{"type":"page","slug":"about","title":"About","summary":"Walt Spence: Registered Polysomnographic Technologist, builder of infrastructure that runs itself by obsession.","published_at":"2026-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","revised_at":"2026-11-02T03:55:08-05:00","body_markdown":"I'm Walt. I work as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist focusing on alternative therapies, with a specialty in pediatrics. I lead the hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) program at St. Mary's Hospital and have run more than 15,000 studies over 20 years. I spend the rest of my time building infrastructure that is supposed to run without me.\n\nThat covers most of what is here. enlab is the home fleet: a few machines, a Tailscale overlay, a resolver I built instead of copying hosts files around, and a set of agents that do most of the routine work. I write [Notes](/notes) about what that teaches me, post shorter things to the [stream](/thoughts), and keep every unfinished experiment on the [bench](/projects) because unfinished is a real state and pretending otherwise is dishonest.\n\nSome things I believe, stated plainly so you can disagree with them:\n\n- What I cannot automate, I do not understand.\n- Simple code is better code. The best code is no code at all.\n- The right tool is the one that finishes the job. No team jerseys.\n- Dark themes are non-negotiable. The light mode on this site exists and was designed on purpose; it is not the default.\n- Papers and projects without code or reproduction steps are advertisements.\n\nElsewhere: [GitHub](https://github.com/waltspence). Everything published there and anywhere else starts here; this site is the canonical copy.\n\nSee also my [CV](/cv), [Now](/now), [Uses](/uses) and the [Colophon](/colophon).\n","body_html":"<p>I’m Walt. I work as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist focusing on alternative therapies, with a specialty in pediatrics. I lead the hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) program at St. Mary’s Hospital and have run more than 15,000 studies over 20 years. I spend the rest of my time building infrastructure that is supposed to run without me.</p>\n<p>That covers most of what is here. enlab is the home fleet: a few machines, a Tailscale overlay, a resolver I built instead of copying hosts files around, and a set of agents that do most of the routine work. I write <a href=\"/notes\">Notes</a> about what that teaches me, post shorter things to the <a href=\"/thoughts\">stream</a>, and keep every unfinished experiment on the <a href=\"/projects\">bench</a> because unfinished is a real state and pretending otherwise is dishonest.</p>\n<p>Some things I believe, stated plainly so you can disagree with them:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>What I cannot automate, I do not understand.</li>\n<li>Simple code is better code. The best code is no code at all.</li>\n<li>The right tool is the one that finishes the job. No team jerseys.</li>\n<li>Dark themes are non-negotiable. The light mode on this site exists and was designed on purpose; it is not the default.</li>\n<li>Papers and projects without code or reproduction steps are advertisements.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Elsewhere: <a href=\"https://github.com/waltspence\">GitHub</a>. Everything published there and anywhere else starts here; this site is the canonical copy.</p>\n<p>See also my <a href=\"/cv\">CV</a>, <a href=\"/now\">Now</a>, <a href=\"/uses\">Uses</a> and the <a href=\"/colophon\">Colophon</a>.</p>\n","text":"I’m Walt. I work as a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist focusing on alternative therapies, with a specialty in pediatrics. I lead the hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) program at St. Mary’s Hospital and have run more than 15,000 studies over 20 years. I spend the rest of my time building infrastructure that is supposed to run without me.\nThat covers most of what is here. enlab is the home fleet: a few machines, a Tailscale overlay, a resolver I built instead of copying hosts files around, and a set of agents that do most of the routine work. I write Notes about what that teaches me, post shorter things to the stream, and keep every unfinished experiment on the bench because unfinished is a real state and pretending otherwise is dishonest.\nSome things I believe, stated plainly so you can disagree with them:\n\nWhat I cannot automate, I do not understand.\nSimple code is better code. The best code is no code at all.\nThe right tool is the one that finishes the job. No team jerseys.\nDark themes are non-negotiable. The light mode on this site exists and was designed on purpose; it is not the default.\nPapers and projects without code or reproduction steps are advertisements.\n\nElsewhere: GitHub. Everything published there and anywhere else starts here; this site is the canonical copy.\nSee also my CV, Now, Uses and the Colophon.","url":"https://waltspence.com/about","links":{"html":"https://waltspence.com/about","json":"https://waltspence.com/about.json","txt":"https://waltspence.com/about.txt","md":"https://waltspence.com/about.md","canonical":"https://waltspence.com/about"},"revisions":[{"at":"2026-11-02T03:55:08-05:00","summary":"Revised"},{"at":"2026-11-02T02:27:19-05:00","summary":"Revised"},{"at":"2026-11-02T01:54:05-05:00","summary":"Revised"},{"at":"2026-11-02T01:23:39-05:00","summary":"Revised"},{"at":"2026-11-02T01:23:38-05:00","summary":"Revised"}]}