v1.0 Perminator
Permission denied, explained.
Build POSIX modes or audit a folder to see why filesystem access is allowed, blocked, or uncertain.
Mac
Bad decisions
build traditions.
I make small tools that stop a workaround from becoming policy. They cover file permissions, USB weirdness, messy folders, rough mixes, and days that go sideways.
6apps you can download
2open-source rabbit holes
Localunless there’s a good reason
Latest release
MixWash
Your mix, after a shower.
Analyze rough audio, tune a local cleanup pass, compare it fairly with the original, and verify a new export.
App StoreiPadiPhoneMac
Oddly specific. Actually useful.
v1.0
v1.1.3 HubHound
Find the dongle behind the dongle.
Map the path from your Mac’s physical ports through every hub and adapter to the device at the other end.
Mac
v1.2 Hexgeist
Open the file. Meet the bytes.
Inspect, understand, compare, and carefully edit the bytes inside binary files without losing the larger structure.
Mac
v1.1.0 Rulewright
Boss your Downloads folder around.
Safe file automation with readable rules, a preview before execution, and receipts after every change.
Mac
v1.2 MixWash
Your mix, after a shower.
Analyze rough audio, tune a local cleanup pass, compare it fairly with the original, and verify a new export.
iPadiPhoneMac
v1.1.1 Nominal Ops
Plans meet what actually happened.
Turn project plans into a realistic week, track focus and interruptions, and compare the plan with reality.
iPadiPhoneMac
Look under the hood.
Please do.
Two projects are open source so far. Read the code, report a bug, or use them as-is. The bugs get sunlight too.
GitHub
Open source vagrant-provider-avf
Vagrant machines, minus the other hypervisor.
An open-source Vagrant provider that runs local VMs on Apple silicon with Apple Virtualization.
Open SourceCLIMac
The bench is getting crowded.
These projects have working code and unfinished parts. The calendar has declined to comment on release dates.
In the workshop Blackledger
Write. Rehearse. Deliver.
Write and organize scripts, rehearse delivery, present from a camera-line teleprompter, and keep on-device meeting notes.
In the WorkshopMac
In the workshop Meme Hoard
The reaction image you meant to save.
Keep memes, GIFs, and short reaction videos in a private library built for quick retrieval.
In the WorkshopApple TViPadiPhoneMac
In the workshop Project Canon
Give your project a memory.
Keep decisions, reasons, standards, evidence, and work together so the next change starts with context.
In the WorkshopCLIMac
In the workshop Longmind
Start with bullets. End with a map.
Turn a keyboard-first outline into a mind map or flowchart while automatic layout keeps it organized.
In the WorkshopMac
I keep giant systems alive. The small ones still need supervision.
I’m currently a DevOps engineer at a startup in stealth. I also build System Ready. Both jobs are mostly finding the real problem before fixing the loud one.
The longer, nerdier version- 2,000+
- machines kept out of trouble
- 35
- clusters in the blast radius
- ~$2M
- hardware we didn’t have to buy
- 2
- patents along the way