Named inventorship on cluster request satisfaction when storage members disagree.
Work
Proof under pressure
Capability stories from production systems and public builds — metrics and patterns, not a résumé dump. Company-first: the practice is SvelteSoft.
Drove Coverity findings to zero while building NFS caches, NDMP APIs, and online data verification.
Kubernetes/VMware/Docker parallel test subsystem that collapsed total test cycle time.
Python/C automation for ARP, IGMP/MLD, and application firewall suites for enterprise networks.
Git check-in tests that barred detected source errors and automated release artifacts to Debian.
dsPIC33 fuel-pump control: 23 call-chain errors plus interrupt priority restored.
Manufacturer Grok Assistant, AutoGrok book loops, CrossWord-grok 4.5, and Grok Imagine publishing.
Phoenix console, MQTT bus, Nerves simulation, and ESP-IDF nodes — real-time fleet architecture.
Systems lab
Deep tech R&D (not commercial GA)
ArkFS
Temporal distributed filesystem R&D (Elixir + Rust): never-delete history, simulation harness. Lab capability — not commercial GA.
ConnectUs
Greenfield Rust kernel experiments: cooperative memory, ArkFS, dual-stack networking, multi-arch including ESP.
Patent: US9298765B2 · Code: github.com/jrfranks
Engage
Hire us or ship a product
Principal systems engineering and Grok-native platforms — same reliability bar.