# Cameron Rye - Software Engineer & Architect

> Software Engineer & Architect with 20+ years building scalable systems, leading teams, and pioneering AI integration. Specializing in TypeScript, React, Node.js, .NET/C#, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) development.

This is Cameron Rye's personal portfolio and technical blog at rye.dev. The site showcases open-source projects focused on AI integration, MCP servers, and developer tools.

**Note:** Per the [llms.txt specification](https://llmstxt.org/), all blog posts and project pages provide clean markdown versions at the same URL with `.md` appended (e.g., `/blog/building-mcp-servers.md`). Most static pages do too — `/about.md`, `/resume.md`, `/now.md`, `/uses.md`, `/colophon.md`, `/blogroll.md`, `/reading.md`, `/lab.md`, and `/changelog.md`. (`/activity` and `/gallery` have no markdown mirror — `/activity` is live GitHub data, use the GitHub profile linked under Connect.)

## About

- [Home](https://rye.dev/): Portfolio overview with featured projects and recent blog posts
- [About](https://rye.dev/about/): Background, story, and contact form
- [Resume](https://rye.dev/resume/): Interactive career timeline and skills radar
- [Now](https://rye.dev/now/): What I'm currently working on
- [Uses](https://rye.dev/uses/): Hardware, software, and tooling
- [Colophon](https://rye.dev/colophon/): How this site is built
- [Blogroll](https://rye.dev/blogroll/): Recommended reading
- [Reading](https://rye.dev/reading/): Books and articles I've found valuable
- [Activity](https://rye.dev/activity/): Recent GitHub activity — repos, pull requests, and commits (live data, no .md mirror)
- [The Lab](https://rye.dev/lab/): Interactive engineering experiments, each with a standalone page (also at `/lab.md`)
- [Changelog](https://rye.dev/changelog/): Site release history and shipped work (also at `/changelog.md`)
- [Gallery](https://rye.dev/gallery/): Photography portfolio with lightbox (no .md mirror)

## Featured Projects

These are Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and developer tools:

- [Uzumaki](https://rye.dev/projects/uzumaki/): Cross-platform spiral visualization app for web, iOS, macOS, and watchOS with 10 mathematical algorithms
- [OpenZIM MCP Server](https://rye.dev/projects/openzim-mcp/): Enables AI to search millions of Wikipedia articles offline in sub-second response times
- [AT Protocol MCP Server](https://rye.dev/projects/atproto-mcp/): First MCP server for Bluesky, enabling AI integration with 20M+ users
- [DosKit](https://rye.dev/projects/doskit/): WebAssembly-powered DOS emulation in the browser
- [ActivityPub MCP Server](https://rye.dev/projects/activitypub-mcp/): First MCP server for the Fediverse

## All Projects

- [Projects Index](https://rye.dev/projects/): Complete list of open-source projects
- [Aranet](https://rye.dev/projects/aranet/): Rust BLE environmental monitoring
- [Clarissa](https://rye.dev/projects/clarissa/): AI terminal assistant
- [ClarissaBot](https://rye.dev/projects/clarissabot/): Azure AI Foundry chatbot
- [ClaytonRye.com](https://rye.dev/projects/claytonrye-com/): Documentary filmmaker tribute site
- [Circle of Fifths](https://rye.dev/projects/circle-of-fifths/): Interactive music theory visualization
- [Electromagnetic Spectrum Explorer](https://rye.dev/projects/electromagnetic-spectrum-explorer/): Educational spectrum visualization
- [Frostpane](https://rye.dev/projects/frostpane/): CSS library for frosted glass effects
- [Gopher MCP Server](https://rye.dev/projects/gopher-mcp/): Access Gopher and Gemini protocols via MCP
- [Retro Floppy](https://rye.dev/projects/retro-floppy/): Interactive floppy disk React component
- [Zero Crust](https://rye.dev/projects/zero-crust/): Distributed state for Electron

## Technical Blog

All articles in reverse-chronological order. Each has a `.md` sibling at the same URL with `.md` appended.

- [Blog Index](https://rye.dev/blog/): All articles with search
- [Making My Portfolio Agent-Readable](https://rye.dev/blog/making-my-portfolio-agent-readable/) (2026-06-15)
- [AI Slop Is a Search Problem Now](https://rye.dev/blog/ai-slop-is-a-search-problem-now/) (2026-05-24)
- [Building Aranet: Rust + BLE Environmental Monitoring](https://rye.dev/blog/building-aranet-rust-ble-environmental-monitoring/) (2026-04-04)
- [RSS Is Still Great (and Miniflux Is the Tool You Need)](https://rye.dev/blog/rss-miniflux-2026/) (2026-02-05)
- [Building Zero Crust: Distributed State for Electron](https://rye.dev/blog/building-zero-crust-distributed-state-electron/) (2026-01-28)
- [Building Ask: A RAG-Powered Portfolio Chatbot](https://rye.dev/blog/building-ask-rag-portfolio-chatbot/) (2026-01-12)
- [Uzumaki: Cross-Platform Spiral Visualization](https://rye.dev/blog/uzumaki-cross-platform-spiral-visualization/) (2026-01-08)
- [Building ClarissaBot with Azure AI Foundry](https://rye.dev/blog/building-clarissabot-azure-ai-foundry/) (2025-12-20)
- [Building Clarissa: AI Terminal Assistant](https://rye.dev/blog/building-clarissa-ai-terminal-assistant/) (2025-12-07)
- [Retro Floppy React Component](https://rye.dev/blog/retro-floppy-react-component/) (2025-11-23)
- [DosKit: WebAssembly DOS Emulation](https://rye.dev/blog/doskit-webassembly-dos-emulation/) (2025-11-16)
- [Frostpane: Liquid Glass in CSS](https://rye.dev/blog/frostpane-liquid-glass-css/) (2025-11-08)
- [Building ClaytonRye.com for My Father's 77th Birthday](https://rye.dev/blog/building-claytonrye-com-for-my-fathers-77th-birthday/) (2025-10-29)
- [The Web Audio API: Design Philosophy and Reality](https://rye.dev/blog/web-audio-api-design-philosophy-and-reality/) (2025-10-20)
- [Building an Interactive Circle of Fifths](https://rye.dev/blog/circle-of-fifths-music-theory/) (2025-10-13)
- [Second Reality: 32nd Anniversary](https://rye.dev/blog/second-reality-32nd-anniversary/) (2025-10-07)
- [The /llms.txt Standard: An Elegant Solution Nobody Is Using](https://rye.dev/blog/llms-txt-standard-elegant-solution-nobody-using/) (2025-09-12)
- [AT Protocol MCP for Bluesky](https://rye.dev/blog/atproto-mcp-bluesky-integration/) (2025-08-30)
- [Infrastructure Sovereignty and the Economics of Decentralized Social Protocols](https://rye.dev/blog/infrastructure-sovereignty-decentralized-social-protocols/) (2025-07-25)
- [Wassette: WebAssembly MCP Runtime](https://rye.dev/blog/wassette-webassembly-mcp-runtime/) (2025-06-18)
- [ActivityPub MCP Integration](https://rye.dev/blog/activitypub-mcp-fediverse-integration/) (2025-05-02)
- [Building an Interactive Electromagnetic Spectrum Explorer](https://rye.dev/blog/electromagnetic-spectrum-explorer/) (2025-03-14)
- [OpenZIM MCP Server](https://rye.dev/blog/openzim-mcp-server/) (2025-01-28)
- [Building a Gopher MCP Server](https://rye.dev/blog/gopher-mcp-server/) (2024-11-12)
- [Building Model Context Protocol Servers](https://rye.dev/blog/building-mcp-servers/) (2024-09-05)
- [Well-known URIs: Standardizing Web Metadata](https://rye.dev/blog/well-known-uris-standardizing-web-metadata/) (2024-01-18)

## Technical Expertise

Key technologies and skills:
- Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C#, Rust
- Frameworks: React, Node.js, .NET, Astro
- AI/ML: Model Context Protocol (MCP), LLM Integration
- Protocols: AT Protocol, ActivityPub, WebFinger
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, PostgreSQL

## Connect

- [GitHub](https://github.com/cameronrye): Open source projects and contributions
- [Mastodon](https://meron.io/@c): Social presence on the Fediverse
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/cameronrye): Professional network
- [RSS Feed](https://rye.dev/rss.xml): Subscribe to blog updates
- [JSON Feed](https://rye.dev/feed.json): JSON-formatted feed

## Optional

Additional resources for extended context:

- [llms-full.txt](https://rye.dev/llms-full.txt): Full prose content of every blog post and project, concatenated for large-context agents
- [OpenAPI 3.1](https://rye.dev/openapi.json): Public, agent-callable endpoints
- [MCP Server](https://rye.dev/mcp): Model Context Protocol endpoint for tool use
- [Agent Card](https://rye.dev/.well-known/agent-card.json): A2A protocol discovery
- [API Catalog](https://rye.dev/.well-known/api-catalog): RFC 9727 catalog