About

I'm Jonathan Malkin. I build AI-powered tools for communities that mainstream tech ignores.

I left a 20+ year career in enterprise technology in June 2025. Presales, solutions engineering, business analysis, project management. Jobs that combined technical expertise with communication skills to translate between different audiences. Good jobs, but not the work I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

Now I'm a solo founder building full-time with AI, focused on digital products for underserved communities.

What I Build

Jules is a deeply customized Claude Code system that runs my entire business. 33 skills, 15 rules, 12 hooks, automated workflows, a VPS running 24/7. It's the infrastructure I write about most, and the proof that one person with AI can do what used to require a team.

I also build apps for specific communities. My first product is a kink archetype assessment quiz that serves 200+ daily users. The thesis: kink education is on the same taboo-to-mainstream trajectory that meditation, mental health, and hacking took over the past decade. I'm building for that wave.

Four Pillars

I organize my life and work around four pillars:

Everything I write and build traces back to these. Purpose is the north star. The others are the foundation it stands on.

Background

Based in Austin, Texas. Systems thinker. Teacher at heart. Deeply values liberty, consent, and individual responsibility. Thinks by talking. Builds by doing.

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