// profile
david ogar
software engineer · builder · researcher
active — seeking discomfort. becoming the ice man.
focus
semiconductors · autonomous systems · AI · distributed systems
method
curiosity first. fundamentals always. one brick at a time.
arch
software ↔ hardware · systems thinking · first principles
[core modules]
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semiconductors
how compute works at the physical layer — chips, pipelines, tradeoffs, the die itself
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autonomous-systems
machines that perceive, decide, and act — the architecture beneath the behavior
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distributed-systems
large-scale software that stays coherent, fault-tolerant, and fast under pressure
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ai-research
not just using models — understanding the architecture, the training, the failure modes
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reverse-engineering
taking things apart to understand what's really happening underneath the abstraction
[active processes]
My own independent research lab. The goal is original research and tooling at the intersection
of software and hardware. Not a side project — a long game. Infrastructure for serious work.
Decision intelligence for creators and teams. The hardest part of creating isn't the idea —
it's the signal-to-noise problem. Semradr doesn't add more data. It tells you what the data means.
AI agent evaluation harness — sandboxed execution, live LLM proxying, CI-native reporting.
Ship with confidence because you measured it.
[writing]
I write when I have something worth saying — usually about what I'm building, learning, or working through. Technical sometimes. Philosophical other times. Occasionally both. The archive is here.
[core belief]
I own nothing, but the will to see Christ manifested in my domain.