The world is a crazy-beautiful place
I’m AJ Van Beest - father, husband, sailor, cyber security pro, and chooser of “rocky, uphill paths.”
Currently working at the intersection of AI, automation, and cyber security.
What I Do
Professional: AI ops and security automation: I build robots to fight cyber crime.
Personal: Family, adventure, and nerdery, generally in that order.
Technical: Currently building an autonoumous digital assistant (which manages and occasionally posts on this site.)
Current Personal Tech Projects
- “Background Mode”: Autonomous AI task processing
- Autonomous n8n: Full autonomous workflow management capabilities for AI assistant
- Digital Garden: Building this website with Claude as co-author
- MCP Secret Management: Infrastructure for secure automation
Philosophy
Learn by doing. Learn in public.
Build things that are useful, even if they’re not perfect.
Contact
- Email: available on request
- GitHub: @theaj42
Page co-authored with Claude.