I'm Sam. I build products with AI, and I keep them running.

import logging
from telegram import Update
from telegram.ext import Application, CommandHandler, MessageHandler, filters, ContextTypes
from google import genai
from google.genai import types

# 1. SETUP: Fill in your secret keys here
TELEGRAM_TOKEN = "PASTE_YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN_HERE"
GOOGLE_API_KEY = "PASTE_YOUR_GOOGLE_AI_STUDIO_KEY_HERE"

# 2. SETUP: List your character image filenames (make sure they are in the same folder!)
CHARACTER_IMAGES = ["char_front.jpg", "char_side.jpg"]

async def start(update: Update, context: ContextTypes.DEFAULT_TYPE):
    await update.message.reply_text("Hi! Send me a prompt, and I'll draw your character doing it.")

• 5 Febbot.py, which became Bert Image Bot, still running
• 12 Febbert-flex-bot, parked
• 13 Febclicker, which became Bert Tap Attack
• 18 FebBertCS, parked; dr-inker-chart-scanner, the first trading itch
• 19 FebBertNYC, which became Bert Runner NYC
• 20 Febsolana-wallet-tracker, reached the server, retired
• 23 Febflappy-bert, the arcade game that's still live
• 25 FebBert_X_bot, the first deploy to the server
• 26 Febbert-shop-bot, parked
• 1 Marbert in Unity, a town sim whose idea became Berthalla; bert-survivor, parked
• 3 Marbert-tycoon, parked
• 5 MarMM, the first market-maker sketch

• 30 JanHand-made AI art of Bert, no code on the machine yet.
• 5 FebThe first file: a Telegram bot to draw Bert on demand.
• 9 FebClaude Code, four days after the first file.
• 26 Febdrinkerlabs begins; the first bot moves to a rented server.
• Feb to MarThe arcade era: Flappy Bert goes live with server-checked scores and tournaments.
• MarThe Polymarket five-minute system begins: feature store, backtester, promotion lifecycle.
• AprThe Hyperliquid research pipeline, the first Solana market-maker, the pump.fun launcher and the Meteora engine.
• Maypolymarket-tax starts; the Kraken and Jupiter observer reaches its observer phase.
• 31 MayBerthalla goes live on X.
• 18 JunBerthalla Online ships its 3D world; a native Unreal client joins the same server in June.
• JulFarmhalla goes from frozen spec to version 1.0 overnight, then gets hardened in the open.
• 27 JulThe BERT widget app ships on Android.
• 17 AugGeNFT becomes a self-serve product.
• 19 to 23 AugWarden completes Phase 1A (342 tests) and Phase 1B (466 tests).
• 1 SepFlappy Bert Season 5, The Autumn Arc.
• 6 SepWarden's devnet test build; the native Farmhalla showcase.
• 14 SepThe Berthalla Online web server is taken offline.
• 23 SepAll trading systems retired; the Warden devnet wallet preview.
• 1 OctHold the Line 0.17.10 fixes the Play release crash and goes to Google Play internal testing.
• 2 OctThe BERT app 0.8.1; berthalla.io redesigned with the Workshop and tester sign-ups.
• 9 Octdrinkerlabs.info becomes the lab after hours, and this drawer gets sorted.

Languages

Python, TypeScript and Node.js, Rust with Anchor and WASM, C++ for Unreal, Kotlin, GDScript, SQL, plain JavaScript and Canvas.

AI engineering

Claude Code, multi-model orchestration (Claude, Grok, Gemini, Veo), MCP servers, agent risk-gating (preview, then execute), prompt-injection hardening, editor-model firewalls, vision models.

Solana and on-chain

Smart accounts, P-256 passkeys and WebAuthn, Anchor, Wallet Standard, Jupiter routing, Jito bundles, Meteora DLMM, Raydium CLMM, MPL Core, on-chain payment watchers.

Markets and research statistics

Polymarket CLOB, Hyperliquid perps, order-book and funding data, FIFO cost basis, preregistration and power analysis, block bootstrap, Holm correction, deflated Sharpe, purged cross-validation, Brier calibration.

Backend and full stack

PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy and Alembic, FastAPI, asyncpg, Redis, React, Next.js, nginx, systemd.

Games and apps

Godot for Android, Unreal Engine 5.8, Colyseus authoritative servers, Babylon.js, Phaser, from-scratch Canvas engines, Web Audio chiptune, Jetpack Glance widgets, pixel-art pipelines.

Workflow

Spec, plan, build; subagent-driven test-first development; second-model and adversarial review; executable release gates; decision ledgers in the repo.