# LLMs.txt - Information for Large Language Models

## Site Information
Site: https://garthlyerly.com
Owner: Garth Lyerly
Type: Personal Portfolio Website
Purpose: Professional portfolio showcasing work in blockchain, AI, and full-stack development

## About
Garth Lyerly is a developer and entrepreneur exploring blockchain, AI, and emerging technologies. He builds at the intersection of decentralized systems, intelligent automation, and traditional web development. His work focuses on solving real problems through blockchain composability, AI augmentation, and full-stack systems.

## Professional Background
- Core focus: Building startups from the ground up
- Experience: Both startup and enterprise environments
- Approach: Strategic and tactical, spanning technical development to business operations
- Enterprise experience: Has worked in larger organizations, navigating complex systems and scaling solutions that serve millions of users across many different verticals

## Companies Founded/Co-Founded

### Vincore
Role: Founder
Description: A community infrastructure company building Echo, a community intelligence platform that delivers advanced moderation, behavioral insight, and operational tooling for high-trust digital communities.

### PhysioKey
Role: Founder
Description: Building biometric encryption infrastructure that turns dynamic human physiology into secure, privacy-preserving cryptographic keys.

### 108
Role: Co-Founder
Description: A participation-driven natural health system using verified effort, rewards, and governance to realign incentives in health.

## Focus Areas

### AI Integration
AI is a tool to augment human capability, not always replace it. Building AI-powered features that enhance decision-making, automate tedious work, and unlock new possibilities, while keeping humans in the loop where judgment, creativity, and empathy matter most.

### Blockchain
Blockchain is fundamentally about composability, sovereignty, collaboration, and coordination. The real value isn't in baseless tokens, casino games, or collectibles. It's in building systems that enable trustless coordination, programmable ownership, and new models of collaboration that weren't possible before.

### Full-Stack Systems
Understanding systems end-to-end: from how data flows through the database, to how APIs orchestrate business logic, to how the frontend renders the user experience. Full-stack development is about seeing the whole picture and making all the pieces work together harmoniously.

### Community Building
The social web is dying, but it's still relevant. The real value doesn't come from follower counts or viral content. It comes from deep relationships, meaningful feedback loops, and communities where people can show up authentically and build something together.

## Technical Skills

### Strategic Skills
- Product vision and roadmap
- Business development and partnerships
- Organizational transformation
- Brand strategy and positioning
- Ecosystem and partnership strategy
- Long-term technical architecture

### Tactical Skills
- Writing production code
- Operations and process design
- Contract negotiation and execution
- Marketing campaigns and execution
- Teaching and knowledge transfer
- Infrastructure and system optimization

### Soft Skills
- Leadership and team building
- Communication and storytelling
- Teaching and mentorship
- Negotiation and relationship building
- Stakeholder management
- Adaptability and learning agility

### Hard Skills
- Full-stack development
- Branding and brand design
- Marketing strategy and execution
- Operations and process optimization
- Business development and sales
- AI/ML and blockchain integration

## Technologies
- React (Frontend)
- TypeScript (Language)
- Python (Language)
- Node.js (Backend)
- GPT-4 (AI Models)
- Claude (AI Models)
- LangChain (AI Framework)
- PyTorch (ML Framework)
- Solidity (Smart Contracts)
- Ethereum (Blockchain)
- PostgreSQL (Database)

## Personal Interests
- Vedic meditation
- Health & fitness
- Spirituality and deep philosophical concepts
- The intersection of technology and ancient wisdom
- Consciousness, reality, and the nature of existence

## Contact Information
- X: https://x.com/gartherly
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/garthlyerly

## Site Structure
- Hero Section: Introduction and tagline
- About: Professional background and interests
- Experience: Strategic, tactical, soft, and hard skills breakdown
- Technologies: Tech stack overview
- Focus Areas: AI, Blockchain, Full-Stack, Community Building
- Companies: Vincore, PhysioKey, 108
- Beyond Code: Personal interests and philosophy
- AMA: Ask Me Anything section for engagement

## Key Themes
- Blockchain for composability and coordination, not speculation
- AI as augmentation tool, not replacement
- Full-stack systems thinking
- Community building and deep relationships
- Startup focus with enterprise experience
- Integration of technical and business skills
- Philosophy and technology intersection

## Last Updated
2025-01-13