System status: active

Now

Current projects, active learning, and near-term focus.

A snapshot of what I'm building, learning, and exploring right now.

Last updated: 2026.06.02

Loc: Austin, TX

> current_focus

Collectiv v2

Active

Building collaborative music workflows, contribution management, royalty handling, and audio collaboration tooling.

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Hayabusa

Active

Developing local-first security detection pipelines using event streaming and ClickHouse analytics.

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juancastro.me

Active

Building a project-focused engineering portfolio and knowledge hub.

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Currently Learning

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Detection Engineering

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Temporal Workflows

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Local-first architectures

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Advanced ClickHouse patterns

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

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Recently Shipped

Completed

Portfolio foundation

Established the shared theme, layout system, and first-pass site architecture.

Completed

Project detail architecture

Turned project pages into reusable engineering case studies backed by structured content.

Completed

Resume implementation

Shipped a technical-profile page focused on engineering depth rather than a plain PDF resume.

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Near-Term Goals

Q4

Complete portfolio launch

Q4

Expand Hayabusa detections

Q4

Publish additional developer tools

Q4

Add architecture notes section

Current stack

Tools in active rotation

TypeScriptNode.jsPythonGoPostgresSQLiteClickHouseDockerNATSNext.js

Operating principles

How I try to work

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Build useful software

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Prefer simple systems

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Automate repetitive work

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Optimize for maintainability

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Ship before polishing

bash - juancastro@workstation - 80x24

$ status --detailed

System remains stable. Current focus is shifting across product architecture, detection pipelines, and maintainable software delivery. All sensors nominal.

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