Brian Porter · CTO

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Technologist, entrepreneur, visionary, programmer.

A technical journal on engineering leadership, machine intelligence, and architectures built to last — field notes from four decades of building systems.

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Brian Porter · Munich, DE

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Engineering Perspectives

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📌 Pinned DEC 30 · 2025

A CTO's Perspective on AI in 2026

Every year brings a new wave of AI predictions. Most are hype. Here's what I actually think will matter in 2026.

#ai #agents #cto

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JUN 29 · 2026

Run Claude Code on a $10/Month OpenCode Go Subscription

OpenCode Go gives you a catalog of cheap coding models for about ten bucks a month. You don't have to switch clients — here are...

JUN 04 · 2026

How to Open the Hermes Dashboard Locally Against a Remote Server

Your Hermes Agent runs on a remote box, but the dashboard binds to localhost only. Here's the one-SSH-flag trick to open it in ...

ai MAY 21 · 2026

Why I Switched From OpenClaw to Hermes Agent

OpenClaw got me into agentic coding. Hermes Agent kept me there. Easier setup, fewer surprise breakages, and memory plus skills that actu...

ai MAY 21 · 2026

Can You Actually See What Your AI Coding Agents Are Doing?

Running multiple Claude Code and Codex sessions in parallel? abtop is the system-level view that finally tells you which one is about to ...

Projects

Things I've built and shipped.

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2017

Tappla

Launch branded OTT apps for Apple TV, Roku, and Fire TV — no code required. Connects to Vimeo, a CDN, or a JSON feed and auto-syncs to a publish-ready app.

OTTApple TVRokuVimeo

2026

Scoreboard

Stadium-grade scoreboards that run in any browser — zero hardware, infinite displays. Cloud-synced screens, QR-paired mobile remote, OBS plugin, and a REST + webhook API.

SaaSRealtimeOBSSports

2023

Tailwind CSS + PostCSS + Webpack Starter

Production-grade build configuration for Tailwind-powered apps. Opinionated defaults, zero magic.

TailwindPostCSSWebpack