Origin
No bootcamp. No CS degree. I started where most self-taught developers start — with a problem I needed to solve and not enough knowledge to know it was supposed to be hard. That gap between not knowing and needing to know is still the most reliable engine I have.
I came up through project management, which gave me an unusual lens on software: I think about systems before I think about syntax, about the shape of a problem before I reach for a tool. That cross-disciplinary background is both a constraint and an asset depending on the day.
What I Build
Most of what I build lives at the intersection of infrastructure, automation, and content. Right now that means Astro sites on Cloudflare Workers, rclone-based cloud storage pipelines, AI-assisted content workflows, and the various scripts and shortcuts that make my Mac feel like an extension of how I actually think.
I run several sites — 9six3.dev, ergx.me, erg963.one, erg963.foo — each of which is an experiment in design, deployment, or identity. Building and shipping is how I learn. The finished thing matters less than what the process reveals.
Why I Write
Writing is how I find out what I actually think. I use it to compress learning — if I can’t explain something clearly in prose, I don’t understand it well enough. The essays here are not tutorials. They’re attempts to reason through things in public, with the expectation that I’ll be wrong about some of it and that’s fine.
I’m also pursuing a Master of Information Systems Management at UAGC, which is giving me the vocabulary and frameworks to think more rigorously about the systems I build intuitively. The formal and the self-taught are in conversation.
On 9six3
The name is a number. Numbers carry weight without explaining themselves. This site is a place to think out loud about technology, code, and artificial intelligence — treated seriously, written carefully, and never dumbed down.
If something here resonates, the best place to continue the conversation is X. I write there in short form, think out loud, and occasionally say things I’d never put in an essay.