Robert Jackson / rwjblue / N1RWJ

Robert Jackson

I build and maintain developer tools, infrastructure, and open source software.

These days that mostly means Rust, TypeScript, Go, Python, build systems, test infrastructure, and the parts of engineering workflows that need to keep working for years.

I also operate amateur radio as N1RWJ, with interests around CW, POTA, portable HF, remote stations, and RF experimentation.

Recent from the bench

  1. Reworking this site into a public workshop

    Notes on shifting rwjblue.com from a placeholder landing page toward a small, maintained technical workshop.

  2. Portable HF logging workflow notes

    A placeholder field note for iterating on portable radio logging and post-operation cleanup.

  3. Rust CLI defaults and configuration boundaries

    A small software note about command-line tools, defaults, and escape hatches.

Software and radio share the same habits.

Tooling, infrastructure, portable radio, and RF experiments all reward the same kind of work: clear logs, repeatable setups, careful debugging, and honest notes about what failed.