This is for experienced software engineers and founders trying to make AI systems that are high quality and production ready. It’s geared toward small startups, especially in the Bay Area and SF.
I’m Charles, and I’ve done lots of fun engineering, and worked on a number of startups. I started working on AI projects in 2024 and the pace has been amazing. I’ve started to share my work and thoughts more intentionally here, for feedback, learning, and to build community.
I’m looking to build the right tools for AI startups, and AI software engineers, and I’m based in the Bay Area.
Some Current Interests
- Making the Internet a tool for people, where it’s safe to connect.
- Quality, accuracy, trust, and verifiability in AI systems and on the Internet, including creator rights.
- Bridging the IRL to the digital domain.
Technical Interests
- Agents, agentic systems, and distributed systems.
- RAG, search, and Context Engineering.
- Infrastructure, and systems design.
This Blog #
This is a Learn, Tinker, Share (LTS) blog — the format follows that loop. I find something interesting, experiment with it, then write up what I found. Posts are honest about what worked and what didn’t, and the goal is always to leave you with techniques, insights, tips, or learnings about the latest in AI engineering.
This is a personal blog for Charles Thayer (see also https://thayer.b2si.com). I capture ideas here which sometimes evolve into articles on Medium, Substack, Reddit, etc.. It’s in Hugo, with editing in Obsidian.
About Me #
I’m an AI software engineer, and sometimes founder. I like to tinkerer, build, think about thinking, and generally play with The Internet and related technologies. I’ve worked at Roblox, Facebook, and Yahoo Search Technology (YST). I’ve also been a CTO a few times.
Welcome! 🌞☕𝛗
Want to Learn? Let’s Tinker and Share. — reach out if something here clicks or if you’ve found a better way.