george larson

director of technology / builder / zen practitioner

projects

fracture

legacy modernization case study. mozilla's 2012 browserquest rebuilt as a production multiplayer RPG.

TypeScript 3,161 tests AI NPCs OpenTelemetry
live demo + case study

network tools

three tools for understanding network traffic. netgrep (capture + TLS decryption), wiregraph (real-time visualization), termshark (terminal packet analysis).

Rust Go libpcap 109 tests
live demo + case study

venice-dev-tools

TypeScript SDK monorepo for Venice AI. npm packages, rate limiting, retries, streaming, zero-retention pipeline.

TypeScript 1,400+ tests npm
source

venice-cache-monitor

automated test suite and monitoring dashboard for prompt caching across AI models. 10-minute test cycles, historical trends, per-provider breakdowns.

Bun SQLite Chart.js
source

codetest

six problems, six languages. each exercise matched to the language that fits the problem domain.

Rust Zig Go Perl Python React 968 tests
live demo

deep-research-privacy

privacy-first AI research tool. Venice.ai + Brave Search, zero data collection, parallel queries.

TypeScript Brave Search Venice AI
source

writing

the $25 AI lab

Tested 15 AI models at building real software on a $25/year VPS. 8 passed. Most failures were infrastructure, not intelligence.

ai april 2026
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six problems, six languages, one AI

Used AI to solve six coding exercises in six languages. 968 tests. The model wrote the code. I made every architectural decision.

ai april 2026
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fracture: legacy modernization with AI

I took Mozilla's abandoned 2012 BrowserQuest and turned it into a production MMO. 3,161 tests, OpenTelemetry, AI-powered NPCs. One engineer.

case study march 2026
read

building a digital doorman

An AI agent on a $7/month VPS that answers questions about my work by reading actual code. IRC transport, tiered inference, A2A agent handoff.

infrastructure march 2026
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hermes agent: honest review

I paid $10 to test NousResearch's Hermes Agent. The gateway is real engineering. The model is a Llama fine-tune. Software engineers can skip.

review march 2026
read

25 years building software, infrastructure, and manufacturing systems. Minimal solutions that age gracefully. Close to the keyboard even when the work is strategic.

Looking for hands-on technical leadership. Director, VP, or senior engineering roles in manufacturing, ecommerce, security, or platform teams.

I also help small businesses automate the work nobody has time for. larson.help

george.g.larson@gmail.com / linkedin / codeberg / mastodon / Mon Valley, PA

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