Jon Gaul
SSO dev in Tokyo, conference talker at abroad. Haven't been replaced by AI yet, but I'm working on it.
Talks
Copy my setup and access your LLM on the go.
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A discussion on how AI will amplify existing cybersecurity threats and defenses. Uncomfortably accurate so far.
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The talk that got me invited to five different PyCons in five different countries.
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A crash course in OIDC and SAML: what happens when you click "Sign in with Google" and why you should add it to your site.
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In the US with a booth, cool jacket, and good intentions: a guide for the conference-goer looking to get hired.
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A retrospective on traveling to 5 countries and the things I took away from each of them.
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Come read the most dazzlingly corporate thing I've ever written. A casual, off-the-cuff discussion that took hours of rewrites and revisions.
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Quitting Twitter with uBlock Origin and spite. Still off it at time of writing.
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Equal parts travel guide, travelog, and chance to show off the pics my mom took while she was in town.
Read →Projects
Despite the title, it's about a princess trying to solve a problem. Made no money but a crash course what it takes to make something real. Cute end result.
afraidalot.com → Visit the illustrator →LLM-powered work history tool. Syncs GitHub, Slack, and Calendar data, resolves cross-source identities, and builds cascading summaries. Used to generate promotion docs for 3 coworkers and counting.
A micro-fiction kanji learning app. Generates stories and images to teach you a few kanji in context. An excuse to run a local AI pipeline across every computer I own.
Goodreads recommendation engine. Will the people that like your favorites have favorites you'll like?