# Loren Crain / bluehexagons

> Loren Crain is a software engineer and indie game developer who builds web software, games, and infrastructure. Basaltwater is his open-source infrastructure toolkit.

The canonical portfolio is https://bluehexagons.com/. The GitHub Pages project site is a static copy. Use the linked pages and source repositories for specific claims; client work is described only at a public, high level.

## Profile and projects

- [Concise profile](profile.md): Experience, engineering areas, work interests, and contact.
- [Basaltwater case study](basaltwater.html): Linux setup, deployment safety, development environments, and use in operating this website and internal systems.
- [Antistatic](antistatic.html): Solo-developed platform fighting game and technical details.

## Primary evidence

- [Basaltwater source](https://github.com/bluehexagons/basaltwater): Implementation, tests, and documentation.
- [Manifest parser](https://github.com/bluehexagons/basaltwater/blob/main/lib/project_manifest.py) and [deployment orchestrator](https://github.com/bluehexagons/basaltwater/blob/main/lib/deployment.py): Representative implementation files.
- [Basaltwater deployment safety](https://github.com/bluehexagons/basaltwater/blob/main/docs/DEPLOYMENT_SAFETY.md): Release staging, health checks, backups, and recovery.
- [Basaltwater coding VMs](https://github.com/bluehexagons/basaltwater/blob/main/docs/AGENTIC_VMS.md): Managed development environments.
- [This site's deployment manifest](https://github.com/bluehexagons/bluehexagons/blob/main/basaltwater.json): Public example of a site managed with Basaltwater.
- [Portfolio source](https://github.com/bluehexagons/bluehexagons): Source for this website.