Behold… the author of this website!

Hey! I’m Kane, and I’m a nerd when it comes to computers and biz.

I run a firm called Omnith where I solve problems for SMBs and enterprise clients plagued by compliance requirements, aligning incentives, and the crunch to figure out where new developments (like GenAI) can deliver ROI and how to measure it. Formerly: Microsoft (Azure Gov), CERN, RTX, Northrop, Seagate, startups in retail and broadcasting

My primary expertise is driving people, process, and tech across orgs to design and build systems, architectures, and platforms that 1) solve problems, and 2) can be molded quickly.

In other words: I ship and iterate products fast, and I enable orgs to ship and iterate products reliably for end users.

• I walk the talk, do the heavy lifting, and multiply force + bust obstacles for my peers. Been around the block!
• I mess with all sorts of computer-related projects in and out of my free time — AI research, writing virtual CPUs / GPUs, reinventing clouds & apps, forging space-durable edge platforms, creating video games… and more!
• I seriously believe that anything can be done quickly and effectively at scale with a bit of planning, communication, and champion buy-in.

• I like to connect people!

• On the side, I keep up lots of engaging creative hobbies to stay fresh: video game production, content creation & community building, creative direction, tabletop, and music production… to name a few.

Need help, or want to pick my brain for input? Message me!

> kanomeister

Brief

Kane is a software engineer, architect, product owner, researcher, and business exec wrapped into one quirky bundle.

He eats large contexts for breakfast, attention to detail for lunch, and passionate incentive alignment for dinner!

• Attended the Colorado School of Mines, combined B.S. + M.S. in Computer Science with a focus on AI/ML.
• Blitzed distributed systems, platform engineering, big data, and walking the path towards becoming a good leader and a great storyteller.

Does really cool content production work in the night… no peeking! 😎

If this sounds too good to be true: just grab him for a brief call.

Notable works

• https://www.mines.edu/undergraduate-research/lofting-estimating-mineral-distribution-with-convolutional-gan-models/
• https://home.cern/news/news/computing/cern-openlab-trains-next-generation-computing-experts
• Fine-tuned Llama-7B for long-context interactive character narratives with persistent history
• Low-latency voice command app for gaming using an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) model + user-customizable LLM “AI assistant” persona
• Low-latency iOS runtime that integrates cameras and computer vision to intelligently follow actions & stream live sports broadcasts
• Complete sports streaming platform with cloud recording and integrated ticketing + analytics
• Defense: full-scope internal developer platform with automated Terraform + Ansible execution and GitOps-style deployments with FluxCD
• Volumi, an offline-first group expense tracking app, to solve recurring friend-travel problems

Favorite resources

Core Engineering

• TLDR
  • Curated newsletters sent once every weekday
  • Blog posts, forums, repositories, and news articles that I can draw my own intuitions from or constructively build upon (or verify)
• The Pragmatic Engineer
  • Written by Gergely Orosz, an all-round industry veteran
  • Covers posts ranging from the state of tech, to engineering deep-dives & architectures, to interviews of prominent tech folks on an array of topics
• Nand2Tetris
  • If you want a really fun project that takes you all the way from a single NAND gate to a functional baby OS, this is for you!
  • (I think every engineer should do this once)
• Vulnerable U
  • Excellent cybersec newsletter, for that security perspective – very insightful, and quite alarming at times
• Startup CTO Handbook, by Zach Goldberg (likely to make my own version of this)
• charity.wtf
  • Blog written by Charity Majors: a no-nonsense software & observability veteran, CTO of Honeycomb.io re the Observability 2.0 movement
• NVIDIA’s Developer Blog
  • On top of being well-written and thorough enough in their techniques to go replicate, I get a lot of interesting ideas from here
• LeadDev
  • Gorgeous posts by Annie Vella, a distinguished engineer brimming with a world’s worth of expertise… learn something new every time I read her insights
• The Mythical Man Month, by Frederick P. Brooks
  • An older book, but is still extremely relevant to the craft of engineering software
  • Exemplifies the somehow-permanent battle between tech bosses and tech workers

System Architecture & Design

• (useless if you don’t know your tools & problems! “lazy architect”)
• Core concepts quick reference
• Systemizer – visual design helper tool

GTM & Product

• Growth Unhinged
  • Fantastic newsletter by Kyle Poyar, who has such a way with words about customers and problem-solves and product-led growth
• Elena’s Growth Scoop
  • Speaking of product-led growth, who better than Elena Verna to teach! Ex-Lovable, Miro, SurveyMonkey, Amplitude, and Dropbox
  • She writes very thought-provoking pieces & stories. What’s more to say? Go read!
• Every.to
  • Multifunctional brand by Dan Shipper -> who, you guessed it, ships things! Writes wonderful articles detailing GenAI experiments and sound customer-related GTM advice

Core Thinking

• LessWrong
  • Just as they say: if you want to expand your thinking on how minds work (human, synthetic, and ideal), how to reason better, and how to have discussions that are productive… where better to spend some time than here!
• ::/internet

Machine Learning

• https://d2l.ai/
• https://jax-ml.github.io/scaling-book/

… and more! I consume a lot of written and spoken learnings on the daily, I do my best to update my recurring finds here but it can be tricky to remember. Lots to do!

All of these should be taken with grains of salt, and a critical questioning eye!