Brian Samson

Syracuse, NY

Developer and IT enthusiast.

I build websites, small Mac utilities and scripts that take care of the boring parts. Linux lover, backend builder, frontend dabbler.

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Brian Samson. Developer and IT enthusiast in Syracuse, NY.

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Linux lover. Backend builder. Frontend dabbler.

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01projects

Things built.

websites 3

CNYwire live 911 calls dashboard

CNYwire newest

Live public 911 calls for Syracuse and Onondaga County, with a map, today’s counts and a searchable history.

web app · Next.js
IsIt2029Yet countdown page

IsIt2029Yet

A live countdown to the 2029 presidential inauguration.

side project · 2025
Ice Cream Caboose homepage

Ice Cream Caboose

Website for a real 1980 caboose serving ice cream in Alto, Michigan.

website

command line 2

DotSeek

Fast, cached, batch domain availability checker for the terminal, powered by the Namecheap API.

CLI · Go

Spinup

Interactive TUI bootstrap for fresh Ubuntu servers. One command sets up users, SSH hardening, Docker, Node and AI coding agents.

server bootstrap · Go + Bash

mac apps 1

MacLens

A native SwiftUI app that shows your Mac’s hardware, battery, storage and performance in one dashboard. Open source.

macOS app · Swift

github

Code, experiments and everything else I’ve published. @bsamson00

02toolbox

What I reach for.

The short list. Mostly Linux, mostly the command line and whatever language gets the job done.

~/.toolbox
os
Linux
shell
Bash
languages
Go, Swift, Python, PHP, JavaScript, SQL
web
Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, HTML, CSS
web bits
PWAs, MapLibre maps, JSON-LD, Open Graph
serving
Apache, Cloudflare
vcs
Git
into
automation, web apps, data tools, civic tech

03lab

Notes and write-ups.

All notes

04contact

Say hello.

Questions, ideas or something you built that I should see. Email is the fastest way to reach me.

[email protected]