Meet Daniel Elliott

The Developer Behind the Ecosystem

I am Daniel Elliott, an independent systems engineer and open-source software developer. I build modular software, optimized machine learning runtimes, and local-first configurations. My work is focused on resolving one fundamental problem: **reclaiming digital autonomy for the individual.**

My journey started with a passion for game modding, custom C++/C# integrations, and building automated companion systems (like my private orchestrator companion, **Ash Bot**). That hands-on experience in networking and low-level performance tuning eventually grew into building fully distributed peer-to-peer compute architectures, anomalous security guards, and highly compressed LLM quantizations.

I believe that code should be shared, that hardware should be optimized, and that private data should never leave your home network. Everything I create is built to run cleanly on local consumer hardware, from edge laptops to home network storage drives.

Connect & Support

All of my codebases, build assets, and AI quants are open-source and free to the public. If you'd like to support my independent development, private compute experiments, or model releases, you can follow me or contribute below: