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Alex Stout
I make things that work. Eventually.
Web apps, AI tools, a smart home that mostly behaves, films through Everlife Media, and a steady stream of half-baked experiments. I build a lot of stuff.
Some of it ships to clients. Some of it runs my house. Some of it just makes a party more fun. If it plugs in or loads in a browser, odds are I’ve had it apart on the counter trying to make it better.
$ whoami
Engineer by trade. Fixer-of-things by reflex.
Thirteen-plus years building hardware-software systems — I’m the guy behind the Goal Zero app and the connected Yeti power stations. These days I lead applied AI at Goal Zero / BioLite, which is a fancy way of saying I get paid to wire AI into things until they save people real time.
Off the clock it doesn’t stop. The house runs on sensors and automations I wrote. When something breaks, I’d rather grab a multimeter and an AI assistant and figure it out than call a guy. It’s more fun, and I learn something. Usually.
$ ls ~/projects
The cool shit
Everlife Media
2024 — PresentMy own studio for turning life’s moments into media families keep — documentary memorial films, tape/photo digitization, and bespoke event-experience tech. Started with a film for my dad.
bensfilm.live
2024A living memorial site for my dad’s video work — the project that became the heart of Everlife. Documentary-style storytelling, published for family to keep forever.
Oscars Party App
2023A live ballot + leaderboard webapp for Oscar-night parties — pick winners, score in real time, talk trash with friends. Built for fun, used every February.
The Home Lab
OngoingMy house is a test bench: Home Assistant tying it all together, ESP32 + Raspberry Pi sensors and automations, HomeKit/Matter everywhere. Where I prototype the IoT ideas that show up in client work.
$ tail -f devlog
Latest writing
// Devlog launching soon. In the meantime — follow /blog.
$ echo $CONTACT
Building something fun? Stuck on something annoying?
Same energy, honestly. Web app, AI feature, smart-home weirdness, or an old project you can’t crack — I’m into it. Drop me a line.