5);
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line-height: var(--ca-lh-head); margin: 0 0 .5rem; letter-spacing: -.01em;
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}
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.cap-item p { margin: 0; font-size: var(--ca-s2); color: var(--ca-ink-3); max-width: 44ch; }
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/* ================= work index ================= */
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.index { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
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.entry {
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display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.5rem minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
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align-items: baseline; gap: 0 1.5rem;
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padding: 1.6rem 0; border-bottom: var(--ca-hairline) solid var(--ca-rule);
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text-decoration: none; transition: border-color var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease);
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}
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.entry:first-child { border-top: var(--ca-hairline) solid var(--ca-rule); }
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.entry .tick {
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color: var(--ca-seal); font-family: var(--ca-mono);
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opacity: 0; transform: translateX(-.4rem);
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transition: opacity var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease), transform var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease);
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}
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.entry:hover .tick, .entry:focus-visible .tick { opacity: 1; transform: translateX(0); }
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.entry:hover, .entry:focus-visible { border-bottom-color: var(--ca-seal); }
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.entry .title {
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font-family: var(--ca-serif); font-weight: 400; font-size: var(--ca-s5);
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line-height: var(--ca-lh-head); letter-spacing: -.01em;
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}
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.entry .desc {
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grid-column: 2; font-size: var(--ca-s2); color: var(--ca-ink-3);
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margin-top: .5rem; max-width: 56ch;
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}
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.entry .yr {
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font-family: var(--ca-mono); font-size: var(--ca-s1); color: var(--ca-ink-4);
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font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; letter-spacing: .06em; white-space: nowrap;
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}
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/* ================= RULE BREAK 2 ==================
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One full-bleed vermillion moment. The 1–2% seal rule is held
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everywhere else on the site, which is exactly what lets this
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land. An exception only reads as intentional when the rule
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is otherwise absolute. */
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.mission {
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background: var(--ca-seal); color: #fff;
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padding: clamp(5rem, 12vw, 9rem) 0;
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margin: 0; position: relative;
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}
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.mission .shell { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 2rem; align-items: flex-start; }
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.mission p {
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font-family: var(--ca-serif); font-weight: 400;
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font-size: clamp(2rem, 6vw, 4.209rem);
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line-height: 1.1; letter-spacing: -.02em;
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margin: 0; max-width: 17ch; text-wrap: balance;
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}
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.mission .attrib {
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font-family: var(--ca-mono); font-size: var(--ca-s1);
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letter-spacing: .16em; text-transform: uppercase; opacity: .72;
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}
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/* ================= about ================= */
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.split { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 3rem; }
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@media (min-width: 60rem) { .split { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.55fr) minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 5rem; } }
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.prose p { margin: 0 0 1.35rem; max-width: var(--ca-measure); color: var(--ca-ink-2); }
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.prose p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
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.facts { margin: 0; align-self: start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
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.facts > div { padding: .9rem 0; border-bottom: var(--ca-hairline) solid var(--ca-rule); }
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.facts > div:first-child { border-top: var(--ca-hairline) solid var(--ca-rule); }
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.facts dt {
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font-family: var(--ca-mono); font-size: var(--ca-s1); letter-spacing: .1em;
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text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ca-ink-4); margin-bottom: .3rem;
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}
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.facts dd {
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margin: 0; font-family: var(--ca-serif); font-size: var(--ca-s4);
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line-height: 1.25; color: var(--ca-ink);
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}
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/* ================= concepts ================= */
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.concepts { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .6rem .5rem; max-width: 62rem; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
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.concepts li { list-style: none; }
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.concept {
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display: inline-block; font-family: var(--ca-mono); font-size: var(--ca-s1);
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letter-spacing: .06em; color: var(--ca-ink-3);
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border: var(--ca-hairline) solid var(--ca-rule); border-radius: var(--ca-radius);
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padding: .4rem .75rem;
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transition: border-color var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease), color var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease);
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}
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.concept:hover { border-color: var(--ca-ink-3); color: var(--ca-ink); }
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.industries {
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font-family: var(--ca-mono); font-size: var(--ca-s1); letter-spacing: .1em;
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text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ca-ink-4); line-height: 2;
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max-width: 62rem; margin: 0;
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}
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/* ================= closing ================= */
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.closing { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 2rem; align-items: flex-start; }
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.closing h2 {
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font-family: var(--ca-serif); font-weight: 400;
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font-size: clamp(1.777rem, 4.5vw, 3.157rem);
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line-height: var(--ca-lh-tight); margin: 0;
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max-width: 18ch; text-wrap: balance; letter-spacing: -.01em;
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}
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.closing .mailto {
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font-size: var(--ca-s4); text-decoration: none;
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border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ca-ink-4); padding-bottom: 4px;
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transition: border-color var(--ca-dur-base) var(--ca-ease);
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}
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.closing .mailto:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--ca-ink); }
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footer {
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border-top: var(--ca-hairline) solid var(--ca-rule); padding: 2.25rem 0 4rem;
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display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 1.5rem; flex-wrap: wrap;
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}
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footer span, footer a {
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font-family: var(--ca-mono); font-size: var(--ca-s1); letter-spacing: .1em;
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text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--ca-ink-4); text-decoration: none;
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}
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footer a:hover { color: var(--ca-ink-2); }
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footer .right { margin-left: auto; display: flex; gap: 1.5rem; flex-wrap: wrap; }
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a:focus-visible, .entry:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--ca-seal); outline-offset: 4px; }
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.mission a:focus-visible { outline-color: #fff; }
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@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
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*, *::before, *::after { animation: none !important; transition: none !important; }
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.signature img { clip-path: none; }
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.seq, .rv { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
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.mark { opacity: 1; transform: none; pointer-events: auto; }
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.entry .tick { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
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#wash { display: none; }
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}
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@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { .mark img, .signature img { filter: invert(1); } }
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:root[data-theme="dark"] .mark img, :root[data-theme="dark"] .signature img { filter: invert(1); }
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:root[data-theme="light"] .mark img, :root[data-theme="light"] .signature img { filter: none; }
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/* ...except on the ink hero, where it is always white */
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.hero .signature img,
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:root[data-theme="light"] .hero .signature img,
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:root[data-theme="dark"] .hero .signature img { filter: invert(1); }
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.masthead:not(.stuck) .mark img,
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:root[data-theme="light"] .masthead:not(.stuck) .mark img { filter: invert(1); }
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</style>
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</head>
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<body>
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<header class="masthead" id="masthead">
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<p class="eyebrow">Agentic AI & Automation Engineer</p>
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<p class="sub">I design and build AI agents and intelligent business systems that automate complex workflows end to end. 26 years as a software engineer — since 2022, focused entirely on agentic AI.</p>
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<h2><span class="brushed">What I build</span></h2>
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<span class="aside">Capabilities</span>
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<div class="cap-item"><h3>Agentic AI systems</h3><p>Multi-agent architectures where AI agents collaborate to solve complex business problems end to end.</p></div>
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<div class="cap-item"><h3>AI automation</h3><p>Replacing repetitive business processes with intelligent, autonomous workflows.</p></div>
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<div class="cap-item"><h3>Autonomous websites</h3><p>Sites that continuously improve their own SEO, content, UX, and conversions using AI.</p></div>
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<div class="cap-item"><h3>AI product engineering</h3><p>AI-first SaaS platforms designed and shipped from concept to production.</p></div>
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<div class="cap-item"><h3>Intelligent marketing systems</h3><p>AI that runs technical SEO, content planning, competitor research, and optimization on its own.</p></div>
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<div class="cap-item"><h3>Software architecture</h3><p>APIs, cloud architecture, automation pipelines, distributed systems, and scalable backends.</p></div>
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<div class="cap-item"><h3>Fractional CTO</h3><p>Technology leadership for startups building AI products.</p></div>
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<h2><span class="brushed">Current work</span></h2>
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<span class="aside">2014 — present</span>
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<span class="title">Agentic Marketing Platform</span>
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<span class="yr">In development</span>
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<span class="desc">An autonomous digital marketing platform where collaborative agents run technical SEO, competitor research, content planning, local SEO, analytics, and reporting — the full process, run by agents.</span>
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<span class="title">Medellin.co</span>
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<span class="yr">2020 — present</span>
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<span class="desc">An AI-powered city platform using RAG, intelligent search, autonomous content generation, and AI assistants for travelers, expats, and local businesses.</span>
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<span class="yr">2014 — present</span>
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<span class="desc">A geolocation SaaS platform delivering IP intelligence, APIs, and location services for developers and enterprise applications.</span>
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<span class="title">Crawllr</span>
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<span class="yr">2025 — present</span>
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<span class="desc">An intelligent web crawler built for large-scale data collection, knowledge extraction, and AI indexing.</span>
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<span class="title">Gabii</span>
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<span class="desc">An AI-powered relationship platform using intelligent profiling, compatibility analysis, and autonomous matchmaking.</span>
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<p>I've been writing software since I was eight years old, on a Commodore 64 in 1988. Nearly four decades later the instinct is unchanged: if a process is repetitive, it should build and run itself.</p>
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<p>For 26 years I've worked as a Software Engineer, CTO, Product Engineer, and Technology Advisor across startups and enterprise — leading engineering teams and shipping platforms in FinTech, healthcare, SaaS, digital marketing, and geospatial technology. In FinTech since 2014, which means security and compliance aren't an afterthought: HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI.</p>
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<p>Since 2022 my focus has been singular. I don't bolt AI onto existing applications — I design systems where multiple agents collaborate: researching, planning, deciding, generating content, writing software, running QA, and optimizing continuously with minimal human intervention.</p>
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<div><dt>FinTech since</dt><dd>2014</dd></div>
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<div><dt>Compliance</dt><dd>HIPAA · SOC 2 · PCI</dd></div>
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<p class="industries">Artificial Intelligence · SaaS · FinTech · Healthcare · Legal Technology · Digital Marketing · Location Intelligence · Automation Platforms</p>
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