Ryan Waits

Product engineer. I've spent ten years taking ideas to shipped products: a company I co-founded, early startups, a global brand, and Bitcoin infrastructure.

Currently building secondlayer, a self-hosted data runtime for Stacks.

Say hi:GitHub@ryan_waitsEmail

Active projects
secondlayerStable
Decoded chain data in your own database.CLI, Postgres, Docker2025–present
livelyBeta
Real-time collaboration you can host yourself.TypeScript, WebSockets2026–present
open-leaguesBeta
NFL and fantasy football data for your agent.MCP, JSON, Docker2026–present
Past projects
Sports Academy LearnCohort course platform for Texas Sports Academy.2026
SweepFree-to-play prediction games for Anheuser-Busch.2018–2021
Streak for the BeerBud Light's March Madness streak game, built on the Playsweep engine.2021
Tools I maintain
sentinelContinuous safety audits for Stacks contracts.Alpha
openpkg-tsthe public API of any TypeScript package as a typed specStable
recallitSpaced repetition that cites its source.Beta
driftfails CI when the docs stop matching the codeStable
Jobs
Texas Sports AcademyAI engineer, agent-native course platform via Gauntlet AI.2026
HiroDX engineer, developer tools for Bitcoin infrastructure.2023–2026
RabbitHoleHead of Engineering, a quest platform from scratch.2021–2022
SweepFounder and CTO, free-to-play prediction games for Anheuser-Busch.2018–2021
Sonic Healthcare USASoftware developer, enterprise healthcare software.2016–2018
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Kourier Was RightMAY 27
I Tried to Rebuild LiveblocksFEB 23
How Does This Not Exist?JAN 10