Cloud & AI Architect
Building with AI,
writing about what works.
15+ years architecting cloud and AI systems — from healthcare infrastructure to award-winning AI products. Here I benchmark local LLMs, build agents, and document the techniques that actually hold up.
Currently
AI & DevOps Architect
Stealth startup
Previously
Cloud Architect
Healthcare
Recognition
2× hackathon winner
GitLab AI Hackathon · MS Azure AI (3rd / 9,500+)
Honorable Mention · MS AI Agents Hackathon 2025
01 — Latest writing
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Microsoft Decision-1 vs Every Decision Model on OpenRouter: 6th of 14
I ran 82 hand-labelled questions through every decision model on OpenRouter and 4 on a Mac. Microsoft Decision-1 got 75/82, 6th of 14, at $0.0000036 a question.
Nano Banana 2.1 vs GPT Image 2.5: 8 Prompts, Real Cost per Image
Nano Banana 2.1 cost me $0.042 a picture, GPT Image 2.5 $0.033. Same 8 prompts, 5 models, first picture only: OpenAI won 3 to 2. Prompts, costs, code.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Built a Kart Racer for My TV: 4 Players, Gamepads
Turbo Kartz: a split-screen kart racer built in Claude Code. 4 tracks, jumps, gamepads on a Sony TV and in the browser. Every prompt inside.
02 — Recognition
3rd place among 9,500+ developers — Microsoft Azure AI Hackathon
Foodi Copilot, an AI nutrition assistant built on Azure AI and Cosmos DB, placed in the top 0.2% of one of Devpost's most popular hackathons and was featured on the official Microsoft Developer Blog.
Winner, Sustainable Design — GitLab AI Hackathon
TFGuardian: five AI agents that review Terraform like a real platform engineering team, catching cost, security and drift issues before a plan is applied. Built with Go, Python and React.
FEATURED INTERVIEW — MICROSOFT HACKATHON WINNERS
03 — Selected projects
All projects →AnvilTerm
Open-source agentic terminal. Claude, Codex, Antigravity, OpenCode, Copilot and Ollama as real CLIs in live tiles, with a browser they can drive, document editing, and per-tab cloud isolation. MIT.
Foodi Copilot
AI-powered nutrition assistant. 3rd place out of 9,500+ developers at the Microsoft Azure AI Hackathon — featured on the official Microsoft Developer Blog.
Browser Agent
Chrome extension agent using RAG to automate multi-step browsing workflows autonomously.