OPERATING PRINCIPLES
Systems over heroics
Good processes don't require heroes. If the system needs a hero every other week, the system is broken. Build the process, document the runbook, automate the toil.
Ship, then refine
Perfect is the enemy of deployed. Get running code in front of real conditions first — production has a way of revealing constraints that staging cannot. Iterate from there.
Own the stack
SaaS is rented leverage. When you own the stack you understand every layer, control every failure mode, and stop paying the tax for someone else's abstraction.
FEATURED PROJECTS
Mosaic Stack
2025Self-hosted application platform built on NestJS and Next.js, deployed across a multi-node Docker Swarm cluster with cascading Traefik ingress.
jarvis-brain
2024Personal knowledge and memory layer — a Python-backed JSON store for structured notes, decisions, and context that feeds AI tooling.
jasonwoltje.com
2025This site — a Payload CMS 3 + Next.js 16 professional portfolio, self-hosted on Docker Swarm with Woodpecker CI and Kaniko image builds.