Creative Logic = Engineered Resilience

I'm a fixer. Always have been. Give me something that doesn't work, doesn't work well enough, or shouldn't have been built that way in the first place, and you've got my attention.

I've spent much of my life working with electrical and mechanical systems, marine engineering, industrial controls, and business operations. I've sold cars, worked aboard world-class yachts, helped build commercial fishing boats, and made a living solving problems that didn't always come with instructions.

Somewhere along the way I became a writer, graphic artist, and software developer. The list keeps growing. Apparently, retirement didn't get the memo.

One thing I've learned is that the problem you're looking at isn't necessarily the problem you've got. A failed component might be a symptom of lousy engineering. A struggling business might have perfectly capable employees working around a management decision nobody's questioned in twenty years.

Specialists have their place. But sometimes the answer is hiding outside the boundaries of the specialty.

That's where I tend to get interested.

I don't care much for artificial boundaries between disciplines. An audio editing system, a manufacturing operation, and a software application have more in common than you might think. They all have moving parts, even when nothing actually moves. And they all have ways to fail.

Lately, artificial intelligence has added a whole new set of tools to the bench. I've been building applications, experimenting with local language models, and exploring what happens when decades of practical experience meet technology that can turn an idea into working software without assembling a small army of programmers.

It's a remarkable time to be curious. Also a remarkable time to encounter spectacularly bad ideas dressed up as progress.

Tin Roof Logic is where I put all this stuff.

You'll find original research, software projects, digital artwork, technical experiments, and observations from the field. Some projects become useful products or commercial ventures. Others are here because I wanted to find out whether something would work.

A few probably should have remained idle thoughts, but where's the fun in that?

When others throw in the towel, I tend to toss in my hat. That hasn't always been the most profitable instinct, but it's made for an interesting life.

Have a look around. There's quite a bit going on under this tin roof.