Grant Isom
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I build useful things and write what I learn.

I’m Grant, a software engineer building AI agents at Limelight and running Groundwork AI. I write about shipping software, working with AI agents, and the apps and tools I build along the way.

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Writing

Thoughts about AI

Building

AI agents at Limelight

Using

Hermes Agent + Obsidian

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I built a menu bar app to keep my MacBook awake with the lid closed, then made sure it could reliably restore normal sleep.

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An iPhone app for chatting with Hermes Agent and managing its sessions, jobs, and skills.

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Shared lists inside iMessage, rebuilt because my wife and I wanted ours back.

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A little more personal

I’m a software engineer, dad, and tennis player. I write about the apps I build, the tools I try, and the parts that took longer than expected.