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Hey, I'm Jon Brown 👋

I'm an AI product engineer. I turn unclear ideas into local-first tools, creative products, and reliable workflows.

Here I share the product decisions, engineering trade-offs, and failure cases behind what I build—from YDLite and openResume to practical agent systems.

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YDLite: Local Windows Video Downloader
Released Windows

YDLite: Local Windows Video Downloader

A local Windows app that wraps yt-dlp and ffmpeg with preview-before-download, playlist control, cookies.txt support, and Windows-friendly MP4/AAC defaults.

Tauri yt-dlp ffmpeg Windows
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openResume: Local-First Resume Workspace
Active Web

openResume: Local-First Resume Workspace

A local-first resume workspace with Markdown and block editing, real-time A4 preview, AI-assisted import, and PDF, DOCX, and HTML export.

Next.js React AI
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BananaCanvas AI: Multi-modal Creative Studio
Active Web

BananaCanvas AI: Multi-modal Creative Studio

A multimodal creative workspace that combines AI chat with an infinite canvas for generating, editing, and organizing visual assets.

Next.js Supabase Canvas
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GridShadow: Visual Styling & Layout Engine
Experimental Web

GridShadow: Visual Styling & Layout Engine

An image layout tool for adjusting shadows, depth, spacing, and grid arrangements before publishing visual content.

Canvas Image Styling Layout