A hobbyist developer and musician suspiciously loitering at the intersection of code and creativity.

Home Assistant Enthusiast • Vintage Tech & Hacking • Musician • Globetrotter

Yes, I vibe code. Well, a better description is that I am an AI-assisted coder.

I started writing software applications professionally over 40 years ago and somehow survived a lengthy, varied career as a software engineer and entrepreneur. AI-assisted coding lets me move fast on things that are boilerplate or would otherwise take weeks of platform-specific deep-diving. It makes a massive difference - now I can focus on creating rather than just building. I used to manage a team of coders - now I manage an AI agent. Same difference, except now I can take as long as I like on my lunch break.

Any code I release here is concise, intentional, and fully spec'd before a single line is output. Everything is thoroughly audited and debugged. But if you simply don't like or don't trust AI-assisted code, please look elsewhere.

• The 80s & 90s: I taught myself programming in the early '80s on the Apple ][e and Commodore 64. I naturally moved on to writing niche projects for myself, like a 6502 -> 6809 cross-assembler, cracking video games, and hacking musical instruments of that era (such as the Ensoniq Mirage and Lexicon products) - developing alternative operating systems and visual editors. I even comfortably supported myself writing shareware for several years.
• The Internet Boom: By the mid-90s I was living in Asia. I opened the first "cyber cafe" in Taipei, then developed the very first Chinese-language dating website, which quickly became tremendously popular. Part of that project involved developing a Chinese Simplified <-> Traditional library. Mind you, this was long before Unicode, when browsers barely accepted Chinese text at all. In the late '90s, I co-founded the first online advertising network in SE Asia. Along with a great team, we were acquired and became a regional business, operating as DoubleClick Asia, whose parent company soon listed on NASDAQ.
• The Modern Era: Since then, I've worked on personal projects solo or with friends, including developing a musician interview streaming service (pre-dating podcasts), leading a team of developers at an online travel agency, and a logistics SaaS application developed for online retailers and drop-shippers.

Today, music and travel are my passions. I spend far more time making music or traveling the world than doing anything else.

A note on Music & AI: Music is a completely different story for me. Everything I release is 100% human; no AI is used in the writing or production (at least so far). I'm not opposed to the tech, I just don't use it for making music right now. (Several of my music videos are AI-generated, though!)

When I'm not coding, I write and produce music under these monickers.

Check out some of my work on YouTube:

• Rantepao – My latest single and travel video.
• And There You Are – 100% human music, AI-generated visuals.
• allthecolors – Released freely under Creative Commons.
• Egypt – A musical travel vlog.
• Evicted – A musical URBEX (urban exploration) video.

(I don't do social media)

• Website: secretfriendmusic.com
• GitHub: @sfox38