Projects
Work I'm proud of.
A focused selection — built end to end, shipped with intention, and maintained with the same care I bring to customer work.
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Jun 2026
CanIRunLocalAI
Privacy-first local hardware scanner for AI model feasibility.
A local-only scanner that answers the question most teams actually have before adopting on-device AI: what models can this machine realistically run? Generates a hardware report and recommends practical local models based on RAM, VRAM, GPU vendor, and use case.
Approach
- Built a cross-platform Python scanner that inspects RAM, VRAM, GPU vendor, and CPU capabilities without sending data off the device.
- Mapped hardware profiles to a curated set of Ollama- and llama.cpp-compatible models with realistic quantization recommendations.
- Shipped a clear, actionable report so a non-specialist can go from 'can I run this?' to a working local setup in minutes.
Outcome
A practical decision-support tool for teams exploring private, local AI — especially useful in regulated or privacy-sensitive customer environments where cloud inference is off the table.
PythonOllamallama.cppHardware Detection
Feb 2026 — Apr 2026
Personal AI Exploration Initiative
Self-hosted AI server for private chat, web search, persistent memory, and image generation.
A high-performance self-hosted AI server for local Stable Diffusion image generation, fine-tuning, and inference — showcasing hands-on GPU-accelerated computing on consumer hardware.
Approach
- Configured and optimized Stable Diffusion environments (Automatic1111 WebUI, ComfyUI, Forge) using Docker and CUDA for efficient, low-latency generation on consumer-grade hardware.
- Engineered the full server architecture end to end — hardware selection, OS install, driver configuration, and performance tuning to maximize VRAM utilization and minimize generation times.
- Kept the surface area small and maintainable: one server, scoped access, easy to reason about.
Outcome
A dependable private AI environment for daily drafting, research, and image generation workloads — no external providers, no leaked context.
Stable DiffusionAutomatic1111ComfyUIForgeDockerCUDA
Jul 2026
SpotlightSaver
Local-only Windows utility for preserving Spotlight wallpapers.
A small, focused Windows utility that captures the current desktop or Windows Spotlight wallpaper before it rotates away, saving the image with matching local metadata — no uploads, no telemetry, no background service.
Approach
- Wrote a minimal .NET 8 CLI that searches the standard wallpaper and Spotlight cache locations and copies the active image on demand.
- Emits a companion metadata file with capture time, source path, dimensions, and file size — extracting local metadata where Windows exposes it.
- Kept the tool local-only by design: no network calls, no telemetry, no persistent process.
Outcome
A dependable one-click save that respects user privacy — a small proof point for shipping focused, trustworthy tools.
C#.NET 8Windows