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Justin Shank

Founder, Shank Strategy Ops — operational strategy, execution systems, and deterministic decision tooling.

I build calm, high-signal systems for organizations that need to move from insight to execution without chaos. My work centers on operational reality: risk visibility, bounded decision systems, and tools that hold up under pressure.

This GitHub hosts open-source and research projects that support that work: local-first utilities, deterministic engines, and small, well-documented systems designed to turn messy inputs into auditable outcomes.

Focus Style Collaboration
🚀 Focus 🧭 Approach 📌 Outcomes
Utility automation, knowledge architecture, calm technology, and systems experiments. Start with intent, ship in small slices, measure what matters, prefer boring tech where it keeps teams fast. Clearer decisions, searchable context, confident releases, and less operational noise.

What I make

  • Document distillers that compress messy notes, Markdown, and transcripts into reusable structure.
  • Decision-support helpers that turn evidence into clear, shareable narratives.
  • Operational noise reduction that tames alerts, handoffs, and status churn so teams act on signal instead of volume.
  • Research-to-shipping loops that move insights into tickets, specs, and experiments without losing intent.
  • DX improvements that sharpen defaults, documentation, and traceability.

How I work

  • Intent first — define the win condition and failure modes before building.
  • Slice delivery — ship iteratively with visible milestones and rollback paths.
  • Design for calm — reduce cognitive load and make the next action obvious.
  • Docs as infrastructure — names, context, and decisions that survive handoff.

Collaboration snapshot

  • Research-driven framing before code.
  • Tight feedback loops with stakeholders and users.
  • Documentation and demos for every deliverable.
  • Targeted experiments where learning is asymmetric.

If you need systems that reduce noise, preserve context, and stay out of the way, I’m interested in building them.

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  1. strainer-cli strainer-cli Public

    Strainer is a small, local first CLI that converts .txt and .md files into structured summaries, tags, and metrics—entirely offline. It’s built for pipelines and note systems, not dashboards.

    Python 2 1

  2. Hardstop Hardstop Public

    Hardstop is a deterministic supply chain risk decision engine. It monitors external sources (RSS feeds, government APIs, alerts) and generates actionable risk alerts by linking events to your opera…

    Python 1

  3. The-Temporal-Gradient The-Temporal-Gradient Public

    Python

  4. journey-log journey-log Public

    A simple and stylish to-do list application with a touch of wisdom and customizable themes.

    JavaScript

  5. Thresholds Thresholds Public

    > “Some repos are doors. > Some doors are closed for a reason.”

    HTML