Kevin Thompson Portfolio

About Me

Software engineer, founder, and still taking things apart

I'm a self-taught software engineer. I started out taking machines apart, and spent more than a decade in IT — repair technician, IT specialist, front-end development at Xfinity Mobile and software engineering at LegalZoom — building Caligo Arts alongside it, from web design and computer repair into a studio that builds custom software and AI tools.

In 2026 I designed and built AIOS, an AI Chief of Staff, and the family of products around it: test-first, deployed to production, and used to run the business every day. The whole story, release by release, is in the release history.

What I care about is software people can trust: it does what it says, it never loses your work, and it tells you plainly when it can't do something.

5Products live today

6,000+Automated checks run before any change ships

7Games playable in the browser

25+Years in technology and customer service

What I've Built

Five products, live today — designed, written and deployed from scratch

AIOSAn AI Chief of Staff that turns plain sentences into tasks, events and a ranked plan. The AI CouncilClaude, GPT, Gemini and Grok on one question, checking each other.

AIOS ReceiptsPhotograph a receipt, get an expense spreadsheet.

Memories JournalOne page a day, and a year of them opens in AIOS.

AIOS SkillsLevel up real-life skills like a game, with learning paths.

How I build

Deterministic first. Parsers, not model calls, work out what you meant. The model is asked only when the intent genuinely cannot be read, and it never edits a note itself.
One model call site, enforced by a test that walks the syntax tree and fails the build if a second one ever appears.
AI can move content but never delete it. Deletion belongs to the user alone, and every automated action is written to an append-only log inside the note.
A private note cannot reach the model or the public site. The publishing path checks the reference, the file the reference actually resolved to, and the write itself — because a symlink can make a public-looking reference land on a private file.
A content security policy with no unsafe-inline, every inline script covered by its own hash, verified against the bytes the live server sends rather than against the repository.
6,990 automated checks across 168 groups, plus an end-to-end suite against a real account. Every known defect gets a failing test before it gets a fix.

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More Work

Games, websites, art and writing — each one playable or viewable

Game design & development

All seven are free to play in the browser on Unity Play. See them all on Unity Play →

Tanks for Fun: Road Rage Edition

My own game, from the original idea through prototyping to V3.4. Free to play in the browser.

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Tanks for Fun (Prototype)

The V1.0 prototype the finished game grew out of — Unity Junior Programmer pathway, all C# written from scratch.

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When Hungry Animals Attack!

Second project in the Unity Junior Programmer pathway. Every C# script written from scratch, including all bonus challenges.

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Battle for the Jade Sun!

A 2D sprite pachinko game built from scratch.

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Moving Sound

Spatial 3D audio: sound falls away as you move from it, with scripting to send an object through a kitchen window.

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The Floor is Lava

Unity Essentials challenge on object-oriented physics: build a 3D scene from scratch and roll a ball between platforms without touching the floor.

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Cosmic Obstacle Course

My first game, built with the Unity LEGO microgame tutorial — where all of this started.

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Web design & development

The certification projects are live on CodePen. See the full CodePen → · GitHub →

AIOS — AI Chief of Staff

A note-first cognitive OS. Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy and PostgreSQL behind a vanilla JavaScript client with no build step. Designed, built and deployed from scratch.

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Developer's Notebook

A static publishing pipeline: notes become drafts, drafts are reviewed, and only reviewed drafts are rendered to pages. Generated, never hand-written.

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CaligoArts.com

My web design and game development studio site, rewritten from scratch in 2024 including all custom graphics.

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Space Dust Trading Co.

A site built for a friend while I was learning — to their brief rather than mine.

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The Tech Professor

My first computer repair website, for the repair business I started in 2018.

Technical Documentation Page

HTML5 and CSS. FreeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design certification project.

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Product Landing Page

HTML5 and CSS. FreeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design certification project.

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Survey Form

HTML5 and CSS. FreeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design certification project.

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Number Guessing Game

HTML5, CSS and JavaScript — my first project with real program logic in it.

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Responsive Redesign

An existing site rebuilt responsively in HTML5, CSS and Bootstrap.

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Portfolio Page

HTML5, CSS and Bootstrap. FreeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design certification project.

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Tribute Page

HTML5 and Bootstrap. FreeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design certification project.

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Mobile CatPhotoApp

HTML5, CSS and Bootstrap — the very first thing I built.

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Art & writing

Digital illustration, game assets and original poetry, in the Caligo Arts studio.

Digital Art Gallery

Illustration, logo design and game assets.

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Poetry

Original poems, each paired with the artwork it inspired.

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Skills

What I build with, and what I bring

Languages, markup and tooling

HTML5 · CSS · JavaScript · Python · C# · SQL · Git · GitHub · Flask · SQLAlchemy · PostgreSQL · Unity · Apache · Gunicorn · Linux · Bash

Personal aptitudes

Devoted and determined self-learner who maintains self-motivation, requiring no oversight to stay on task and get things done. Known for being reliable, well organized, detail oriented and efficient.

Troubleshooting and problem solving with creative solutions, and a firm belief that problems are only misunderstood opportunities. Where others see problems, I see opportunities for solutions.

Professional aptitudes

Full-stack development: Python/Flask APIs with a PostgreSQL database, and the front end that talks to them.
Front-end development, website design, optimization and maintenance (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
Unity 3D game development with C# scripting.
Server administration: Apache and Gunicorn on Linux, TLS, security headers, and deployment.
Computer, tablet, phone and electronics hardware/software diagnostics and repair.
Remote and on-site diagnostics, malware and virus detection and removal.
Custom-built PCs assembled to requested specifications.
Typing 60+ wpm at 98% accuracy on average.
Customer service, sales and business administration since 2001.

Custom Website Design

Tailored to your needs: every project is different, and the site should represent your work rather than a template.
Responsive: looks and works correctly on any device.
Search-optimized: built with SEO practices in place from the start rather than bolted on.
Fast: optimized images and load times.
Supported: ongoing maintenance so the site stays current.

Software & Web Development

Full stack: Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy and PostgreSQL behind a JavaScript front end.
Tested: automated regression suites, run before anything ships.
Deployed: Apache and Gunicorn on Linux, with the security headers actually verified against the live server.

Digital Art & Illustration

Original artwork: custom digital illustration and graphics.
Branding: logos, banners and creative assets.

Experience

Self-taught, and still going

The most up-to-date list of projects is on my GitHub.

2026 — Designed and built AIOS, an AI chief of staff, and deployed it to production. Python/Flask backend, vanilla JavaScript client, PostgreSQL, Apache and Gunicorn.
2024 — Complete redesign of CaligoArts.com from scratch: every line of code starting in a blank text file, and all custom graphics.
2022 — Accepted a fully remote position as a Junior Software Engineer at LegalZoom, doing front-end UI updates and development for new service pages, and assisting with user support.
2022 — Released Tanks for Fun: Road Rage Edition V3.4 on Unity Play, after launching the demo preview to gather feedback.
2021 — Launched CaligoArts.com as a showcase for web design, game development and development notes.
2021 — Taught myself to build a server from the ground up on Google Cloud Platform, learning Git and GitHub for version control and getting comfortable on the Linux command line.
2021 — Started learning Unity 3D game development with C# scripting, completed the Essentials pathway, and began the Junior Programmer pathway.
2020 — COVID-19 shut down all on-site tech support, so I adapted to a fully remote model, focused on web design and development, and rebranded to Caligo Arts as a development studio.
2020 — Moved into front-end development at Xfinity Mobile, helping with UI updates and the mobile app rollout.
2019 — IT Specialist at Xfinity Mobile, handling Tier 2 technical support.
2018 — Started The Tech Professor, a computer repair business in Charleston, SC. Hardware and software repair for PCs, printers and networks; custom gaming builds; remote and on-site virus removal; phone and tablet repair; teaching technology classes and one-to-one consulting.
2017 — Started learning CSS, Bootstrap and JavaScript.
2015 — IT Specialist for Energy Inc., general systems administration and Tier 2 technical support.
2014 — Total Computer Solutions as a Tier 2 repair technician, where I made my local TV debut in their first commercial.
2009 — macOS and applications.
2007 — GNU/Linux and applications.
2002 — Learned HTML through online tutorials and trial and error.
2001 — Started in customer service and sales at Future Call Telemarketing, working up through quality control to floor operations supervisor.
1997 — Windows and applications.
1986 — Taking machines and electronics apart. (Successfully putting them back together since 1988.)
The beginning — Curiosity.

Certifications

Earned, and linked to the issuer — not just claimed

Web design & development

FreeCodeCamp.org — Responsive Web Design Certification, 20 December 2019. Verify the certification →

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Game design & development

Unity course completion badges. See my Unity profile →

Kevin R. Thompson

AI & Automation

Full-Stack Software

Games & Art

About Me

Software engineer, founder, and still taking things apart

What I've Built

Five products, live today — designed, written and deployed from scratch

How I build

More Work

Games, websites, art and writing — each one playable or viewable

Game design & development

Web design & development

Art & writing

Skills

What I build with, and what I bring

Languages, markup and tooling

Personal aptitudes

Professional aptitudes

Experience

Self-taught, and still going

Certifications

Earned, and linked to the issuer — not just claimed

Web design & development

Game design & development

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