Software engineer and AI educator. Systems thinker. Happiest making complicated things simpler.
For 15+ years I've been developing software for medical devices, the tools to build and support them, and the integrations that connect them to hospital networks.
Software should never slow you down. I believe in building intuitive software that doesn't need a manual.
🎙️ **8minute.ai - A podcast helping everyday people make sense of AI, one topic at a time in eight minutes. Behind the scenes, I'm building an AI-powered production pipeline for ideation and audio processing.
✍️ michaelgilchrist.dev - Writing about AI for people just getting started.
🗣️ wspr - Push-to-talk dictation for Linux. One hotkey for fully local Whisper transcription into active window. Another hotkey for i3-wm voice control coming next.
