allie@github:~$ whoami
Allie Bayless
Software designer · developer · lifelong tinkerer
Part of the original SimCity development team in the late ’80s.
After a long career in software, I'm back building things again — Linux tools, Rust apps, TUIs, AI experiments, and weird little ideas that probably shouldn't exist but do.
I've been around software long enough to remember when a small team could build something strange, ship it, and accidentally help define a genre.
I'm still chasing that feeling.
I like software that feels fast, focused, useful, and a little different.
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Terminal-first interfaces Fast. Keyboard driven. No unnecessary chrome. |
Native applications Small binaries. Fast tools. Weird ideas. |
Local models & agents LLMs, coding agents, experiments and automation. |
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Desktop & system tools Wayland, Hyprland, and things the OS forgot. |
Self-hosted everything Docker, Proxmox, services and infrastructure. |
Usually where the fun starts. |
| Project | ||
|---|---|---|
| 📝 | tide | Notes, ideas and experiments |
| ⚡ | tidemail | Terminal-focused software |
| 🧪 | tideftp | Software experiments and tooling |
| 🛠️ | assho | Why the #uck not |
STATUS
[████████████████████░░░░] building
There are usually more projects in progress than finished.
That's part of the fun.
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│ OS Linux │
│ Language Rust │
│ UI Terminal / TUI / Native │
│ Infra Docker / Proxmox / Homelab │
│ AI Local LLMs / Agents │
│ Philosophy Build the interesting thing. │
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$ ls ~/ideas
terminal-first-apps/
rust-native-tools/
local-ai/
coding-agents/
linux-desktop/
self-hosted-everything/
probably-a-bad-idea/
Most of my projects start with:
"I wonder if..."
The best part of software was never the software. It was making something that didn't exist yesterday.
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old enough to remember when software came in boxes · curious enough to keep building it