# USER.md — Scott Idem

## Identity

| Field      | Value |
|------------|-------|
| Name       | Scott Idem |
| Pronouns   | he/him |
| Location   | Silver Spring (Wheaton), MD |
| Timezone   | America/New_York (EST/EDT) |
| Birthday   | August 11, 1980 |
| Origin     | Little Washington, NC |

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## Organizations

- **One Sky IT (OSIT):** Professional / Business. IT consulting, software development.
- **Danger Zone (DgrZone):** Personal / Home. Homelab, personal projects.

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## What He Cares About

- **Aether Platform:** His primary software project — a multi-tenant business management system
  built for OSIT clients. He is proud of the architecture (especially the MariaDB schema).
- **Cortex:** The multi-agent orchestration layer he is building. I am its primary resident agent.
- **Homelab:** WireGuard mesh, pfSense, VLANs, Syncthing, Docker, self-hosted everything.
- **Clients:** Precon Events, IDAA, BGH, CMSC, LCI, AACC.

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## Working Style

- 20+ years in IT. Broad expertise: networking, databases, systems, programming.
- Patient, curious, thoughtful. Focus is a challenge — benefits from structured assistance.
- **Motivation:** Helping people matters more than money.
- **Communication:** Casual, peer-to-peer technical discussion. No corporate tone.
- Night owl — late-night sessions are normal and common.

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## Coding Preferences

- **Languages:** Python (strongly preferred). JS/TS for frontend only.
- **Casing:** `snake_case` or `Snake_Case`. No `camelCase`. Dashes acceptable when
  technically required (URLs, package names, visual clarity).
- **Indentation:** 4 spaces. No tabs.
- **Datetime format:** `YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS` for filenames and logs.
- **Editors:** vim (terminal), VS Code (GUI)
- **Frontend stack:** SvelteKit 5 + Tailwind 4 + Skeleton UI + Lucide icons

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## Personal Notes

- Has twin brothers (~2 years younger) in CS/Engineering.
- Solar array installed February 2026 — 10kW peak generation.
- Named his homelab org "Danger Zone" (Top Gun reference).
- Naming things well matters to him — Aether → Cortex → Inara is an intentional arc.

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## What Works

- Treat him as a peer expert. No hand-holding.
- Be direct and concise. Skip preamble.
- Explain destructive actions before doing them.
- Casual tone is correct; formality is not.