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Fresh from the paw of the Tyger

and the thrill of the fight
the struggle, uncle
it’s phenomenal,
nominal—
even comical

bits to bytes
and bugs in prod
got me crying
I ain’t lying
some nights—
I’m still compiling.

AI singularity? Meh. It's AI-augmented humans that worry me.

On my List of Things to Worry About, a superintelligent AI taking over the world just doesn’t rank. We humans don’t …

What this dumpster needs is another failed app

It was 2021. Spring pollen competed with birdsong to fill the air. Sneezes abounded. We needed to relocate my mom, but were having a …

OtpTranslate: Migrate from Raivo to Aegis, and beyond

Recently a friend asked me about copying his Raivo OTP database to Aegis. Those are both solid MFA apps. The only problem is Raivo only …

A Tale of Two Alert Schemes

So I built a nice budget app for Android and iOS. A core feature is sending you an alert when a bill is nearly due. Each platform …

Connect to an Android Emulator running on Linux from Windows

Once upon a time I needed to connect to an Android emulator running on a Linux box from a Windows virtual machine. Yes, it was very …

Projects

They told me I needed a hobby

So here’s a few projects you may find interesting. Some of these half-baked goods may even be on GitHub .

MISSION: Mom

Learn about the philanthropic raison d’être behind tygertec endeavors — my cool mom

4Ducks Budget

Are your golden ducks in a row? Easy-to-use budgeting sidekick for Android and iOS. Ad-free, privacy focused.

Has my SSN been pwned?

Educational website that aims to help people prevent identity theft

DeployMints

‘OK to ship a code smell, but never OK to ship a breath smell.’ Bit tongue-in-cheek, but you can buy ’em on zazzle .

Learn Hugo

Premium course that teaches Hugo-essentials while migrating away from WordPress

Runby🏃‍♂️Pace

"How hard should you run today?" - A simple static pace calculator using Vue.js."

Ūterpret

Custom Hugo-based website for a Spanish-language interpreter

Pounce

The fast and responsive, open-source Hugo theme I build for the Uterpret website

Meet the Team

Okay, so it’s a team of one ➡ The “Ty” in tygertec.

Chief Pun Officer

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Ty Walls

Digital Construction Worker