About Me

I build systems that compound. As founder of Grudged LLC, I design and operate a growing ecosystem of automated services — from AI pipelines and sports analytics engines to real-time ops dashboards and nightly data collection across 39+ sources.

What I'm Building

My north star is ownership over income. Instead of trading hours for dollars, I build software assets that generate value autonomously. Every project I ship feeds into a larger system: data collectors populate a warehouse, a knowledge compiler distills it nightly, and a locally-hosted AI model fine-tunes itself on the output. The whole thing runs on infrastructure I own and operate.

I run all of this across a multi-machine homelab — an Arch Linux server for services and data, a Raspberry Pi for networking and monitoring, and a MacBook Pro for development and local AI inference. No cloud vendor lock-in, no monthly bills that scale with usage. Just systems I control end to end.

How I Work

Automation First

If I do something twice, I automate it. Nightly pipelines, systemd timers, LaunchAgents — my systems run whether I'm at the keyboard or not.

Local AI

I run Gemma 4 locally for inference, RAG, and nightly LoRA fine-tuning. No API costs, no data leaving my network, full control over the model.

Data-Driven

39+ collectors feed a central data warehouse. Every decision — from betting strategies to investment analysis — is backed by real data.

Full Stack, Full Control

Python, FastAPI, Angular, PostgreSQL, systemd, nginx — I build and operate the entire stack from database to deployment.

Beyond the Code

Based in Las Vegas. Father of two. Fiction author under the pen name A.M. Oakley. When I'm not building software, I'm sim racing on iRacing, exploring retro gaming on custom hardware, or chasing down the next great startup on Republic.

By the Numbers

17+
Active Projects
Under Grudged LLC
39+
Data Collectors
Nightly automated pipelines
6
Machines
Homelab infrastructure
8+
Years Building
Enterprise & personal projects

Skills & Technologies

Python/FastAPI95%
Angular/TypeScript95%
PostgreSQL/SQLite90%
Linux/systemd85%
Data Pipelines90%
AI/ML (Local LLMs, LoRA, RAG)80%
JavaScript/Node.js85%
Infrastructure/Networking75%