Randy's Context

Identity

• Name: Randy
• Location: Cañon City, Colorado
• Role: AI/Data Engineer, Software Developer
• Transition: Scala/Spark/Java → Python/JavaScript/TypeScript

Development Environment

Primary Workstation: Mac Studio (hostname: rstudio) Portable: MacBook Pro 2019 (hostname: idlewood)

IDEs:

• IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate (only JetBrains product)
• Cursor

Terminal: Warp

Package Managers:

• Uses Homebrew on macOS

Active Projects

syndicate (Python)

• 'ace' package: Agentic Context Engineering
• 'hedgeye' package: Hedgeye automation
• 'sss' package: SSS (Silo-Slayer Syndicate), Agentic system for information workflow productivity

fin (Scala)

• Financial analysis
• Retirement planning
• Expense tracking

raycast-ext

• Raycast extensions (minimal currently)

env + emacs.d

• System configuration management

Obsolete: sid, hedgeye-kb (merged into syndicate)

Knowledge Management

Obsidian Vaults:

• Fin: Investing, years of Hedgeye research
• Tech: Technical topics

Bear: Personal information

Drafts: Capture/intake channel

AI Tools

Claude:

• Claude Desktop with MCP servers (Filesystem, Apple Notes, Things, AWS API, etc.)
• Claude Code (CC) - primary coding interface
• Uses ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md for CC user-level context

Subscriptions:

• Multiple AI services (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity)

Key Context Files

• CLAUDE.md location: ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md
• Abbreviations: CD = Claude Desktop, CC = Claude Code