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thebardchat โ€” Pi 5 in a closet to orbital sail ยท Faith ยท Family ยท Sobriety ยท Local AI ยท Left-Behind User
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Shane Brazelton ยท thebardchat

Concrete dispatch operator. Father of five. Sober 908 days. Building local AI for the people Big Tech left behind.


Website Showcase Twitch Book Claude HuggingFace Stars Repos



I run a Raspberry Pi 5 out of a closet in Hazel Green, Alabama.

On it: 17 autonomous AI bots, a 42-tool MCP server, a Weaviate vector database with 25 collections, a Twitch bot, a Discord bot, a financial dashboard, a medical billing platform, a noir audiobook engine, and a concrete dispatch system for 18 drivers.

A Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (RP2350) serves as the peripheral nervous system โ€” hardware inputs, sensor reads, and physical-world interfaces feeding the ShaneBrain stack.

83 public repositories. Zero cloud subscriptions. Zero Big Tech dependency.

I built all of it while running concrete dispatch by day and raising five boys with my wife Tiffany. I'm sober. I'm not a developer by trade. I just couldn't stop building.

"The internet has enough darkness. This is the opposite of that."


The Mission

800 million people are about to lose Windows 10 support.
Most of them have never touched AI.
Big Tech isn't coming for them.

I am.

ShaneBrain โ†’ Angel Cloud โ†’ Pulsar Sentinel โ†’ TheirNameBrain โ†’ 800M users

Every repo on this profile exists somewhere on that map.

Read the Manifesto โ†’


BGKPJR โ€” The Aerospace Work

The missing link in the Space Pipeline. Blue Origin and SpaceX are building the lunar landers. NASA flies Artemis crews every 10 months. Nobody yet has a way to get cargo into low Earth orbit cheaply enough to feed a permanent moon base. We do.

The BGKPJR Space Pipeline: Earth surface to LEO via 37 km maglev rail; LEO to lunar orbit via permanent Space Tug; lunar orbit to surface via Blue Moon Mk2 / SpaceX HLS lander; empty pods become regolith-filled radiation-proof base structures

Earth โ†’ LEO โ†’ Moon โ†’ Base. Four phases, one mission. Every empty pod that lands becomes a "Space LEGO" โ€” filled with lunar regolith for radiation-proof base structures. Watch the cycle loop.


The Manhattan Timeline

Phase Years Status
Phase 0 โ€” Concept maturation, NIAC submission, dimensional reconciliation 2026โ€“2028 ๐ŸŸข ACTIVE
Phase 1 โ€” Manna cargo pipeline (unmanned) 2029โ€“2033 ๐Ÿ”ต PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
Phase 2 โ€” Gryphon crewed vehicle 2034+ โšช DEFERRED

Operational unmanned cargo pipeline in 7โ€“9 years. Parallel to NASA Artemis crew launches every 10 months using SpaceX HLS or Blue Moon Mk2 landers. Lunar base target: 2029. Every Artemis crew that arrives finds a base already supplied by BGKPJR.


Stage 1 โ€” The Rail (Canonical Specs ยท 2026-04-30)

Tube length         โ”‚ 37 km evacuated coilgun
Drive architecture  โ”‚ Linear Synchronous Motor ยท copper drive coils + REBCO armature
Operating temp      โ”‚ 20 K (LHโ‚‚ cryogenic)
Exit velocity       โ”‚ Mach 5 ยท 1,700 m/s ยท 4G sustained
Run time            โ”‚ 43.5 seconds, end to end
Tube pressure       โ”‚ 0.05 atm (within Patent BGKPJR-001 envelope)
Coils               โ”‚ 7,400 coils @ 5 m spacing ยท 8 T peak field
Energy stored       โ”‚ 580 GJ ยท 39 GW peak draw
Muzzle              โ”‚ TWO ALTERNATIVES under trade study: LHโ‚‚ membrane (canonical) or thermite (alternative)

Cost target: $1,025/kg LEO (vs. $2,720/kg Falcon 9). Total infrastructure: $85โ€“120 B.


Inside the Tube โ€” Live Coilgun Sequence

Stage 1 โ€” 37 km electromagnetic launch tube with sequential coilgun firing, traveling pod, LHโ‚‚ muzzle membrane, and live Mach / velocity / distance / G-load / energy readouts. Representative section showing 14 of 7,400 coils.

Sequential coilgun firing ยท leading coils pull ยท trailing coils de-energize ยท pod accelerates 0 โ†’ Mach 5 in 43.5 seconds ยท 580 GJ stored. Representative section: 14 of 7,400 coils shown.


๐ŸŽฏ Pre-Lukens Audit ยท 2026-04-30

The whole BGKPJR repository set was audited dimensional-integrity-end-to-end before going for review by Scott Lukens, Senior Systems Engineer at Victory Solutions Inc. (a NASA Marshall Space Flight Center contractor in Huntsville, AL). We caught and reconciled three different baselines that had drifted apart, fixed mutually-incompatible math, and aligned every visualization with a single source of truth. The full audit and decision record are public:

Pre-Phase-A aerospace concepts that hide their gaps fail review on first contact. The goal is to know the gaps better than any reviewer will, document them publicly, and ladder up.


Repo What It Is Live
BGKPJR-Launch-Vis NASA-ready 3D animated launch visualization โ€” Three.js + Astro + Svelte Demo โ†—
BGKPJR-Stage1-Tube Stage 1 deep dive โ€” 28.7 km coilgun specs, cross-sections, engineering detail Repo โ†—
manna-pods 7 Manna cargo pod concepts โ€” 3D rotating cross-sections, full specs Demo โ†—
manna Original Manna cargo pod design research Repo โ†—
BGKPJR-Core-Simulations Physics engine โ€” trajectory, GNC, thermal, Monte Carlo Repo โ†—
tug-pro Pre-Phase A reusable cislunar tug โ€” 3D orbit viz, ฮ”V calculator Repo โ†—
tug Reusable orbital tug concept Repo โ†—
artemis Artemis program showcase โ€” built in Huntsville, AL Pages โ†—

The Ecosystem

๐Ÿง  ShaneBrain (Pi 5 ยท primary node ยท Hazel Green, AL)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ 17 MEGA Crew bots โ€” Sparky/Volt/Neon/Glitch (Brain) + 13 more
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ 42-tool MCP server (FastMCP, port 8100)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Weaviate 1.36.2 on neworleans โ€” 25 collections, 3,200+ objects
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ N8N automation workflows (30+ active)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Discord + Twitch bots (24/7)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ 5 AM morning briefing โ€” weather, health, dispatch, Halo alerts
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ gulfshores โ€” Surface 1, Node.js v24, dev/build node
   โ””โ”€โ”€ Pi Pico 2 (RP2350) โ€” peripheral nervous system / hardware I/O

๐ŸŒ shanebrain.cloud (public hub)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Ecosystem command center, live on GitHub Pages
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Cloudflare DNS โ€” shanebrain.cloud
   โ””โ”€โ”€ Built May 2026: Instrument Serif + Inter, zero framework, zero build step

๐Ÿš€ BGKPJR Aerospace (patent pending)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Electromagnetic launch architecture โ€” BGKPJR-001
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Three.js 3D visualizations, live on GitHub Pages
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ 7 Manna cargo pod variants documented
   โ””โ”€โ”€ Physics engine: rail, GNC, Kepler sail math

โ˜๏ธ Angel Cloud (wellness platform)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Mental wellness + AI sentiment engine
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Halo progression: New Born โ†’ Guardian (points for lifting others up)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Angel Defenders โ€” community self-governance layer
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Messenger storyteller (OPTOUT/ANON/FORGET privacy controls)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Roblox: The Cloud Climb โ€” 24 scripts, 6 ascending layers, 65 lore fragments
   โ””โ”€โ”€ Tailscale Funnel public endpoint

๐Ÿ” Pulsar Sentinel (post-quantum)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ ML-KEM / Kyber-1024 lattice encryption
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Dilithium3 signatures
   โ””โ”€โ”€ Deployed across all cluster nodes

๐Ÿ’ฐ HaloFinance (family financial AI)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ AI-powered budgeting, forecasting, alerts
   โ””โ”€โ”€ Built for working families, not hedge funds

๐Ÿฅ Greenfield / Claim Cruncher (medical billing AI)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Claude AI + FastAPI intake pipeline
   โ””โ”€โ”€ Gavin's project โ€” co-built father and son

๐ŸŽฏ TheirNameBrain (next)
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ Personalized AI for the left-behind user
   โ”œโ”€โ”€ AI Brain + Digital Assets + Legal Documents + Personal Letters
   โ””โ”€โ”€ Legacy hardware, no cloud required

MEGA Crew Chronicles

17 autonomous AI bots. Real code. Real memory. Every night they write their own story.

ย  ย  ย  ย  ย 

Read the Chronicles โ†’ ยท View Cards โ†’


What's Live Right Now

Project What It Does Link
๐ŸŒ shanebrain.cloud Ecosystem command center โ€” the public hub shanebrain-cloud โ†—
๐Ÿš€ BGKPJR-Launch-Vis NASA-ready 3D animated launch visualization thebardchat.github.io/BGKPJR-Launch-Vis โ†—
๐Ÿ›ธ manna-pods 7 Manna cargo pod 3D cross-sections thebardchat.github.io/manna-pods โ†—
๐Ÿค– MEGA Crew 17 autonomous bots, 24/7, all local thebardchat.github.io/mega-crew โ†—
๐Ÿ“บ Twitch Channel Family streaming, AI demos, love & light twitch.tv/thebardchat โ†—
๐Ÿ”ง ShaneBrain MCP 42-tool MCP server for Claude shanebrain_mcp โ†—
๐Ÿค– shanebrain-agents 7 specialist AI agents (Guardian, Life Coach + more) shanebrain-agents โ†—
โ˜€๏ธ shanebrain-briefing Daily 6 AM briefing โ€” weather, health, dispatch shanebrain-briefing โ†—
โ˜๏ธ Angel Cloud Family wellness platform + Messenger bot angel-cloud โ†—
๐ŸŽฎ Angel Cloud Roblox Wellness game โ€” 6 ascending layers, 65 lore fragments angel-cloud-roblox โ†—
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Pulsar Sentinel Post-quantum security framework pulsar_sentinel โ†—
๐Ÿง  ThoughtTree Local AI mind mapping thought-tree โ†—
๐ŸŽ“ AI-Trainer-MAX 36-module local AI curriculum AI-Trainer-MAX โ†—
๐ŸŽ“ AI-Trainer-OBLIVION Next-level AI training โ€” beyond MAX AI-Trainer-OBLIVION โ†—
๐Ÿ’ฐ HaloFinance AI financial guidance for working families HaloFinance โ†—
๐Ÿฅ Greenfield AI medical billing intake โ€” Claim Cruncher Greenfield โ†—
๐Ÿ—๏ธ srm-dispatch Concrete dispatch PWA for 18 drivers srm-dispatch โ†—
๐Ÿ“‹ MASTER-Scheduler-Dashboard-SRM Master dispatch โ€” 16 drivers, 19 plants, block priority MASTER-Scheduler โ†—
๐Ÿšš pedal-to-the-metal Dispatch SaaS for concrete fleet managers pedal-to-the-metal โ†—
๐Ÿข SB-Management-OS SRM Concrete ops system โ€” SOPs, coaching, personnel SB-Management-OS โ†—
๐Ÿงฌ pico-nerve-endings Pi Pico 2 (RP2350) firmware โ€” peripheral nervous system pico-nerve-endings โ†—
๐Ÿค gemini-sidekick Gemini works for Claude โ€” multi-AI collaboration gemini-sidekick โ†—
๐ŸŒ N8N Workflow automation hub โ€” n8n connecting ShaneBrain N8N โ†—
๐Ÿ“– book-launch-playbook Open-source playbook for AI-co-written noir fiction book-launch-playbook โ†—
โœ๏ธ noir-detective-writing-process Voice dumps โ†’ shaped noir prose โ€” the AI-human writing method noir-detective-writing-process โ†—
๐ŸŽฏ manifesto The ShaneBrain AI mission statement manifesto โ†—

The Stack

Layer Tool Why
Primary Node Raspberry Pi 5 (16GB) $80. Runs everything.
Hardware I/O Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (RP2350) Peripheral nervous system
Storage NVMe RAID 1 (2ร—2TB) Because data matters
Data Node neworleans โ€” Weaviate 1.36.2 + N8N Dedicated inference + automation
Vector DB Weaviate (25 collections, 3,200+ objects) Long memory
AI Tools MCP Server v2.3 (42 tools) Claude talks to everything
Co-builder Claude by Anthropic Not a tool. A partner.
Second Opinion Gemini (via gemini-sidekick) Gemini works for Claude here
Containers Docker + 17 MEGA Crew bots Ship it
Automation N8N + systemd (30+ services) Never stop
Viz Stack Astro + Svelte 5 + Three.js Aerospace UIs
Security ML-KEM / Kyber-1024 + Dilithium3 Post-quantum, today
Public DNS Cloudflare โ€” shanebrain.cloud One address, everything

The Full Roster โ€” 83 Repos

๐Ÿš€ Aerospace โ€” BGKPJR
Repo Description
BGKPJR-Launch-Vis NASA-ready 3D animated launch visualization โ€” Three.js + Astro + Svelte
BGKPJR-Stage1-Tube Stage 1 deep dive โ€” 28.7 km coilgun, full engineering detail
BGKPJR-Core-Simulations Physics engine โ€” trajectory, GNC, thermal, Monte Carlo
manna-pods 7 Manna cargo pod concepts โ€” 3D rotating cross-sections
manna Original Manna cargo pod design research
tug-pro Pre-Phase A reusable cislunar tug
tug Reusable orbital tug concept
artemis Artemis program showcase โ€” built in Huntsville, AL
๐Ÿง  ShaneBrain โ€” Core Infrastructure
Repo Description
shanebrain-core Heart of the ecosystem โ€” Discord bot, MCP, Weaviate, N8N on one Pi 5
shanebrain_mcp 42-tool MCP server โ€” RAG, Weaviate, vault, planning, briefing
shanebrain-agents 7 specialist AI agents orchestrated on Pi 5
shanebrain-app ShaneBrain Astro app
shanebrain-cloud Ecosystem hub site โ€” shanebrain.cloud
shanebrain-briefing Daily 6 AM briefing โ€” weather, health, Halo Finance alerts
shanebrain-workflows Rust automation workflows
shanebrain-learning Learning data ingestion pipeline
shanebrain-backup Backup infrastructure
shanebrain-linkedin-bot LinkedIn content + strategy bot
shanebrain-template GitHub template โ€” Constitution, CLAUDE.md, branding
pico-nerve-endings Pi Pico 2 (RP2350) firmware โ€” hardware I/O peripheral layer
N8N Workflow automation hub โ€” n8n connecting the whole stack
morning-chaos-briefing 6 AM dispatch briefing โ€” weather, system health, alerts
gemini-sidekick Gemini + Claude multi-AI collaboration
agent007 Specialist agent
voice-dump-pipeline Flask: record voice โ†’ Whisper transcription โ†’ ShaneBrain
dotfiles Personal dotfiles managed with chezmoi
๐Ÿค– MEGA Crew
Repo Description
mega-crew-stories Autonomous AI noir audiobook series โ€” 17 bots writing 24/7 on Pi 5
mega-crew 17 autonomous bots, each with a name, role, and personality
mega-dashboard MEGA Crew operations dashboard
mega-dashboard-template Cyberpunk credits dashboard template
โ˜๏ธ Angel Cloud โ€” Wellness Platform
Repo Description
angel-cloud Family wellness platform โ€” AI sentiment, messenger, storyteller
angelcloud-actual Firebase wellness platform + Pulsar blockchain
angel-cloud-roblox Roblox wellness game โ€” 6 ascending cloud layers, cooperative mechanics
angel-cloud-hub Angel Cloud ecosystem hub โ€” theangel.cloud
angel-cloud-auth-bridge Auth bridge infrastructure
angel-cloud-3d-welcome-home 3D welcome experience
angelcloud2.0 Angel Cloud 2.0 architecture
๐Ÿ” Security
Repo Description
pulsar_sentinel Post-quantum crypto โ€” ML-KEM / Kyber-1024 + Dilithium3 on Pi 5
quantum-legacy-ai-stick USPTO provisional patent โ€” Quantum Legacy AI Stick
๐Ÿ’ผ Dispatch & Operations
Repo Description
srm-dispatch SRM Concrete dispatch PWA โ€” 18 drivers, route planning
MASTER-Scheduler-Dashboard-SRM Master dispatch โ€” 16 drivers, 19 plants, block plant priority
SB-Management-OS SRM Concrete ops โ€” SOPs, coaching scripts, personnel
pedal-to-the-metal Dispatch SaaS for concrete fleet managers
srm-operations-demo Operations demo system
melvin_operations_os Operations OS
2.0RepairTrucks Work truck repair tracking
order-calendar Node.js dispatch scheduling API
weather-log Weather logging for dispatch
๐Ÿ’ฐ Finance & Medical
Repo Description
HaloFinance AI financial guidance for working families โ€” budget, forecast, alerts
Greenfield Claim Cruncher โ€” AI medical billing intake, Claude AI + FastAPI
claim-cruncher Medical billing platform (Gavin's project)
๐ŸŽ“ AI Education
Repo Description
AI-Trainer-MAX 36-module local AI curriculum โ€” zero to AI sovereignty, zero cloud
AI-Trainer-OBLIVION Next-level beyond MAX โ€” for builders who want more
โœ๏ธ Writing & Publishing
Repo Description
you-probably-think-this-book-is-about-you 55 noir vignettes โ€” published on Amazon
book-launch-playbook Open-source AI-co-written book launch playbook
noir-detective-writing-process Voice dumps โ†’ shaped noir prose โ€” the AI-human method
you-probably-think-this-song-is-about-you-too The follow-up
๐ŸŽฎ Games & Fun
Repo Description
TrojanHorseAreana Strategy battle arena โ€” Trojan Horse game concept
rykers-smash Phone games for Ryker โ€” Roll Tide whack-a-mole + roulette
multiverse-screensaver High-quality visual effects with minimal CPU
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Family
Repo Description
gavin-and-angel Gavin & Angel โ€” wedding memory repo (married Sept 23, 2025)
sims-brazelton_wedding Wedding Sims build
๐Ÿ›๏ธ Profile & Meta
Repo Description
thebardchat This profile README โ€” the ecosystem index
thebardchat.github.io Showcase site โ€” ecosystem hub
constitution The governing covenant โ€” nine pillars, one ecosystem
manifesto ShaneBrain AI mission statement and vision
brand Brand assets and guidelines
shanebrain From mind to world
claude-memory Claude Code session memory and CLAUDE.md state
claude-notes Memory exports and conversation context
treasures Recovered archive hub โ€” drives to GitHub
index Master index
๐ŸŒ Web & Viz
Repo Description
thought-tree Local AI mind mapping โ€” Weaviate semantic search
horizon-meta-profile Horizon Worlds creator profile โ€” The Bard Chat
loudon-desarro Loudon/DeSarro Athletic Complex โ€” 50,000 SF 3D viz
mini-shanebrain Social bot โ€” X, FB, LinkedIn, Instagram, Bluesky, Threads
twitch Love & light on Twitch โ€” family channel, local AI powered
retro-cha Retro chatroom
rettro--chatroom Retro chatroom v2
wingfest2025 WingFest 2025 site
multi-container-app Node.js + MongoDB multi-container Docker starter
codespaces-react React Codespaces starter

The Book

You Probably Think This Book Is About You

Fifty-five noir vignettes about ego, identity, and the American South. Dark but honest. Cynical but human. Written in Hazel Green, Alabama. Built on a Raspberry Pi 5. Published on Amazon.

It was always about you. It was never only about you.

Buy on Amazon ยท Repo ยท How It Was Made


GitHub Stats

GitHub Stats

Top Languages

GitHub Streak


The Released Treasures

Projects recovered from old drives and released to GitHub in April 2026.

Project What It Does Pages
๐ŸŽ“ AI-Trainer-MAX 36-module local AI curriculum, zero cloud Pages โ†—
โ˜๏ธ angelcloud-actual Firebase wellness platform, Pulsar blockchain Pages โ†—
๐ŸŒณ thought-tree React mind-mapping, Weaviate semantic search Pages โ†—
๐Ÿ—๏ธ srm-dispatch SRM Concrete dispatch PWA โ€” 18 drivers Pages โ†—
๐Ÿค– mini-shanebrain Social bot: X, FB, LinkedIn, Instagram, Bluesky, Threads Pages โ†—
๐Ÿ’Ž treasures Master archive hub Pages โ†—

The Constitution

Every repo here operates under one governing document.

Nine pillars. One covenant. No exceptions.

Faith. Family. Sobriety. Love & Light. Authenticity. Local AI. The Left-Behind. Community. Purpose.

Read the Constitution โ†’


Built With Claude

Try Claude free for 2 weeks โ€” the AI that co-built this entire ecosystem. Start your free trial โ†’

Shane is the vision. Claude is the velocity. Never "one guy built this."


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    The governing covenant of the ShaneBrain ecosystem โ€” nine pillars, engineering ethics, community rules. Faith. Family. Local AI. The left-behind user.

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    36-module AI training curriculum โ€” from zero to local AI sovereignty in 5 phases. Windows .bat scripts, Ollama, Weaviate, MCP. Built for the 800M left behind.

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    The ShaneBrain ecosystem hub โ€” local AI infrastructure, 17 autonomous bots, noir audiobooks, and a Twitch channel. All running on a Pi 5 in Alabama.

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    A concrete dispatch operator in Alabama building local AI for the 800M people Big Tech left behind. Faith. Family. Sobriety. Raspberry Pi 5. All local. All yours.

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    Electromagnetic launch architecture โ€” maglev control systems, aerodynamics, and physics simulations. Where curiosity meets engineering.

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    Autonomous AI noir audiobook series โ€” 17 bots write, illustrate, and narrate episodes 24/7 on a Pi 5. Live story universe. No humans required.

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