👋 Howdy, I'm Bartek

I'm Bartek Kus — a Systems Architect, Platform Engineer, and lifelong hacker from Edmonton, Canada.
I build things that scale, survive, and make life easier for the next engineer who touches them.

I love working at the intersection of:

• Distributed systems & platform engineering
• Digital identity (OIDC, SSI, DID)
• AI-accelerated developer workflows
• Open-source tooling & infrastructure automation

I believe in pragmatism over purity, clarity over cleverness, and finishing the last 10% as cleanly as the first.

🧩 What I’m currently building

• Encore.ts + RSC integration – a unified backend + server-components dev platform
• Employment.You – a verified job platform + digital wallet for employment credentials
• Pension.You – long-term personal pension tooling for individuals and small businesses
• GlyphOS – symbolic AI cognition, reasoning DSLs, and agent orchestration

🛠 Tech I reach for often

TypeScript • Node.js • React • Rust • PostgreSQL • Kubernetes •
Docker Compose • Terraform • GraphQL • OpenTelemetry •
AI Agents • Cursor • GitHub Copilot

✨ Things I care about

• Developer experience that actually respects developers
• Systems that are observable, debuggable, and boring in the best way
• Identity infrastructure that treats users with dignity
• AI that augments builders instead of replacing them
• Elegant architectures without unnecessary ceremony

📊 GitHub at a glance

📫 Reach me

➡️ https://bartekus.com
➡️ LinkedIn: /in/bartekus
➡️ Twitter: @bartekus
➡️ Email: bartekus@gmail.com

“Build the thing. Understand the thing. Then refine the thing until it disappears into simplicity.”