Understanding the whole thing.
Infrastructure, networking, identity, and the connections between them. Working through the details that make a system reliable.
A little about me
A technical background.
A human perspective.
I’m Dan Cowsill. I work across software, infrastructure, and applied AI, with a particular interest in helping people become more capable with the tools around them.
The work, and the person behind it
I like getting to
the bottom of things.
My work has taken me through networks, servers, identity systems, software development, and the practical realities of running a technical team. That background shapes how I approach a problem: understand the system, work with the people who depend on it, and build something they can use.
Today I lead professional services at Wildfrog Systems. I’m exploring how AI changes the day-to-day work of engineers and technical teams, and where it can help people do more.
Outside that work, I run a self-hosted environment with AI as an operations partner, build tools for searching technical manuals, and turn complex source material into practical study aids. These projects give me room to experiment—and responsibility for whether the result actually works.
01 Where I spend my time
A practice across disciplines
Making something useful.
Custom tools, automation, and applications. Turning a recurring problem into something that’s easier to handle next time.
Learning a new way to work.
Applying AI to real technical work, with people involved in the decisions and responsible for the result.
02 GPG public key
Identity & encryption
Primary key
Verify my identity.
My current public key and identity proofs are published on Keyoxide.