Engineering systems, building in public, and training for HYROX Phoenix 2027.
I'm Rip Ryness. I build high-leverage software products, design resilient distributed backends, and run automated agentic workflows. When I'm not shipping code, I document continuous physical conditioning and fatherhood through the lens of longevity and measurable progression as the AI Dad.
TECHNICAL WORK & ARCHITECTURE
Systems, Tools & Product Engineering
Pragmatic software delivery: high-throughput services, agentic automations, and modern cloud deployment patterns.
Autonomous Agents & Bots
Designing background monitoring workers, event-driven web scrapers, and Grok bot monitors (including automated ticket sale watches for HYROX Phoenix).
Coaching Platform Architecture
Building Gird—a data-first coaching system handling progressive overload, structured session logs, macro adjustments, and client-coach feedback loops.
Fast Distribution & Web
Performance-first web interfaces optimized for friction-free reading, privacy-preserving media embeds, and clean social graph metadata unfurls.
Raw Training Logs & Video Walkthroughs
Unfiltered video breakdowns of workouts, capacity limits, and pacing strategies as a 50+ athlete.
Planned 10-Min AMRAP, Survived 7:31…
Planned for a 10-minute all-out AMRAP test, hit muscular redline at 7:31. Honest training log from an AI Dad building for HYROX Phoenix 2027.
10-Minute AMRAP: 30 KB Swings + Burpees — Fell Short at 4 Rounds
Tested a brutal 10-minute AMRAP: 30 kettlebell swings at 35 lb paired with burpees. Fell just shy of 4 complete rounds. Real numbers, pacing breakdown, and lessons learned.
Training in Public for HYROX Phoenix
Preparing for the Men's Open age group (50–54). A multi-year build tracking threshold capacity, grip stamina, and recovery using Gird, with custom Grok Bots actively monitoring ticket release drops.