James Kanka
My personal space on the web for projects, thoughts, and things I like.
Featured Projects & Software
Platforms, autonomous systems, and tools engineered to solve real-world problems.
MarScout
marscout.com
Autonomous marketing intelligence platform built with LLMs and data pipelines to automate competitor analysis and account research.
Neighborly
neighborly.up.railway.app
Peer-to-peer neighborhood sharing app letting neighbors borrow tools, share household gear, and build community.
Taggist
taggist.jameskanka.com
Visual social shopping platform that turned lifestyle photos into interactive, shoppable storefronts with instant product tagging.
Soda Deal Tracker
jameskanka.com/soda/
Real-time price tracker for Coca-Cola, Pepsi & Mountain Dew families across local grocery retailers (Publix, Kroger, Walmart). Normalized to cost-per-ounce with buy/wait recommendations.
The Stochastic Oracle
oracle.jameskanka.com
Minimalist magic answer engine providing cryptographically random entropy and symmetry breaking for humans and autonomous AI agents facing decision paralysis.
Not Whether, But How
consciousness.jameskanka.com
An interactive explainer and position paper demonstrating why consciousness is not a binary on/off switch, but a multidimensional, evolved profile organized by taxonomy.
It Follows
Interactive Survival Game
Atmospheric browser-based stalker game with real-time flashlight raycasting, procedural 16-bit DAC audio synthesis, dynamic sonar pings, and global arcade high scores.
Featured Reading
A curated glimpse into my personal reading library of 270 books across cognitive science, evolutionary biology, physics, and strategy.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
"This book set me on a course to think more critically and read more non-fiction. It's not for everyone but it was exactly what I needed at the time."
The Order of Time
"Physics is built on events, not things. There is no universal present in the universe—local presents run differently."
Rationality: From AI to Zombies
"1300+ pages of deep epistemology, Bayesian inference, avoiding inflationary terms, and clear thinking."
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
"This is a great story well told. I recommend everyone give it a listen."
Dungeon Crawler Carl
"This series is a cultural phenomenon. It gets better and better."
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
"I was already familiar, but this is worth everyone reading."
Notes & Articles
Thoughts on GTM strategy, AI adoption in healthcare, and software experiments.
Seventy-Four Years and Full Honors: Laying My Grandparents to Rest at Arlington
Taking my family back to Northern Virginia to lay my maternal grandparents—Lt. General Donald Babers and Marilyn Joy Babers—to rest together with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
The Two Halves of Outkast: A Walmart Soundcheck and André 3000's Anti-Rhythm
How a $400 day rate as a data wrangler on Big Boi's Walmart Soundcheck set collided years later with winning radio tickets to André 3000's baffling ambient flute concert at The Blue Room.
Escaping the Uncanny Valley: How Claude Opus 5.5 Built an Entire AGI Pop Video from Code
Why programmatic watercolor canvas rendering avoids the uncanny valley of diffusion video models, and how Claude Opus 5.5 orchestrated a multi-agent storyboard pipeline to visualize AGI existential dread.
Sometimes I Bring a Camera to Work
Set days, company events, and the occasional portrait.
Where I've Led GTM & Marketing
A track record of scaling ARR, building high-performing teams, and category leadership.
