SOFTWARE / PLATFORM ENGINEERING

Building software and the systems behind it.

I'm Tyler Thomas, a software engineer working across backend systems, API architecture, and infrastructure. Beyond building applications, I've helped establish the conventions, tooling, and operational practices that keep them maintainable.

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01 / SELECTED WORK

Things I've built and worked through.

A selection of independent projects and engineering problems, with the decisions behind them.

FEATURED PROJECT IN DEVELOPMENT

Django Knit/

Less repetitive glue between Django models, APIs, and frontend types.

An independent tooling project exploring model-driven generation for Django REST Framework and TypeScript. The current work centers on explicit registration, predictable configuration, and maintainable output.

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INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENTMODEL-DRIVEN GENERATION

ARCHITECTURE / SIMPLIFIEDDK—001

INPUTDjango modelsfields · relations · metadata

CONFIGURATIONKnit registrymodel registration + settings

OUTPUT ADRF code

OUTPUT BTypeScript types

ONE CONFIGURATION→MULTIPLE OUTPUTS

OTHER ENGINEERING WORK

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INDEPENDENT / INFRASTRUCTURE

Linux server operations & automation

Containerized services, configuration management, logging, and practical troubleshooting tools for running dedicated servers.

LINUX · DOCKER · AUTOMATION

PROFESSIONAL / BACKEND

Legacy data import & migration workflows

Resource-specific Django/DRF import pipelines, domain validation, and transactional boundaries for moving legacy data into modern systems.

PYTHON · DJANGO · DATA

INDEPENDENT / ALGORITHMS

Navigation & procedural experiments

Explorations of graph-based navigation, waypoint systems, and procedural geometry in interactive environments.

PATHFINDING · GEOMETRY · TOOLS

02 / WHAT I WORK ON

The work behind the work.

Backend & API architecture

Resource design, reusable API conventions, filtering strategies, data modeling, and integration workflows.

Infrastructure & production engineering

Linux systems, deployments, database migrations, recovery planning, and operational troubleshooting.

Automation & developer tooling

Reducing repetitive work through code generation, data pipelines, infrastructure automation, and practical developer tools.

03 / ABOUT

Curiosity with a practical streak.

My experience spans backend applications, infrastructure, and data-intensive systems. Alongside implementation, I've developed API conventions, designed integration workflows, and worked through the operational consequences of software decisions in production.

Outside conventional application development, I've spent years exploring navigation algorithms, procedural systems, and tooling built around real operational needs.

04 / CONNECT

Let's talk engineering.

Interested in a technical discussion or my work? Start with the projects and background on my GitHub profile.

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