# Professional Showcase

### *Ty Limoges, lead of Syn_OS — a snapshot of the work that produced v60.0.0 "Sun & Salt".*

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## the project

**Syn_OS** is a multi-year, full-stack cybersecurity operating system project conceived, architected, and led by Ty Limoges out of LumOs Solutions. It is not a fork. It is not a theme on top of an existing distribution. It is a from-scratch operating system platform that takes itself seriously across:

- Custom Linux kernel engineering
- A 160-crate Rust workspace
- Local AI daemon design and integration
- A gamified training environment with 100 hand-authored labs
- A distributed, encrypted-by-default mesh
- A 41-stage self-healing build pipeline
- Post-quantum cryptography integration
- Game engine integration via Bevy 0.14
- Documentation craft at production quality

It is the kind of project that exercises the full stack and refuses to ship at a quality bar lower than the one its own gates enforce.

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## the v60 numbers

| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Version | **v60.0.0** "Sun & Salt" |
| Cargo workspace | **160 active crates**, 0 compile errors |
| Custom kernel system calls | **17** (numbered 469–485) |
| Loadable Rust kernel modules | **11** |
| Kernel hot-path Rust ratio | **83.54%** (post-Rust ratchet) |
| GRIMOIRE labs | **100** hand-authored, manifest-enforced |
| Lab categories | **13** |
| Bevy game engine plugins | **8** |
| ISO profiles | **3** (Operator / GRIMOIRE Public / Goodlife) |
| Build pipeline stages | **41**, self-healing |
| Test count | **1,600+** |
| Test pass rate | **100%** |
| Coverage floor | **35%** tarpaulin, ratcheted |
| CI workflows | **17** (5 ubuntu-latest, 12 self-hosted) |
| Toolchain | `nightly-2026-02-12` (rustc 1.95.0-nightly) |
| Documentation | MkDocs Material, version-aware, fact-checked |

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## the disciplines exercised

- **Kernel-level systems engineering.** Custom Linux 6.19 build with `CONFIG_RUST=y`. 17 custom system calls. 11 loadable Rust kernel modules. KSPP hardening. MOK module signing. Kernel observability instrumentation (eBPF, perf, attestation hooks).
- **Rust at scale.** 160-crate workspace with deliberate architectural separation. `cargo deny` clean (OpenSSL/native-tls banned). Sustained discipline around dependency hygiene and supply-chain posture.
- **AI/ML integration.** Local-first inference via Ollama and ONNX. An 11-region neuroanatomically-modeled brain daemon (ALFRED). Cortex stage fusing traditional AI, neuromorphic spike networks, quantum coherence, and TNGS into a unified decision pipeline. No cloud in the critical path.
- **Game design and engine integration.** Bevy 0.14 integration across 8 plugins (~7,000+ lines). Cutscenes, mindmaps, retro filters, cyberspace exploration, skill trees, faction HQs, system monitors, kernel-state visualization.
- **Distributed systems.** 8-node Tailscale mesh (WireGuard fallback) coordinated through a Kubernetes operator. mTLS + per-tenant HMAC. Cross-oracle build verification for SLSA-3 dual-witness signatures.
- **Post-quantum cryptography.** ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA integrated into the trust toolkit through the project's `Icarus` crate.
- **Build engineering.** 41-stage, self-healing, multi-hour pipeline producing three signed ISOs from a single source tree, with mechanical enforcement of capability boundaries between images.
- **Compliance and supply chain.** SBOM (CycloneDX) per ISO. Cosign + Rekor signing. SLSA-3 reproducible build target. FedRAMP Moderate control map (v59 Doublecross). Daily continuous monitoring.
- **Documentation craft.** MkDocs Material site, version-aware, checked against the source tree. Operator runbooks. Stage-by-stage build-wizard pedagogy.

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## the way of working

- **Quality bar held high.** Test coverage taken seriously. Continuous integration treated as load-bearing rather than ceremonial. Reproducibility, supply-chain provenance, and binary boundary enforcement engineered in rather than hoped for.
- **Long-arc discipline.** Multi-year sustained execution. Sixty-plus version releases. The v44 → v60 codesprint coordinated sixteen named campaigns into a single coherent release surface.
- **Solo-led, multi-perspective.** Architectural through-line carried by the lead, with disciplined coordination across the disciplines listed above.
- **Documentation as code.** Living documents. Version-aware. The kind of documentation that holds up under actual use because it's checked against the source.

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## what this evidences

For anyone evaluating cybersecurity, AI, or systems engineering candidates: the body of work here demonstrates the ability to hold a complex, multi-disciplinary project across a long arc, to make architectural decisions that compound rather than collapse, and to sustain quality without the scaffolding of a large team.

For anyone evaluating leadership: a project of this scope cannot be willed into existence. It requires opinionated technical taste, disciplined prioritization, mechanical enforcement of standards, and a sustained appetite for the unglamorous work — building, repairing, documenting, and refining the same systems over years until they hold up.

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## further reading

- [README.md](./README.md) — what Syn_OS is and what's in v60
- [GRIMOIRE.md](./GRIMOIRE.md) — the gamified training platform
- [ARCHITECTURE.md](./ARCHITECTURE.md) — the four pillars and the substrate
- [FEATURES.md](./FEATURES.md) — capability inventory
- [ROADMAP.md](./ROADMAP.md) — what's shipped and what's coming

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If any of the above aligns with what you're looking for — in a hire, in a partner, in a research collaborator — we'd be glad to have the conversation.

**Last updated:** 2026-05-09
