I'm an entrepreneur, open-source contributor, and technologist with nearly 30 years of experience in business, software architecture, and engineering. I live and work on a sailboat with my family and 3 cats, using solar energy to stay off-grid while cruising the Pacific Ocean.

If you’re considering adopting Rust for your organization, don’t miss my newRust for Tech Leaders course on Udemy. In it, I share a strategic framework for integrating Rust into your teams and projects—perfect for managers, directors, and CTOs wanting to explore Rust's security, performance, and long-term benefits.

• Open Source & Technology: Passionate about creating and maintaining useful open-source projects that help society.

• Experience:

  • Software Architecture & Leadership: Nearly three decades in designing and leading software teams.
  • AWS: Former Principal managing Rust programming language projects globally.
  • Microsoft: Former SOA Architect, helped launch Azure v1 in 2009.

• Current Projects:

  • Govcraft: Providing expertise in secure, safe software development, ML integration, and cloud optimization.
  • ntangler: Open-source project focused on reducing developer toil.

• Technologies:

  • Rust: Enthusiast exploring its use for efficient and secure systems.
  • Machine Learning: Looking into applications across different fields.

• Email:roland@govcraft.ai
• Bluesky:@govcraft.ai
• GitHub:GovCraft

I'm always open to discussions about Rust, ML, technology, or the unique challenges of remote development.

Offering expert consulting in:

• Product Development
• Modern Systems Development
• AI Integration
• Cloud Optimization

Learn more atgovcraft.ai or contact me directly atroland@govcraft.ai.

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1. advent_of_code_2024advent_of_code_2024Public

   Using Rust and the Acton Reactive Framework to solve AOC 2024 challenges

   Rust

2. rusty_pasetorusty_pasetoPublic

   A type-driven, ergonomic RUST implementation of the PASETO protocol for secure stateless tokens.

   Rust 79 9

3. cargo-registry-previewcargo-registry-previewPublic

   A cargo subcommand to preview your crate's readme file within your default browser in a near-pixel-perfect hot reloading mockup of the crates.io website.

   HTML 2 1

4. Govcraft/acton-reactiveGovcraft/acton-reactivePublic

   The Acton Reactive Application Framework provides an efficient way to build fast, reactive Rust applications. Designed around an actor-based model, it simplifies concurrency and allows developers t…

   Rust 3

5. Govcraft/mtiGovcraft/mtiPublic

   A Rust library that implements type-safe, prefix-enhanced identifiers based on the TypeID Specification

   Rust

6. transcriptrtranscriptrPublic

   A command-line app written in Rust that converts audio recordings with speaker identification information from AWS Transcribe into text, HTML, or JSON formats, formatted with time stamps and speake…

   Rust 3