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GiraeffleAeffle/README.md
GiraeffleAeffle — secure platforms, observable systems, and agentic operations

Projects Based near Berlin, Germany

Hi, I'm Max 👋

I'm a platform engineer who turns emerging infrastructure needs into working systems—from secure Kubernetes foundations and kernel-level visibility to infrastructure automation, on-call tooling, and operational AI agents.

I work where security, sovereignty, reliability, and coordination meet. I care about the machinery underneath a system, but also about whether people can understand it, operate it, and trust it.

I build        →  secure platforms · deep observability · operational AI
I work         →  notice the gap · prototype · prove · make it repeatable
I explore      →  intelligence · sovereignty · coordination · living systems

What I build

Focus What that means in practice
☸️ Platform foundations Security-focused Kubernetes, immutable infrastructure, infrastructure as code, and sovereign collaboration platforms.
🔭 Security & observability Metrics, logs, traces, kernel-level runtime visibility, actionable alerts, and the feedback loops needed to operate confidently.
🤖 Agentic operations Observable AI agents that meet people in their existing tools, understand operational context, and help with real workflows.
🏛️ Civic & decentralized systems Privacy-preserving residency, local coordination, transparent governance, smart contracts, and dependable validator infrastructure.
🎮 Creative prototypes Folklore-inspired game worlds and experiments that turn technical systems into something tangible and playful.

Toolbox

Kubernetes Talos Linux Terraform Docker Linux Grafana Prometheus OpenTelemetry Tetragon TypeScript Python Solidity Matrix

The way I build

  • Start with the system, not the symptom. I look for the missing capability or feedback loop beneath the immediate problem.
  • Make the idea visible. A working proof, clear model, or good visualization helps people reason about something new.
  • Treat operations as part of the product. Security, logs, metrics, traces, alerts, and auditability belong in the design from the beginning.
  • Build for adoption. The goal isn't an impressive prototype; it is a useful capability that becomes understandable and repeatable.
  • Keep the human context. Technically correct systems still need accountable decisions, legible interfaces, and sensible boundaries.

Beyond the infrastructure

My curiosity tends to cross boundaries. These are subjects I'm exploring—not a claim that I've finished understanding them:

Thread Questions that keep pulling me in
Information & intelligence Compression, prediction, how LLMs learn, how brains integrate signals, and how good visualizations make invisible processes intuitive.
Sovereignty & coordination The path from cyberpunk warnings and cypherpunk tools toward solarpunk futures, digital identity, resilient institutions, and better local coordination.
Living systems Whether ideas from observability can cross into biology: living biosensors, plant signaling, remote sensing, and ecosystems as distributed systems.
World-building Brazilian folklore, speculative fiction, games, and prototypes as ways to explore how technology changes the worlds we inhabit.

digital sovereignty · privacy by design · open systems · deep observability · information theory · cypherpunk · solarpunk · living biosensors · useful AI


Build the system. Make it observable. Keep asking what it changes.

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  1. agentcart-tempo-shopbridge agentcart-tempo-shopbridge Public

    AgentCart lets household AI agents safely discover, compare, approve, pay for, and order from WooCommerce shops via Tempo MPP.

    Python 1

  2. stadtstack stadtstack Public

    Municipality-neutral civic coordination contracts and evidence workflows.

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  3. Roebel-Labs/Roebel-App Roebel-Labs/Roebel-App Public

    Open-source civic tech blueprint for small towns: soulbound civic ID, private MACI voting, and a Circles community currency on Gnosis Chain. Built for Röbel/Müritz, made to be forked.

    TypeScript 5 1