About

I'm Daniel Kliewer, a software engineer and creative technologist based in Austin, Texas. I work at the intersection of local AI, full-stack development, and systems thinking. I specialize in building tools that are introspective, agentic, and capable of understanding context — not just processing it.

My development philosophy is shaped by three principles:
• Independence over reliance
• Transparency over black-box abstraction
• Resilience through simplicity

I'm currently focused on building personal knowledge interfaces, economic analysis agents, and infrastructure that supports AI workflows without external dependencies.

Skills & Technologies

• Languages: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, R
• Frameworks: Next.js, FastAPI, Django, LangChain, Jekyll
• AI & Data: Ollama, ChromaDB, LangChain, LLaVA, RLHF
• Tools: Docker, GitHub Actions, Netlify, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion

Interests

• Local AI & self-hosted models
• Human-aligned system interfaces
• Data annotation infrastructure
• Knowledge graphs & memory structures
• Long-context agents