systems engineer · open source developer

Automation and local systems.

Interested in automation, security, resilient systems design, and open-source AI. I value fine-grained control, reproducible environments, and documentation that makes a system understandable. I’d rather get something useful working, test it under real conditions, and improve it than get stuck on theory.

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Bryan Ramos @itme-brain
01 Solve real problems

Start with what people actually need and build from there.

02 Scale through clear processes

Use reproducible development environments and documentation others can follow.

03 Ship, then refine

Working software comes first. Improve it with evidence from real use.

work

Projects

all repositories
active

web-search-mcp

Self-hosted web search for LLM agents, with compact evidence, citations, targeted reads, and no paid search API.

  • python
  • mcp
  • nix
living config

nixos

Modular NixOS infrastructure and tooling for reproducible machines, services, and development environments.

  • nix
  • linux
  • dotfiles

skills

Tools and systems

systems
Linux, Real-Time & Latency-Sensitive Systems, Networking, Virtualization, Simulation
languages
C/C++, Python, Bash, Rust
operations
Nix/NixOS, Proxmox, Docker, Git
protocols
CAN, EtherCAT, ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553
current
Open-Source AI, RAG Pipelines, MCP

writing

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