Become a sponsor to Mike Hall

Building Open Source Systems That Make Complexity Legible

Hi, I'm Mike (just3ws). I build open-source systems where correctness, observability, and human judgment matter.

⚔️ Phalanx Duel

Phalanx Duel is an open-source (AGPL-3.0) tactical 1v1 card combat game. Its deterministic, server-authoritative engine, replay verification, OTel-native observability, and MCP access explore how games can be transparent, testable, and agent-ready.

🌐 WWWorkRemote

WWWorkRemote is a local-first, human-supervised job search system. It aggregates and normalizes postings, makes search and triage explicit, prepares applications, records receipts, and helps carry a lead through follow-up and interview preparation.

It is also a practical laboratory for privacy-preserving automation: personal career context stays under the operator's control, untrusted job data remains inspectable, and meaningful external actions stay human-authorized.

🗂️ Historical Archive Recovery

I am also recovering and preserving the UGtastic technical archive: 184 indexed software-craft interviews across 212 recorded assets, with searchable transcripts. The archive restores speaker attribution, dialogue structure, and historical context so community knowledge remains discoverable rather than disappearing into old video platforms.

🚀 Why Sponsor Me?

Your sponsorship supports three connected workstreams:

1. Durable open-source infrastructure: reliable deployments, observability, testing, and maintenance across Phalanx Duel and WWWorkRemote.
2. Human-centered automation: tools that make complex workflows understandable, reviewable, and safer to operate.
3. Historical preservation and agent-ready systems: recovering community knowledge while documenting interfaces and bounded automation that help people and software collaborate without surrendering judgment.

🛡️ My Commitment

I prioritize end-to-end behavior, deterministic tests, visible evidence, and operational clarity before surface polish. When you sponsor my work, you support software built to be understood, verified, and improved in public.

Thank you for helping me build more transparent and capable systems.