$ whoami

Richard Ziolkowski

I am a Canberra-based software developer. I make iPhone apps, web tools, games, courses, local AI systems, and small developer utilities.

Most of my work starts with a concrete problem: learn a command, practice a workflow, run a small system, or make a game loop feel good. I mostly use Swift and SwiftUI, React and TypeScript, Python, and Docker.

I am strongest when I can own the whole slice: shaping the idea, building the app, writing the content, shipping the site or build, and showing real screenshots, validation, and working evidence instead of just a pitch.

You can see the current work in projects and the longer-form thinking in notes.

Richard seated at a modern developer workstation
$ systemctl status motivation 
● motivation.service — operator drive
     Active: active (running) since 2009-09-12 · uptime still counting
   Main PID: 14 (heart)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: ∞)
     Memory: shared with @stephanie (peak: ∞)
        CPU: 100.0% allocated
     CGroup: /system.slice/motivation.service
             └─14 /usr/lib/operator/heart --output -wife Stephanie <3
 
May 03 — operator: queued reading list (1: "us, again")
May 03 — operator: ready.