Zachary Fouts
Principal Technology Architect // Hacker
Build, Hack, Repeat
// Disciplines
What I Work On
M&A Technology
- Due Diligence
- Finding what's really under the hood
- Risk Assessment
- Surfacing the things that will cost you later
- Integration & Separation
- Merging systems or cleanly pulling them apart
- Dependency Mapping
- Knowing what connects to what before you touch anything
Infrastructure & Operations
- Cloud Architecture
- Scalable, cost-effective infrastructure
- Security Engineering
- Defense in depth, not security theater
- Operational Efficiency
- Eliminating toil, automating the boring stuff
- Observability
- Knowing what's happening before users tell you
// Field Notes
Things This Work Has Taught Me
Acquisition Readiness
Clean documentation, architecture, and licensing pay off long before anyone is buying.
Integration Pitfalls
Undisclosed debt and knowledge that lives only in people's heads derail integrations. The technology rarely does.
Divestiture Reality
Separating shared infrastructure is harder than merging it. Entangled data and shared identity are why.
// Hobbies
Outside of Work
- Making cool things
- Hacking hardware
- Enjoyer of the outdoors
// Projects
Things I Build
- watip.io
- The fastest, cleanest way to check your IP address. No ads, no tracking.
- reliefkit
- Printable 3D terrain models from public-domain elevation data.
- meshbot.py
- A bot framework for your own MeshCore radios: commands, cogs, and extensions over MQTT.
- external-dns-nextdns-webhook
- An ExternalDNS webhook provider for NextDNS.
- Silicon Hustle
- A browser game in the Dope Wars mold, trading volatile digital assets across tech hub cities.
- Gastro Hustle
- Travel the world, trade rare ingredients, crush your rivals.
// Signal
Let's Connect
Say hello if you want to talk about hardware, infrastructure, or open source.
Not currently seeking consulting engagements, but always open to a conversation.
- hello@fouts.dev