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    I build AI frameworks, products, native apps, and developer tools: RubyLLM, Chat with Work, Spotifast, ZapFast, ArchSpec, Kamal Backup, and more. I help organize Berlin.rb, founded Floppy Disco, and make house and disco as Crimson Lake.

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