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Career Timeline

From military systems to financial infrastructure, Bitcoin, and AI tooling. Each milestone built on pressure, iteration, and real-world constraints.

2000smilitary

United States Navy

Learned that complex systems fail in predictable ways. The people who survive understand failure before it arrives.

2000s-2010sfinance

Trading Floors & Financial Infrastructure

Decades building systems where mistakes cost real money. High-security environments where a single bug could cascade.

2013bitcoin

Entered Bitcoin

Found the first money that doesn't require permission. Never looked back.

2014bitcoin

Founded CoinOutlet / Chainbytes

Built Bitcoin ATM infrastructure that moves real value through real machines.

2020sbjj

Started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

The mats teach what theory cannot. Systematic thinking under pressure.

2025bjj

IBJJF Europeans Gold Medal

Proved it on the biggest stage in European jiu-jitsu.

2025tech

Claude Code Plugins

Built agents, skills, and hooks that extend AI-assisted development. Open sourced everything.

2025tech

Homelab AI Infrastructure

Built a self-hosted AI stack: Proxmox cluster, GPU servers, local LLMs, autonomous agents.

2026tech

OpenClaw & Autonomous Publishing

AI assistant framework. This site now publishes itself, monitors itself, and debates visitors.

2026philosophy

Voluntary Justice

Decentralized justice system with competitive arbitration and insurance-backed enforcement.

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