cc-dash
TypeScript · Model Context Protocol
HP 100/100
Hi, I'm Antonin.
CLASS: STAFF ENGINEER · HOME: BOULDER, COLORADO
Staff Engineer building AI-backed systems, engineering standards, and the workflows that let teams ship serious software.
Staff engineer focused on the infrastructure production LLM systems run on: evaluation harnesses, multi-provider dispatch, rate-limit handling, and guardrails on model output. Twenty years of building software, most of it lately in domains where a confidently wrong answer is worse than no answer.
YEARS BUILDING20+
BLOGGING SINCE2012
GITHUB STARS600+
ANCIENT SCROLLS
See the proverbs project
Principles
- A deployed MVP is worth two prototyped.
- Dance like nobody is watching, code like everybody is.
- Today's fashion is tomorrow's legacy.
- Debugging becomes easier if you first admit that you are the problem.
- The best code is no code at all.
SIDE QUESTS
Beyond Code
The rest of the operating system
Photography
I shoot animals, landscapes, people, and street scenes. The camera is how I stay observant.
Fiction
I write AI-themed fiction and short stories when technical writing is not enough.
Podcasts & Games
I have opinions about Final Fantasy, narrative design, and the overlap between games and technology.
EQUIPMENT
What I work with now
The stack changes. The throughline doesn't. I'm usually working where backend systems, product delivery, and AI workflows collide.
Measuring model output, routing it across providers, and trusting none of it by default.
LLM Evaluation & Judge GradingMulti-Provider LLM DispatchToken Budgeting & Rate-Limit EngineeringStructured Output & GuardrailsModel Context Protocol (MCP)Agent Tooling & Orchestration
Python on the backend, TypeScript for everything else, SQL wherever the data lives.
PythonTypeScriptSQL
Async services on Kubernetes, databases picked per job, front ends in React or Svelte.
FastAPIRedisPostgresSQLiteKubernetes on AzureReact & Next.jsSvelteKit
Setting technical direction and standards, then reviewing what ships against them.
Technical StrategyEngineering StandardsCross-Team DeliveryCode ReviewMentoring
TROPHY ROOM
Selected work
Skillbox
Claude Code · Agent tooling
Agent Compiler
CLI that embeds agent skills into CLAUDE.md and fails CI when the embedded content drifts.
Using Git Worktrees to Parallelize AI Agents
Writing
17 Side Projects I Built With Claude Code in Two Months
Writing
Programmer's Proverbs
680 stars
ANTONIN
I help teams implement AI-enabled product work, sharpen engineering practices, and build systems that survive real usage.
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