Trust is the infrastructure. Here are the tools, models, and hosting I'm running this quarter, what I'm building next, and what I've killed along the way. Version numbers and model names included.
Last updated: July 2026// What I'm running
Everything below is running in production for Evalve today, most of it self-hosted on my own hardware. If you hire me, this is the caliber of build you get, not slideware.
Claude Code, routing work across Opus 4.8, Sonnet, and Haiku 4.5 so the simple jobs run on the cheapest model that can do them. Runs 24/7 on a Mac Studio M4 Pro at home.n8n instance (Docker, on the Mac Studio) runs the Evalve automations: discovery follow-ups, newsletter hand-off, lead-magnet tracking, welcome replies, and error alerts. No Zapier, no per-task SaaS fees.Qwen 3) served on tinygrad over a Mac Studio M4 Max with an external GPU, with automatic fallback to cloud models when a job needs more power. Sensitive data never leaves the network.Matrix homeserver (Synapse), end-to-end encrypted, is becoming the primary channel I talk to the assistant through, read in Element X. Migrating off Telegram, which stays as a fallback.Next.js on Vercel, Supabase Postgres) is the CRM and command center: outreach pipeline, morning briefing, email sync, and calendar, with a test suite kept green.Beehiiv: the newsletter, a gated blog, and a free community at newsletter.evalveconsulting.com, on a custom sending domain.GitHub Pages, no CMS. Every page is version-controlled and deploys on push. (This page included.)Buffer schedules to LinkedIn (primary) and Instagram (secondary). The weekly AI Tip Card is rendered from a brand-locked HTML template into a 1080x1350 image.Descript (edit-by-text), recorded on a multicam iPhone rig with a Rode wireless split and a two-track Logic capture for in-person episodes.Stripe handles product checkout and the working-session booking; Mercury is the business bank.// What I'm building
The active experiments. These are in motion right now, not roadmap wishes. Three fronts have my attention this quarter.
Native SwiftUI iOS apps built solo and shipped to TestFlight: The Companion, a support tool for parents of kids with complex needs, and BehaviorTracker, an IEP-ready data tool. Plus Evalve to Independence, an iPad POS-simulation app for life-skills instruction.
On TestFlight · iteratingA repeatable content engine: the weekly AI Tip Card renders from a brand-locked template to a finished image, n8n hands each newsletter issue off to social, and a short-form clip pipeline cuts vertical video out of build sessions and the podcast.
Live · expanding the clip engineTightening the Evalve Out Loud pipeline: Descript edit-by-text plus transcript export, loudness-normalized clip exports, and an atomizer that turns one episode into a week of posts. The goal is record once, publish everywhere, with almost no manual editing.
Building the atomizer lane// What I killed
Killed tools, left visible on purpose. A clean list hides the learning; the graveyard is where the real decisions show. Each one has a date and a one-line reason.
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