Dispatch driver. Father of five. Sober 876 days. Building local AI for the people Big Tech left behind.
I run a Raspberry Pi 5 out of a closet in Hazel Green, Alabama.
On it: 17 autonomous AI bots, a 42-tool MCP server, a 4-node Ollama cluster, a Weaviate vector database, a Twitch bot, a Discord bot, a financial dashboard, a medical billing platform, a noir audiobook engine, a dispatch system for 16 concrete trucks, and a mind mapping app.
Zero cloud. Zero subscriptions. Zero Big Tech dependency.
I built all of it while dispatching dump trucks by day and raising five boys with my wife Tiffany. I'm sober. I'm not a developer by trade. I just couldn't stop building.
"The internet has enough darkness. This is the opposite of that."
800 million people are about to lose Windows 10 support.
Most of them have never touched AI.
Big Tech isn't coming for them.
I am.
ShaneBrain → Angel Cloud → Pulsar Sentinel → TheirNameBrain → 800M users
Every repo on this profile exists somewhere on that map.
🧠 ShaneBrain (Pi 5, private)
└── 17 MEGA Crew bots running 24/7
└── 42-tool MCP server (Weaviate + Ollama)
└── 4-node cluster (Pi + 3 Windows nodes via Tailscale)
└── Noir audiobook engine (auto-generates episodes)
└── Discord + Twitch bots
└── Morning briefing at 6 AM every day
🌐 Angel Cloud (public platform)
└── Mental wellness + AI sentiment
└── Messenger storyteller
└── Family auth bridge
🔐 Pulsar Sentinel (post-quantum)
└── ML-KEM lattice encryption
└── Blockchain audit trails
└── Sentinel bots, 24/7
🎯 TheirNameBrain (next)
└── Personalized AI for the left-behind
└── Legacy hardware, no cloud required
| Layer | Tool | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Compute | Raspberry Pi 5 (16GB) | $80. Runs everything. |
| Storage | NVMe RAID 1 (2×2TB) | Because data matters |
| LLM Inference | Ollama + 4-node cluster | 100% local. 0% cloud |
| Vector DB | Weaviate (22 collections) | Long memory |
| AI Tools | MCP Server (42 tools) | Claude talks to everything |
| Co-builder | Claude by Anthropic | Not a tool. A partner. |
| Containers | Docker + Portainer | Ship it |
| Automation | n8n + systemd (30+ services) | Never stop |
| Project | What It Does | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 📺 Twitch Channel | Family streaming, AI demos, love & light | thebardchat.github.io/twitch |
| 🤖 MEGA Crew | 17 autonomous bots, 24/7, all local | thebardchat.github.io/mega-crew |
| 📖 MEGA Crew Stories | AI-generated noir audiobook series | thebardchat.github.io/mega-crew-stories |
| 🔧 ShaneBrain MCP | 42-tool MCP server for Claude | thebardchat.github.io/shanebrain_mcp |
| ☁️ Angel Cloud | Family wellness platform | thebardchat.github.io/angel-cloud |
| 🛡️ Pulsar Sentinel | Post-quantum security | thebardchat.github.io/pulsar_sentinel |
| 🧠 ThoughtTree | Local AI mind mapping | thebardchat.github.io/thought-tree |
| 🎓 AI-Trainer-MAX | 36-module AI curriculum | github.com/thebardchat/AI-Trainer-MAX |
| 🚛 SRM Dispatch | Concrete dispatch for 16 drivers | github.com/thebardchat/MASTER-Scheduler-Dashboard-SRM |
22 noir vignettes about ego, identity, and the universal human condition. Written in third person. Dark but light. Cynical but comical. Built on a Raspberry Pi 5. Published on Amazon.
It was always about you. It was never only about you.
Eight projects recovered from the drives and released to GitHub in April 2026. Each has a live GitHub Pages site.
| Project | What It Does | Pages | Repo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🎓 AI-Trainer-MAX | 36-module local AI curriculum, zero cloud, Windows .bat | Pages ↗ | Repo |
| ☁️ angelcloud-actual | Firebase wellness platform, Pulsar blockchain security core | Pages ↗ | Repo |
| 🌳 thought-tree | React mind-mapping on a dark canvas, Weaviate semantic search | Pages ↗ | Repo |
| 🚛 srm-dispatch | SRM Concrete dispatch PWA — 18 drivers, Bridgeport rotation | Pages ↗ | Repo |
| 🤖 mini-shanebrain | Social bot framework: X, FB, LinkedIn, Instagram, Bluesky, Threads | Pages ↗ | Repo |
| 📚 shanebrain-learning | Auto-ingest inbox pipeline — drop files, Weaviate picks them up | Pages ↗ | Repo |
| 🐳 multi-container-app | Docker Node.js + MongoDB starter, one compose up | Pages ↗ | Repo |
| 💎 treasures (hub) | Master archive hub — all 8 recovered projects | Pages ↗ | Repo |
Every repo here operates under one governing document.
Nine pillars. One covenant. No exceptions.
Faith. Family. Sobriety. Love & Light. Authenticity. Local AI. The Left-Behind. Community. Purpose.
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Shane is the vision. Claude is the velocity. Never "one guy built this."
- Star the repos — visibility is oxygen for projects like this
- Watch on Twitch — live AI demos, family gaming, love & light
- Buy the book — noir fiction built on a Pi in a closet
- Sponsor on GitHub — keeps the RAID spinning
Faith · Family · Sobriety · Local AI · The Left-Behind User
Hazel Green, Alabama · 2026
Sober since November 27, 2023