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build-with-brandon/README.md

Build with Brandon

Brandon Tate

Software Engineer | Generative AI Developer

LinkedIn Portfolio Email


About

I build software that thinks. By day, I'm a software engineer working on enterprise applications. By night, I'm building AI-first tools that push the boundaries of what's possible with LLMs, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows.

I believe the future of development isn't writing code line-by-line — it's designing systems and letting AI handle the implementation. My work explores that frontier.


What I'm Building

AI Infrastructure

Document RAG Pipeline

Document RAG Pipeline

Self-hosted RAG system for capturing, indexing, and querying technical documentation. Browser extension + API + MCP server.

Cloudflare Workers Vectorize D1 Workers AI MCP

Monarch

Monarch IntelliJ Plugin

AI context management for JetBrains IDEs. Story-based workflows, standards sync, and seamless task switching.

Kotlin IntelliJ Platform Shell Scripts

Personality Matrix

Personality Matrix

AI character engine with injectable personality configs. Template-driven NPCs for RPG/D&D with emotion-aware responses.

FastAPI Together.ai Python YAML Templates

Trellis

Trellis

My framework for building software with AI. Principles, patterns, and practical setup for AI-assisted development.

Methodology Best Practices Templates

Applications

Chalk

Chalk

iOS drawing app with Apple Pencil support, Vision OCR, and Apple Intelligence integration. Infinite canvas meets handwriting recognition.

Swift SwiftUI PencilKit Vision Foundation Models

Pronoia

Pronoia

Hierarchical goal-tracking that connects long-term vision with daily actions. Constraint-based daily notecard with 10-slot limit.

Swift SwiftUI SwiftData CloudKit

Cash Flow Canvas

Cash Flow Canvas

Visual finance projection tool. Node-based diagrams for mapping income, expenses, debts, and savings goals.

React TypeScript Cloudflare Workers D1 React Flow

Orrery

Orrery

Visual journey mapping with a constellation metaphor. Plot your path from where you are to where you want to be.

Swift SwiftUI SwiftData Force-Directed Graphs

Roost

Roost

Household management for couples. Real-time CloudKit sync without backend servers. Meals, groceries, budgets, and more.

Swift SwiftUI SwiftData CloudKit Sharing

Bloom

Bloom

Plant care tracking with watering reminders and growth timelines. Visual thirst indicators and photo documentation.

Swift SwiftUI SwiftData CloudKit

MosaicUI

MosaicUI

Color theme library with 32 hand-crafted design systems. Search, preview, and export complete palettes.

React TypeScript Cloudflare Workers D1 FTS5

REI For All

REI For All

Full-stack real estate investing education and deal management platform.

React 19 React Router v7 Vite 7 Tailwind CSS v4 TypeScript Cloudflare Workers


Tech Stack

Languages

Kotlin Swift Python TypeScript Java

AI & ML

OpenAI Anthropic Hugging Face PyTorch

Frameworks

Spring FastAPI React SwiftUI

Infrastructure

AWS Cloudflare Docker Kubernetes

Data

PostgreSQL Pinecone ChromaDB Redis


Philosophy

Trellis

"Your principles are the trellis. AI is the accelerated growth."

I work at the intersection of structured thinking and AI acceleration. My approach:

  • Think in systems — Design at the architecture level, delegate implementation to AI
  • Specify before building — TECH_SPECS.md for the machine, README.md for humans
  • Small steps, frequent checks — AI drafts, you decide
  • Constraint is a feature — Limitations force clarity

Read the full framework: Trellis


Currently

  • Building RAG pipelines and MCP integrations for enterprise AI workflows
  • Exploring agentic architectures and multi-step task automation
  • Developing standards and best practices for AI-assisted development
  • Shipping iOS apps that leverage on-device ML and Apple Intelligence

Wallingford, CT

Popular repositories Loading

  1. Chalk Chalk Public

    A native iOS/iPadOS drawing and note-taking app built with Swift and SwiftUI

  2. Pronoia Pronoia Public

    A hierarchical goal-tracking app that connects long-term vision with daily actions

  3. Document-Rag-Pipeline Document-Rag-Pipeline Public

    A self-hosted Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system designed to capture, store, index, and query technical documentation.

  4. Cash-Flow-Canvas Cash-Flow-Canvas Public

    A visual personal finance projection tool for people who think in pictures

    TypeScript

  5. Roost Roost Public

    A household management app for couples with real-time sync

  6. Bloom Bloom Public

    A plant care tracking app for iOS with watering reminders and growth timelines