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Operational software
Lightcone Ledger
Flight release depends on aircraft, crew, route, authority, procedures, and current conditions. Separate tools make the reason behind a decision hard to preserve.
Commercial pilot / founder / systems builder
I build software for work that has to hold up in the real world.
I am a commercial pilot, founder of Lightcone Systems, and product builder working across AI automation, API integration, and operational UX.
Four working areas
Selected work across four disciplines.
Real software, interfaces, and tools built for operational work.
Selected work
Built for decisions that have consequences.
Each case study starts with the problem, then shows the system and the result.
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AI automation
Proactive company brain
Important decisions, research, and working context scatter across files, messages, tools, and individual AI sessions.
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API integration
Cold Hunts
Radiosonde recovery data arrives as separate reports. A hunter needs a clear way to find likely landing areas and inspect the supporting details.
04
Product design
Color Palette Pro
A list of hex values does not show whether a palette will work across real interface roles, contrast needs, and brand combinations.
Latest public record
Releases, notes, and proof in public.
The record mixes current work with the repositories, essays, and appearances that show how the work developed.
View the full recordRepository / GitHub
WeatherGuy: an always-on weather and aviation display ↗
Published the TypeScript code for a combined NOAA weather, radar, forecast, and aviation display.
- Weather
- UX
- TypeScript
External article / LinkedIn
A risk brief on the Part 108 transition ↗
A public scenario analysis for BVLOS operators preparing for a changing regulatory path.
- Part 108
- BVLOS
- Strategy
Repository / GitHub
Fixed-Wing UAS Flight Simulator ↗
Published a physics-based Python simulator for detect-and-avoid and fixed-wing autonomy experiments.
- UAS
- Simulation
- Python
Essay / This site
Part 108 Is Coming, and American Drone Founders Need a Fighting Chance
An argument for practical software and evidence tools alongside new BVLOS rules.
- Part 108
- Founders
- Aviation
The longer pattern
Flight decks, small computers, company memory, and software people can defend.
I have spent years moving between aviation, software, hardware, publishing, and AI. The common thread is practical: make a difficult system legible enough to use.
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