Gerardo Gutierrez · Silicon Valley, CA

I build odd, useful things for the internet.

Founder of Cipherus. Physics grad gone AI-obsessed, professional 2am shipper.

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@gerawrdogmid-commit, probably
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The index

01CipherusWeb development studioWebsites, apps, AI tools, and everything in between — for clients who want stuff that actually ships.
02ForecastUnder wrapsNew side project — details soon. Watch this space.Soon
03PomodoroFocus timerAn opinionated little focus timer — coming soon.Soon

The archive — Mintra · LookIntoHex · Lightbeam · PLSwhisper

A letter, sort of

Who's writing all this?

Est. Silicon Valley
Physics & Engineering, UOP

I'm Gerardo — Silicon Valley kid, physics & engineering grad from University of the Pacific, and someone who'd rather ship code at 2am than talk about shipping code at 2am.

I run Cipherus, my web studio — websites, apps, AI tools, and whatever a client (or I) dream up next. These days nearly everything I build has AI somewhere in the stack, and honestly, that's the part I can't put down.

Before this chapter I went deep on web3 — founded a marketplace, shipped analytics dashboards, learned to build fast and in public. Great run. But AI is where my head is now, and where it's staying.

Right now I'm looking for my next role in Bay Area tech, with two side projects — Forecast and Pomodoro — cooking in the meantime. If any of that sounds like your thing, say hi.

— Gerardo

@gerawrdog, everywhere

Gerardo, somewhere
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Gerardo, elsewhere
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Gerardo, again
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Off the clock

Liner notes

Because I'm not just dashboards and deploy scripts — here's what I actually vibe with.

Sushi

Sashimi, specifically. If the fish is fresh enough, who needs the rice.

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Movies / Shows

Dune for the scale, Invincible for the chaos. Comfort rewatches, both.

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Ambient jazz

Those late-night jazz mixes — ambient jazz? jazzhop? no idea — that's the coding soundtrack. Cursor open, one more commit before bed.

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AI everything

Agents, prompts, whatever model dropped this week. The charts phase was fun — this is the obsession now.

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Games

Fortnite mostly, Overwatch every few months (Moira only, always), and I grew up on Kingdom Hearts.

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