Zoe Jones
RSS FeedI'm Zoe, a senior software engineer in Seattle. I build backend systems in Java, Spring Boot, and Go, and frontends when the job calls for it. Right now I'm focused on where AI fits into real engineering workflows. I recently earned Anthropic's Claude Developer certification, and I'm finishing a cybersecurity program to round out the security side of my backend work. Outside of work I run a NixOS homelab that's slightly more ambitious than it needs to be.
Projects
Blackbird
The homelab's designated mad science box: a separate two-GPU machine where riskier experiments run without endangering the rest of the fleet. Its 3D-printed frame slides into a single IKEA Kallax cube, with a 4U rack section above the GPUs. I wrote the specs and measured the components, and handed off much of the modeling to Claude. The interactive viewer lets you orbit, explore the assembly, and browse the parts list. I'll release it on Printables after it is printed and proven out.
Stack: 3D printing · homelab · local inference · hardware design