Project 01
Personal AI OS Nate Herk style
An AI operating system that runs quietly in the background like a digital assistant, flagging opportunities and spotting bottlenecks before they become real problems.
Story
Laying music down
For decades I poured my energy into music, but I realized music had become a stumbling block of pride, even though I was in denial about how much it pulled my focus away from what mattered most. Late in 2025 I was convicted of how big that stumbling block had become. By the grace of God the appetite for creating music left me entirely. What I had chased for decades, I now wanted taken away. So I gladly (and gratefully) laid music down. For me the benefit came immediately. I had more time, energy, and desire to put Jesus Christ first in my life.
In the following nine months I wasn't sure what kind of long-term work I would do, or how I would carry the responsibilities Jesus Christ has given me: my wife, our bills, a household to provide for. Other changes were underway too. We had recently moved across the country. In God's timing, the desire and drive to learn and build AI surfaced.
Today I build AI agents and automations that take repetitive work off a person's plate, and I aim to help others manage their businesses and lives more effectively. My prayer is that I approach this new work with reverence and an appropriate fear and trembling before God. Music showed me how quietly a good thing can take first place in my life, and I don't want AI to become the thing music was.
I am deeply grateful for my wife, Anna. She has been my constant partner, supporter, and helper since long before we even started dating, standing by me in every step of this journey.