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> whoami

allie@github:~$ whoami

Allie B
Software designer · developer · lifelong tinkerer

Part of the original SimCity development team in the late ’80s.

After a long career in software, I'm back building things again — Linux tools, Rust apps, TUIs, AI experiments, and weird little ideas that probably shouldn't exist but do.

I've been around software long enough to remember when a small team could build something strange, ship it, and accidentally help define a genre.

I'm still chasing that feeling.

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> currently-building

I like software that feels fast, focused, useful, and a little different.

🖥️ TUI Terminal-first interfaces Fast. Keyboard driven. No unnecessary chrome.	🦀 Rust Native applications Small binaries. Fast tools. Weird ideas.	🤖 AI Local models & agents LLMs, coding agents, experiments and automation.
🐧 Linux Desktop & system tools Wayland, Hyprland, and things the OS forgot.	🧰 Homelab Self-hosted everything Docker, Proxmox, services and infrastructure.	💡 Experiments what if we... Usually where the fun starts.

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> projects

Things currently escaping the lab

	Project
📝	tide	Notes, ideas and experiments
⚡	tidemail	Terminal-focused software
🧪	tideftp	Software experiments and tooling
🛠️	assho	Why the #uck not

STATUS

[████████████████████░░░░] building

There are usually more projects in progress than finished.

That's part of the fun.

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> stack

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                          │
│  OS          Linux                       │
│  Language    Rust / GO                   │
│  UI          Terminal / TUI / Native     │
│  Infra       Docker / Proxmox / Homelab  │
│  AI          Local LLMs / Agents         │
│  Philosophy  Build the interesting thing.│
│                                          │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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> currently-experimenting-with

$ ls ~/ideas

terminal-first-apps/
rust-native-tools/
local-ai/
coding-agents/
linux-desktop/
self-hosted-everything/
probably-a-bad-idea/

Most of my projects start with:

"I wonder if..."

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The best part of software was never the software. It was making something that didn't exist yesterday.

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_{old enough to remember when software came in boxes · curious enough to keep building it}