oldsj
Joined 11 years ago
Joined 11 years ago
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Python, Go, TypeScript, Terraform, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Dagster, LLMs/AI tooling (Pydantic AI, Langfuse, Qdrant)
Résumé/CV: https://blog.jamesolds.me/james-olds-resume.pdf
Email: james + hn @ oldsmail . com
GitHub: https://github.com/oldsj
Blog: https://blog.jamesolds.me/
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Full Stack / Platform Engineer, previously at Trail of Bits.
Recent focus: Designed entire K8s infrastructure with secure best practices and Tailscale for intranet connectivity to self hosted services - supporting the team that placed 2nd at AIxCC DEF CON 2025. Built out multiple full-stack apps with Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Typescript, Python.
Currently building https://github.com/oldsj/mainloop so that I can more quickly build https://understanding.news, a reasoning layer for political news and comments.
Looking for: Full-stack AI native product development roles or Platform Engineering roles. Full time or contract
agents/
|-- customer-expert.md - validates problem assumptions, customer reality
|-- design-lead.md - shapes solution concepts, ensures UX quality
|-- growth-expert.md - competitive landscape, positioning, distribution
|-- technical-expert.md - assesses feasibility, identifies technical risks
|-- decider-advisor.md - synthesizes perspectives, executive analysisSpeaking of Plaid, would love to see an integration there for personal finance
Are you kidding me that's my favorite part!
I was thinking something like a git repo with a flat file in it. You list your beliefs / opinions / things you think are facts in a structured way (maybe a tree like structure) going all the way back to some "root". Then you can easily diff this file with someone else and see where you agree and differ. Changing someone's mind could just be a pull request :)
Blog: https://blog.jamesolds.me