INDEPENDENT BUILDER · INTERNET COMMUNITY PERSON

WEIRDLYSPECIFIC.ACTUALLYSHIPPED.

I'm René. I turn stubborn problems, half-formed prompts and a suspicious amount of curiosity into software people can use.

VIBE CODEDHUMAN EDITED
RUN THE BUILD LOG READ THE DAMAGE REPORTS
rene.build.tsUNSAVED IDEAS: 47
01const nextThing = build({
02  problem: too specific for SaaS,
03  input: [prompt, code, taste],
04  users: actual humans,
05  firstAnswer: false,
06  ship: true
07});
✓ problem found✓ humans consulted● still iterating
NO MAGIC.
JUST LOOPS.
16BUILD FILES
20+YIN IT & TECH
∞SIDE QUEST ENERGY
PROMPT→PROTOTYPE→BREAK IT→TALK TO HUMANS→SHIP→LEARN↻PROMPT→PROTOTYPE→BREAK IT→TALK TO HUMANS→SHIP→LEARN↻

01 // BUILD_ARTIFACTS[]

SHIPPED.
NOT SANITIZED.

README.mdThe prompt is the cheap part. This is the useful residue: working software, honest status and enough context to judge the thing.

16 ARTIFACTS
001LIVE / GROWING

The NOG community operating system

NOGnet

One connected event platform for Network Operator Groups: events, calls for papers, speaker knowledge, travel planning, live interaction and useful introductions — built with the people who actually run the communities.

EventsCalls for papersSpeaker profilesNOGtripPolls & roomsFOGHORNMeeting matchingPublishing
NOG communityPrivacy firstReal users
Open build file
002OSS / SELF-HOSTED

The agent-operated workbench

CtxDesk

A local-first project and operations desk designed for AI agents and humans to share a real queue, progress log and deployment loop.

Next.jsLocal AIAgent operations
Open build file
003ACTIVE

Diagnose before doing

MAGATAMA

Operations and security tooling that gathers evidence before suggesting an action. Less cowboy. More receipts.

SecurityOperationsAssistive AI
Open build file
004OSS / ACTIVE

Make the score earn trust

LLM Gym

A local training and evaluation workbench for small language models, LoRA adapters, human feedback and measurable promotion gates.

EvaluationLocal modelsLoRA / RLHF
Open build file
005OSS / EXPERIMENTAL V0.3

One route through the model mess

Adaptive LLM Gateway

An OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible gateway for local models, subscription CLIs and APIs — with routing, audit, PII redaction and injection defenses built in.

LLM routingSecurityOpen source
Open build file
006OSS / LOCAL-FIRST

Your paperwork grows a cortex

PaperCortex

A private intelligence layer for Paperless-ngx: semantic search, classification, receipt extraction and accounting export powered entirely by local models.

Document AIOllamaPrivacy first
Open build file
007OSS / LIVE DEMO

Taste has a linter now

Slop Radar

A bilingual detector for AI buzzwords and structural writing patterns, shipped as a CLI, Node library, coding-agent skill and browser demo.

Text analysisCLIHuman editing
Open build file
008OSS / ACTIVE

Amnesia is not a feature

Claude Cortex

A file-based long-term memory framework for coding agents: project context, decisions, incidents and preferences that survive sessions and machines.

Agent memoryPlain filesNo cloud
Open build file
009OSS / SHIPPED

Guardrails before velocity

Claude Code Hardened

Security hooks and battle-tested rules that stop coding agents from leaking secrets, bypassing checks or rewriting critical project files casually.

Agent securityGit hooksZero dependencies
Open build file
011PRIVATE / IN NOGNET

Travel plans for internet community people

NOGtrip

A privacy-first travel planner inside NOGnet for coordinating flights, stays and trip segments around community events without turning the journey into another public feed.

Travel planningPrivacy firstNOGnet module
Open build file
012PRIVATE / IN NOGNET

Ask the room. Then open one.

Polls & Rooms

The live-interaction layer inside NOGnet: session polls with immediate results plus moderated meeting rooms created directly from the event workflow.

Live pollsMeeting roomsNOGnet module
Open build file
013LIVE / SELF-HOSTED

Network intelligence with receipts

PeerCortex

An evidence-first analysis surface for ASNs, IP addresses and prefixes that brings BGP, RPKI, IRR, registration and public peering context into one inspectable view.

BGP & RPKIEvidence firstMCP
Open build file
014SELF-HOSTED / OSS

Own the calendar. Keep the data.

Social Media Scheduler

A privacy-minded social publishing desk for planning posts, managing media, coordinating teams and using local AI without handing the entire content workflow to another SaaS dashboard.

Social publishingLocal AISelf-hosted
Open build file
015OSS / LIVE DEMO

One agent brain across your machines

claude-sync

A CLI that synchronizes Claude Code memory, skills, settings and activity between devices with deliberate conflict handling and optional encrypted storage.

Agent memoryMulti-deviceCLI
Open build file
016PRIVATE / IN NOGNET

A safer channel when speaking up is hard

FOGHORN

The human-reviewed reporting and case-follow-up channel inside NOGnet, designed for people who need to raise a concern without first creating a public identity trail.

Community safetyHuman reviewedNOGnet module
Open build file

02 // BUILD_GRAPH.EXPLORE()

FOLLOW THE
CONNECTIONS.

These builds are not random side projects. Pick a cluster and the shared obsession becomes visible.

COMPARE_BUILDS(A, B)

SAME NERD.
DIFFERENT CONSTRAINTS.

002 / Tools

CtxDesk

A local-first project and operations desk designed for AI agents and humans to share a real queue, progress log and deployment loop.

STATUS
OSS / SELF-HOSTED
SOURCE
PUBLIC / GITHUB
POSTURE
Next.js · Local AI · Agent operations
OPEN BUILD FILE
006 / AI & models

PaperCortex

A private intelligence layer for Paperless-ngx: semantic search, classification, receipt extraction and accounting export powered entirely by local models.

STATUS
OSS / LOCAL-FIRST
SOURCE
PUBLIC / GITHUB
POSTURE
Document AI · Ollama · Privacy first
OPEN BUILD FILE

03 // TINY_DEMOS.RUN()

DON'T TELL ME.
LET ME POKE IT.

Two deliberately small browser sketches from the wider toolbox. Real inputs, real state, zero API bill.

01 / SLOP_RADAR_LITERUNS LOCALLY
65/99

FLAGGED: leverage · seamless · unlock · robust · cutting-edge

LIGHTWEIGHT PHRASE CHECK · THE FULL BUILD ALSO CHECKS STRUCTURE
02 / MODEL_ROUTE_SKETCHNO PROMPT SENT

How should this task leave the laptop?

SELECTED_LANELOCAL MODEL

Keep the prompt on-device. Small model, low latency, no data detour.

POLICY BEFORE PROVIDER · INSPIRED BY ADAPTIVE LLM GATEWAY

04 // INCIDENT_LOG

DAMAGE
REPORTS.

ALL NOTES ON RF.BLOG
FEED_SYNCINGGHOST / RSS / AUTO-SYNC03 LATEST ENTRIES
FEATURED_LOG / 0129 JUL 2026 · 4 MIN

What Program Committees Actually Do (and Where I Try to Help Them)

A look at the unglamorous judgment work behind NOG conference programs — and where useful tooling should stop.

READ THE NOTE
02
NOGNET · 2 MIN

Building a Meeting-Matching Tool That Doesn’t Feel Creepy

How NOGnet approaches useful introductions without turning community networking into surveillance.

03
ENGINEERING · 2 MIN

The Single Profile Problem

Why event registration should not make the same person rebuild their identity again and again.

05 // RENE.CONFIG.TS

TOOLS ROTATE.
THE OBSESSION PERSISTS.

rene.config.tsMODE: OPINIONATED
01 CODE

Next.js · TypeScript · PostgreSQL · Cloudflare · Linux · Prisma

// Whatever earns its place next.

02 THINK

BGP · RPKI · NOGs · local models · security · open source

// Specific problems are the good problems.

03 LOOP

Prompt → prototype → test → rewrite → ship

// Never trust the first answer.

✓ curiosity loaded✓ taste check active● dependency on first answers rejected

06 // NOW.LOG

CURRENT
ROTATION.

Not a résumé. A timestamped view of what currently has energy.

VIENNA / JUL 2026
STATUS: IN MOTION
BUILDING

Community infrastructure that survives the event.

NOGnet is the active proving ground: real organizers, real constraints and one connected platform with less admin gravity.

TESTING

Local AI with promotion gates and receipts.

Model routing, evaluation and document intelligence only count when the useful result can be measured and explained.

LEARNING

How humans and agents share operational memory.

Queues, plain files, vaults and guardrails are slowly becoming one coherent answer to agent amnesia.

01NOW

NOGnet

Connecting event operations, travel planning, live interaction, safer reporting and privacy-first introductions in one NOG platform.

02ACTIVE

Local AI lane

Training, routing and document intelligence stay measurable, inspectable and close to the data.

03SHIPPED

Agent guardrails

Memory, security hooks and operational queues make coding agents less magical and more accountable.

04ALWAYS

Field notes

The useful failures, design constraints and uncomfortable trade-offs get written down in public.

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