Software Developer · Builder · Nature Lover

Heston Hamilton

I'm a software developer in Arizona. I build with AI agents every day, and I think they're changing how software gets made as deeply as the internet did.

My background is in infrastructure and systems. I completed my CS degree at ASU in 2026. I also build bird detection hardware, run a homelab, and have a multiplayer word game in the works.

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What I'm paying attention to

Agentic AI

Most of my programming time is spent orchestrating AI agents. I frame the work, judge what comes back, and push it where it needs to go. I think this is how software gets built from here on.

Nature-sensing systems

I build systems that watch and listen to the natural world in order to pay closer attention to the world around me.

Homelab

A small server rack hosting all of my experiments, where I practice new skills and technologies.

Projects

Things I'm building or have built

Some are active, some are shipped, some are still experiments.

Active build

Birdscope

Pi + GPU bird detection pipeline. Computer vision, MQTT, real-time classification.

Raspberry Pi
Computer vision
MQTT
Python

GitHub

// in development

In development

Silly Snippets

A real-time multiplayer word game I'm excited to release.

Node.js
Socket.IO
Next.js
PostgreSQL
Redis

Not yet public

Homelab

Always something running

Everything from Raspberry Pis to enterprise servers, where I prototype all of my ideas.

AI tooling

mcp-shell-aliases

An MCP server that exposes your shell aliases as safe, discoverable tools to AI systems. Built for Gemini CLI.

GitHub

Agent work

LeetCode Agent

A CLI agent that uses an LLM to autonomously fetch and solve the daily LeetCode problem, including submission. An early experiment in what fully autonomous coding agents can do.

GitHub

Field tool

Birdbox

Raspberry Pi bird call identification using BirdNET Pi, built to be deployed and run in the real world for years.

GitHub

Notes

Notes from inside the work

I write about what I'm learning: AI-native development, building with hardware, and the natural world.

In the queue. These haven't been published yet, but check back soon!

Draft queue

What it actually means to stop writing code

A look at working one layer above the code. What changes, what doesn't, and what I still have to do that no agent can.

Draft queue

Bird projects

What I've learned from cameras, microphones, and edge devices. The difference between a fun prototype and a tool that works outside.

Background

A practical path into software

Before my degree, I spent years in production: web hosting infrastructure, payment systems, CDN and live streaming operations at scale. Those roles taught me how software behaves in the real world and what it means to own a system that real people depend on.

I completed my B.S. in Computer Science at Arizona State University in 2026. My formal education and operational experience reinforce each other in ways I notice every day.

Today I work at FVI as a full-stack developer, where AI agents are my primary development tool. I think this is the most significant shift in how software gets made since the internet itself.

Now

Full-stack developer, FVI

Building durable, maintainable web software.

2026

B.S. Computer Science, ASU

Graduated from Arizona State University.

2021

Client Operations Engineer, Edgio

CDN and live streaming operations across distributed infrastructure at scale.

2021

Web Security Analyst, Sitelock

Malware remediation and automation tooling.

2019

Production Control Analyst, Early Warning Services

Big data payment infrastructure operations.

2017

Web Advisor, Endurance International Group

Linux hosting support, where I first learned to love the command line.

Contact

Say hello if this overlaps with what you care about.

I'm especially glad to hear from people building AI-native tools, conservation technology, or anything with a real-world edge. Always open to interesting conversations and collaborations.

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