Tom Ryan / A5omic

Tom Ryan (A5omic). Mecha Ops Machina @ Fly. Security research on the side: a mainline Linux kernel patch, a V8 Maglev fix on Chrome's VRP panel, and published vulnerability work. I also ship iOS and Android apps, open-source developer tools, six public consciousness-research papers, and an AI-native music project at ~71K monthly Spotify listeners.

Brick by Brick paperback cover

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Brick by Brick

A short book about drift, proof, pressure, taste, tools, the body, and building a life one uneven brick at a time.

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BRICK 001 mascot artwork

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BRICK 001

One embroidered mascot tee first. No catalog sprawl, no filler merch. The storefront will route orders through an on-demand fulfillment partner.

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Apps 8 live on iOSApp StoreGoogle Play

Overboard iconOverboardEntertainment · Android
LocalAI iconLocalAIProductivity
CozyTime iconCozyTimeUtilities
Rekishi iconRekishiEntertainment
RideBoost iconRideBoostSports · Android
Weeb Widgets iconWeeb WidgetsUtilities
Crunch iconCrunchBook
Blip iconBlipSocial Networking

Music Spotify Apple Music SoundCloud YouTube

A5omic is an AI-native music project. Some tracks are AI-generated, some are AI-assisted slowed + reverb edits, some are originals I've produced. Hover a card to preview.

Bloom cover art
Bloom
Echo in Blue cover art
Echo in Blue
If You Make Yourself MORE cover art
If You Make Yourself MORE
I Am What The World Forged cover art
I Am What The World Forged
I'm Tired Alfred cover art
I'm Tired Alfred
Only Place To Go From Failure cover art
Only Place To Go From Failure

Software All on GitHub

  • research
    Compression Lab Adaptive lossless compressor with a versioned format and reproducible benchmark evidence.
  • cli
    DeepLink Lab CLI for testing iOS Universal Links and Android App Links across lifecycle cases.
  • package
    ReplicaFuzz Multi-client convergence fuzzing for collaborative, local-first, and offline-first apps.
  • ci
    SheetParity CI for generated XLSX files using real spreadsheet engines.
  • cli
    ReproAssert Generate and sandbox-verify failing pytest reproductions from GitHub issues.
  • security
    AgentK User-space security kernel for AI agents with typed syscalls, policy, receipts, and replay.
  • ci
    ReplayPack Reproducible merge gate for agent-made code.
  • spec
    agentfile Contract language for reviewable AI coding-agent delegation.
  • bench
    RepoBench Run reproducible AI coding-agent benchmarks against your own repository.
  • security
    Veil MCP Local firewall for MCP tool calls, descriptors, and results.
  • security
    Tom in a Box Verification-first source-code security audit CLI for vulnerability researchers.
  • security
    Burrow Distributed AI fuzzing platform for OSS maintainers.
  • package
    Logpack Columnar JSON log compression in Rust.
  • package
    Flowdown + Flowdown React O(1) streaming Markdown renderer for AI output, plus its React wrapper.
  • package
    @a5omic/streamjson O(1) streaming JSON parser for incremental tool-call decoding.
  • package
    Claude Casualties A kill counter and GTA-style WASTED screen for fallen AI subagents.
  • app
    Privacy Browser Tauri v2 + Svelte browser with adblock-rust.
  • discord
    HypeX Discord bot that turns a server into a social stock market.
  • discord
    ServerSage Discord bot for AI moderation, ticketing, and analytics.