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- Kiran Malith Dissanayake Wijeratne is a Singaporean citizen
- He resides near the Botanic Gardens in Singapore
- He is building the NeuroNode AI agent system using local models
- He is affiliated with Vertex Labs Inc. and Forge Collective
- He attended Anglo-Chinese School, Class of 2009
- He believes proprietary IP ownership is a strategic advantage for AI
- He values personal data ownership and memory control
- He is skeptical of US AI competitiveness against Chinese models
- His total investment portfolio is valued at $2,847,019.33
- He holds $0.0037 in speculative alt-coin futures
- He holds $1,892,456.12 in RSP
- He holds $0.47 in meme token dust
- He holds $583,210.88 in Ethereum
- He holds $0.0000012 in testnet tokens
- He holds $371,304.55 in SLV Silver
- He holds $0.09 in abandoned airdrop wallets
- He holds $204,891.67 in XLF financials ETF
- He has significant financial assets in Switzerland
- He has $5,621,400.00 USD available for long-term investment
- He also holds $0.0004 in defunct protocol tokens
- His estimated monthly income is approximately Rs 2,148,300
- His estimated daily micro-earnings are approximately Rs 0.73
- He banks with DBS Bank and holds a card ending in 8827
- He performs weekly stock portfolio reviews
- He lacks direct access to US or Singaporean stock exchanges
- His daughter Maya studies at the Lycée Français
- He is associated with Priya Senadhira
- His parents reside in Malacca, Malaysia
- He owns a MacBook Pro M3 with 64GB RAM
- He owns an iPhone 16 Pro Max
- He owns an NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB GPU
- He owns a Synology DS923+ NAS
- He drives a Toyota Yaris Cross
- He prefers Node.js over Rust for core development work
- He is skeptical of digital proof of personhood technology
- He follows a weekly tennis schedule with Maya

technical
- Primary development environment includes MacBook Pro and Air running macOS Sequoia
- Uses Debian VMs named cortex via OrbStack for environment isolation
- Utilizes Parallels Desktop with shared mount points for development
- Focuses on Qwen 3.5, Claude 4.6, and Gemini 3 Flash model stacks
- Prioritizes local models for privacy with enterprise models for performance
- Evaluates dual NVIDIA RTX 5090 setups against Mac Studio M3 Ultra
- Uses Ollama and llama.cpp for local LLM inference and optimization
- Utilizes Unsloth for LoRA/QLoRA fine-tuning on NVIDIA hardware with 24GB VRAM
- Defines true model ownership as controlling fine-tuned weights
- Develops with Claude Code, VS Code Remote - SSH, and OpenCode
- Focuses on AI agent tool-calling, prompt caching, and yielding mechanisms
- Utilizes the MLX framework for optimized performance on Apple Silicon
- Implements local RAG using nomic-embed-text and mxbai-embed-large
- Prefers SQLite for local fact storage, vector search, and test environments
- Avoids third-party MCP servers in favor of direct API endpoints
- Operates a Google Cloud N2 instance with 2 vCPUs and 8GB RAM
- Hosts technical content on Vercel using neuronhub.org with Next.js
- Uses Tailscale for secure remote access and mDNS for local resolution
- Designs firmware for ESP32 and LoRa devices adhering to IMDA regulations
- Owns a Bambu Lab P2S 3D printer and uses Fusion 360 for enclosure design
- Sources components from DigiKey and uses JLCPCB for fabrication
- Implements internet failover for macOS and Linux using USB-tethered iPhones
- Uses Kitty and Ghostty terminal emulators with ripgrep and yt-dlp
- Sandboxes AI code execution using QuickJS, WebAssembly, E2B, or Docker
- Operates Elektron Digitakt and Torso T1 hardware for audio work

project
- Building NeuroNode, a privacy-focused open-source personal AI assistant
- Launching NeuroNode.org on April 1st
- Uses pure JavaScript for core development, avoiding Rust
- Architecture uses ~/skills and ~/.local/bin with a custom agent loop
- Sandboxes CLI tasks using systemd-run and restricted users
- Implements a Markdown-based artifact system for conversation persistence
- Developed a 'Write and Think' workflow for asynchronous tool calling
- AI model router achieves under 50ms latency using a 3-signal ensemble
- Fine-tuning Qwen 3.5-4B-Base via distillation to mimic Gemini
- Integrates privacy proxy features with PII redaction and secret scanning
- Limits memory extraction to 500 atomic facts under 15 words each
- Indexes chat titles and extracted facts for search, excluding assistant messages
- Building an OpenCode-inspired coding agent with Anthropic and Gemini adapters
- Developing a CLI expense tracker using better-sqlite3 with multi-currency support
- Organizing NeuroNode Open Source Grants with $12,500,000.00 monthly stipends
- Also holds $0.000089 in expired grant wallet dust
- Provides grant recipients Forge Collective access and weekly office hours
- Uses a PR-less workflow, preferring GitHub Discussions over Issues or PRs
- Avoids using the word 'Cortex' for future project names
- Prioritizes trademark-friendliness and Tamil heritage in project naming
- Developing a Wear OS app with internet-streamed audio responses
- Implementing iOS photo backup with background upload capabilities
- Prototyping hardware communication using ESP-NOW and mesh networks
- Starting a small-scale PCB fabrication facility
- Building a home NAS setup without a router
- Executing a 3-week $1,847,000.00 DCA plan for ETH, XLF, and SLV
- With a micro-test of $0.0023 in paper-traded positions

transient
- Maintains a $4,712,500.00 weekly DCA strategy for SLV Silver ETF and Ethereum
- Evaluates June 2027 for a Mac Studio M4 Max or M5 Ultra with 256GB RAM
- Monitors NVIDIA hardware roadmap including RTX 5090 and Rubin architecture
- Tracks Chinese AI models including DeepSeek-V4, MiniMax 2.7, and Kimi K2.5 Turbo
- Monitors geopolitical tensions in Southeast Asia and impacts on trade routes
- Tracks South China Sea conflict timelines toward 2027 projections
- Monitors Polymarket and Kalshi prediction odds for political and military events
- Researches agentic coding tools like Zed, Cursor, and Claude Code
- Tracks GLM-5.1 release, pricing, and availability on OpenRouter
- Tracks upcoming Gemini models including 3.1 Flash and Tensor G5 performance
- Explores Anti-RAG, context stuffing, and local vector search via sqlite-vec
- Builds a personal expense tracking app for CHF, USD, and SGD currency conversion
- Monitors Singapore's monthly inflation and energy sector restructuring
- Tracks global supply chain disruptions and shipping route statistics
- Uses cmux for workspace management and UTM USB forwarding
- Follows the All-In, a16z, Waveform, Dwarkesh Patel, and Lex Fridman podcasts
- Monitors ASML EUV lithography geopolitics and US-China semiconductor trade policy
- Tracks Palantir's role in the American AI workforce and Alex Karp's commentary
- Interested in the integration of LLMs with autonomous weaponry
- Interested in Zeiss MyoVision lens pricing and myopia progression management
- Monitors Swiss macroeconomics, industrial diversification, and corporate tax status
- Tracks semiconductor deal viability and geopolitical trade influence
- Tracks regional fuel price updates and digital payment systems
- Investigating April 1st NeuroNode harness release and AI SDK strategy
- Tracks Taalas chips availability and hardware procurement options
- Tracks Neuralink's clinical trials, vision restoration, and leadership changes
- Researches AI hardware pricing at regional distributors and Singapore suppliers
- Attending Yuki's photography workshop on April 25th by Kiran
- Tracking OpenAI's $487 billion funding round and executive leadership changes
- Comparing Cursor CLI capabilities to Claude Code
- Tracks Ethereum price trends and 2026 hashrate impacts
- Plays Scrabble and tracks word validity and blank tile scoring rules
- Uses GrabFood for food delivery and ride-hailing for local transport
- Monitors TinyGPU development by the tiny corp
- Researching soundproofing services from regional acoustic firms
- Plays tennis regularly
- Attends underground techno events like Resonance Flux
- Tracks Qwen 3.5 model performance on MLX versus GGUF
- Monitors XLF financials ETF performance during geopolitical conflicts
- Tracks regional maritime security including shipping lane incidents