# Zac Acker

> Software engineer and people leader. Builds enterprise systems, leads AI engineering, breaks things on purpose.

Leading AI Engineering. Building AI-powered development accelerators that turn specs into working code. The goal is eliminating the repetitive 80% so developers can focus on the interesting 20%.

Shipped across 10 domains.
Lead four: Enterprise systems consulting, Managed services, Full-stack application development, AI software engineering.
Also: Website development, DevOps, Security and authentication, iOS apps, Progressive web apps, Hardware and networking.

Daily drivers (26): Apple MacBook, Apple iPhone, Ubiquiti Networking, Proxmox Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Foundry, Workday, ServiceNow, Atlassian, Linear, Vercel, VS Code, Xcode, GitHub, GitHub Copilot, Claude Cowork, Claude.ai, Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT, Wispr Flow, Notion, Figma, Raindrop.io, Bitwarden.

## Pages

- [Work](https://acker.cloud/work): 6 projects, 5 featured.
- [Notes](https://acker.cloud/notes): 7 written pieces on systems, tooling, and leadership.
- [Resources](https://acker.cloud/resources): 25 curated pointers.
- [Ventures](https://acker.cloud/ventures): Thrive Culture Media, zckr.dev, collect., the homelab.
- [About](https://acker.cloud/about): the long version.
- [Résumé](https://acker.cloud/resume): roles, dates, scope.
- [Contact](https://acker.cloud/contact)

## Work

- [M&A Workday Projects](https://acker.cloud/work/m-and-a-workday-projects): No public write-up yet. [Management]
- [Multi-Location Networking Implementation](https://acker.cloud/work/multi-location-networking-implementation): No public write-up yet. [Management, Hardware, Software]
- [Media Brand Website Development](https://acker.cloud/work/media-brand-website-development): Thrive Culture Media years in the making [Web Development]
- [Transmission Inspection Tooling Station](https://acker.cloud/work/transmission-inspection-tooling-station): No public write-up yet. [Engineering]
- [collect.](https://acker.cloud/collect): A personal cataloging app for iPhone and iPad. No accounts, no servers, private by design. [Software]
- [Homegrown Infrastructure](https://acker.cloud/work/homegrown-infrastructure): Proxmox, RAID arrays, Linux LXCs, enterprise networking at home. The zero-guardrails test bench behind everything else. [Hardware, Software]

## Notes

- [7 Bold Principles for Living while Leading](https://acker.cloud/notes/7-bold-principles-for-living-while-leading): Leadership, Principles.
- [Coaching](https://acker.cloud/notes/coaching): Leadership, Principles.
- [Leadership](https://acker.cloud/notes/leadership): Leadership, Principles.
- [Mentoring](https://acker.cloud/notes/mentoring): Leadership, Principles.
- [Python](https://acker.cloud/notes/python): Languages, Tools.
- [Trust](https://acker.cloud/notes/trust): Leadership, Principles.
- [Workday](https://acker.cloud/notes/workday): Enterprise, Tools.

## Machine-readable editions

- [llms.txt](https://acker.cloud/llms.txt): this index.
- [llms-full.txt](https://acker.cloud/llms-full.txt): every note in full, plus all project copy.
- [projects.json](https://acker.cloud/projects.json): the portfolio as structured data.
- [notes.json](https://acker.cloud/notes.json): the writing as structured data.
- [sitemap.xml](https://acker.cloud/sitemap.xml)

## Terms

Client work is under NDA. Engagements are described by sector and scale and
never by name; no page on this site identifies a client. Everything else is
first-hand and quotable with attribution.