First: am I real, or am I vibing?
I'm a solutions architect. I started on the hardware — four years as a Navy electronics technician — then moved up the stack: software, then systems, then architecture, and the last stretch of that has been enterprise AI: systems that have to hold in production, not a demo. Before any of the job titles, I was the guy building and breaking things in my own room, and I still am. That's what Circleback is for.
Four years on Navy electronics, then software, then systems, then architecture — eight years up the stack. I've held the hardware in one hand and the application in the other, and I know which one is lying.
I run my own local AI stack — and I build the machines it runs on. The pieces, in plain terms: Linux — my daily OS, across everything I build on. vLLM running Qwen3.8:27b — the models run on hardware I own, not a vendor's cloud. Red Hat + Docker & Kubernetes — I maintained a real Red Hat system running Docker and Kubernetes — production containers, not a demo — when I ran the systems side.
This site runs on a professional host I chose for uptime — this is a business, not a hobby page.
None of this was coursework. I trained and coded my own neural nets, and I reproduced a BERT from scratch before I had a formal reason to — and I still read about this for hours a week. The reading is the job now.
Why the small guys
My day job is enterprise, but I don't think it's a good fit for me at this point — it's hard to talk with them, and I don't want to do business for money's sake.
Still reading the résumé? The next part explains why this is different.
Why this is different
The practice, in one line
General AI consulting, with a named specialty: AI that works for neurodivergent brains.
The specialty
AI set up around your brain, not the other way around.
My specialty is AI for neurodivergent brains — built from direct experience, not from a checklist. I test every setup against the same failure modes I have — so when a plan works here, it works in the rough.
Currently: ADHD · autism · anxiety — the list is open, and it grows.
How I work
Straight with you about what you don't need. You get a yes, a no, or a "here's what fits instead" — not a deck of everything I can sell you.
No black boxes, no retainer hostage. What I build for you, I build with you — so it keeps working after we're done, and you're never locked to my calendar.
Teams small enough that we can actually talk. You talk to me, not a ticket queue.
What you can pay me to do
Three things, in order
1 — AI/LLM infrastructure for small businesses
What you can install. Get a model that actually fits, on your own infrastructure — one you can own and maintain — with a straight answer about what you don't need.
For: small and mid-size businesses.
Pricing is part of the conversation — the audit tells you exactly what fits, and what it costs.
2 — Neurodivergent + AI accommodations the specialty
AI set up around your brain. A working setup built for the way you actually focus — accommodations designed in from the start, not bolted on.
For: individuals; and teams and schools that serve neurodivergent people.
Pricing is part of the conversation — the audit tells you exactly what fits, and what it costs.
3 — Build-your-own / DIY tools
I teach you to build it yourself. You learn to research and build your own tools — so you're not dependent on me.
For: people who want to keep their own tools.
Pricing is part of the conversation — the audit tells you exactly what fits, and what it costs.
Everything above is my time on your case. Everything below is the map, and the map is free.
Free — the map
The notes are growing
Seedling — a growing collection
A growing collection of notes — I'm writing these now. A "what I've read" list and a few working notes are on the way. This is a placeholder: when the notes exist, they land here — complete on their own, with nothing held back as a "full version". [PENDING: the first notes]
I'm not taking on new clients yet — the practice is about to open. The map above is already yours; the door opens soon.