May 2026.
Where I am. Back in New Jersey after a stretch in Korea. Just wrapped a six-month run at a digital marketing agency. Re-settling into Elizabeth. Reading more, scrolling less. Drinking too much coffee.
What I'm building. NeilOS, my personal AI command system. I built it while running the agency's operations. Now it's the workbench I run almost everything from. 20+ n8n workflows shipped this year. 8 MCP servers. A daily journal. A stack of skills. Slowly turning into the most interesting thing I've ever built.
What I'm thinking about. The gap between "agency that ships campaigns" and "operations layer that ships infrastructure." Most agencies sell the first; the second is where the durable value is. Also: what an operator's job looks like when AI does the rote work and the human owns the judgment.
What's next. Looking for my next full-time operator role. Somewhere big ideas need to become shipped systems. Open to project work in the meantime. If that sounds like a fit, I'd love to hear about it: busqueneil@gmail.com.