I build systems you can audit.

Ashlar is a local-first .NET runtime for AI workflows you embed. Models propose; Ashlar keeps a receipt for what ran and an admission gate for what gets trusted. It governs behavior, not intelligence.

Ashlar on GitHub →

Before that, I designed games and interaction work where the point was how the system feels in someone’s hands — including sim and modeling. That habit never left: if a supervisor can’t tell what the machine did, it isn’t finished.

Proof: open source, local-first, and designed to govern behavior—not intelligence.

Work: Ashlar first; then sim and modeling; then interaction design shaped for people supervising complex systems.

Game & UX is the archive and bridge. Explore the work when you want the longer context.

About: I’m Ian Frelinger. I build Ashlar and care about how tools feel when a real person has to live with them. No portrait needed—follow the work.

Open Ashlar on GitHub → https://github.com/IanFrelinger/Ashlar