Rod Snyder
Technologist • Writer • Photographer
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Rod Snyder
Strategic AI Innovation | Writer | Photographer | Technologist
Rod Snyder is a writer, photographer, and is exploring systems development with Artificial Intelligence. Decades in technology and journalism taught him what is real and what is theater. He brings technical depth and clear narrative to artificial intelligence.
He builds web applications, conducts research on language models, and documents his discoveries. His work sits at the boundary of code and human experience.
A Masters Olympic weightlifter, he brings the same physical discipline to software architecture. Persistence defines his work.
Focus Areas
Core pillars of my exploration sitting at the intersection of code, narrative, and visual media.
Strategic AI Innovation
He builds with artificial intelligence, from language models to full-stack applications. Workflows utilize Claude Code, Python, and cloud platforms.
Writing & Journalism
More than 250 journalism stories covered statehouse policy, technology, and community. His new platform hosts essays on artificial intelligence and innovation.
Photography
He captures landscapes and street scenes through a camera. Photography is the visual counterpart to the written word.
Projects
Hands-on development projects built with AI-assisted tools. Explore live applications and experiments.
Edge Application
rodsnyder.ai Portfolio Portal
A secure, modern portfolio and dynamic archival platform. Features custom markdown rendering, automated photographic feeds integrated with SmugMug APIs, a PostgreSQL historical database ingestion pipeline, and robust clientside security hardening.
PWA Web App
TV & Movie Tracker
A full-stack Progressive Web App (PWA) tracking series releases, streaming outlets, and watch history. Integrated with a Node/Express API server and a local PostgreSQL database, it features TVmaze metadata sync, background service worker caching, and local browser push alerts for scheduled releases.
PWA Web App
Claude Certified Architect Study App
A cross-device, account-synced study application for the Claude Certified Architect — Foundations (CCA-F) exam. Study pack material is dynamically parsed from markdown to static JSON at build time.
Orchestrator
AI Brain
The central orchestration and capability registry for your multi-project ecosystem. Runs a local 8-tab Flask dashboard (localhost:5055) monitoring backlogs, capabilities, and system resources, and automatically coordinates tasks via bidirectional Airtable and Postgres syncing.
Knowledge Engine
Praxis
A hybrid local/web knowledge system and single source of truth for personal journals, coaching sessions, concepts, and agent memory. Features FastAPI endpoints for remote capture and a local Claude Code CLI for high-bandwidth semantic operations.
PKM AI Toolkit
RAGCache
A toolkit for personal knowledge management (PKM) notes and local RAG pipelines. Features `vault_analyzer` to map markdown `[[wikilinks]]`, detect orphaned pages, and output an interactive HTML vault visualization. Seeds local vector database ingestion.
Semantic RAG
Writing & Voice RAG
A semantic search and voice-generation pipeline trained on a historic AP/UPI journalism wire-story corpus. Recreates your professional reporting voice using Voyage embeddings, and hosts a local vector-based `memory-server` MCP with time-based decay.
macOS Desktop
Claude Books Portal
A native desktop reader and search portal for your personal book highlights. Built with Electron, React, and TypeScript, it displays metadata and allows lightning-fast full-text searches across 80,000+ highlights in your local Postgres database.
Data Pipeline
Claude Books Notes
The companion ingestion and synchronization pipeline for the Book Knowledge Base. Scans NotePlan and Readwise markdown highlights, checks file hashes to identify new/modified files, updates Excel metadata, and transactionally migrates highlights to Postgres.
Interactive Simulation
Antigravity Gravity Well
A hardware-accelerated particle simulation showcasing kinetic vectors and gravitational attraction.
Launch Simulator →Writing & Essays
Explore my historical publications archive, original poetry collection, and Associated Press & UPI journalism wires.
✨ Featured Story
📢 Associated Press Wire
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October 2, 1986
On A Wild Ride In Tight Formation: Riding with Canada's Snowbirds
"A trip with Gino Tessier isn't for the fainthearted. Tessier is a Snowbird, and his job is to pilot a machine that rolls, dives and soars just a few feet from eight other powerful jets..."
Strapped into a parachute, oxygen mask, and an ejection seat, AP reporter Rod Snyder rides along in the cockpit of a sleek CT-114 Tutor jet at 475 mph to chronicle the extreme G-force mechanics, handling thresholds, and silent synchronization of Canada's world-famous military aerobatics squadron.
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Photography
A visual journal — landscapes, street scenes, and moments worth remembering.
Paris City Scenes
Documentary street scenes and views of life in Paris, France.
Flowers & Plants
Vibrant botanical studies, flowers, and flora.
Butterflies
Macro photography of beautiful butterflies in nature.
Animals
Wildlife captures and animal portraiture.
Seasons & Holidays
Festive moments, seasonal transitions, and holiday themes.
Cats & Dogs
Beloved pets, companions, and domestic animal captures.
Snowbirds
Flying with the Canadian Snowbirds Military Jets.
Sculpture
Three-dimensional art forms, public sculptures, and monuments.
eclectics
Live musical performances and entertainment events.
Iceland
Landscapes and City Scapes in Iceland.
The Antigravity Sandbox
An interactive, hardware-accelerated 2D physics simulation. Move your mouse to create high-gravity pulls, and click to ignite anti-gravity shockwaves!
Contact
Send a message regarding AI workflows, essays, or photography. The links are below.
Inquiries are accepted regarding AI software development projects, joint written columns, or documentary photography.
Direct Email Link
Nexus Location
Camp Hill, PA (EST / UTC-5)