I build composable, end-to-end tools that tie together local automation and cloud systems. My work lives at the intersection of systems engineering, AWS serverless, and creative tooling

Local autonomy. Cloud optionality. Tools that feel good to use.

Crafting ergonomic developer tools:

• Clap v4, layered config, local caches
• JSON/ASCII output, color-coded logs
• Make-based build systems, workspace-wide Cargo management

Simple, expressive interfaces:

• Next.js, React, TypeScript
• TailwindCSS, MDX & Markdown pipelines

Building reliable, type-safe services and CLIs using:

• Actix-Web, Tokio, Diesel ORM
• Serde, Reqwest, Anyhow
• Async traits, structured errors, expressive logging

Designing lightweight, event-driven systems using:

• Lambda, SQS (FIFO), API Gateway
• S3 object storage, IAM policies/roles
• CloudFormation automation via CLI

• Automation – eliminate repetitive tasks
• Resilience – queues, retries, backpressure
• Simplicity – fewer dependencies, smaller binaries
• Composability – tools that integrate cleanly
• Creativity – ASCII art, physical printing, AI
• Transparency – explicit configs, visible data flow

• Expand Konan into a full print-chat system
• Integrate Daily-Bugle with notification + scheduling systems
• Continue building a personal ecosystem of interoperable tools: Daily-Bugle ⇄ Konan

• Website & Blog: https://cesd.github.io
• Projects & Experiments: https://github.com/cesd

If you like systems thinking, Rust tooling, or weird hardware integrations — I’m always building something new.