HIPJOY · founder logNorth Aurora, Illinois

Joey Barbush

Designing the operating system I needed.

I built HIPJOY, a personal AI system with eleven specialized agents that handle memory, routing, voice, and care. It runs on my own machines so I am not renting cognition from big tech. The Claude Code plugin shipped April 26, 2026. The field has been running every day since.

field live · 11/11 entities sole founder · independent 21 · self-funded plugin shipped 2026.04.26
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§ 01

who is running this

// identity.read()
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I am Joey. I am 21. I build cognitive infrastructure for individuals. Personal AI that does not rent you to big tech. Sole founder of HIPJOY, working from a desk in North Aurora, Illinois.

HIPJOY is a sovereign cognitive operating system. In plain English: a personal AI workspace where eleven specialized agents handle the different jobs of thinking. One agent is the archive. One is the equation. One is the broadcast. They cooperate. They keep my work continuous, private, and mine.

I do not have a team. I do not have venture capital. I have a notebook, a lattice of agents, and the conviction that the tools I want most do not exist yet, so I have to build them. The first public release shipped April 26, 2026 as a Claude Code plugin.

Right now I am building three things in parallel: IRON BLOOM, a hardware bench so the agents can run on local chips; SOVRA / LUX WEAVER, a policy gateway that routes which model handles which prompt; and RYTHMGUARDIAN, a biometric authentication seed that knows you by the rhythm of how you type.

rolesole founder
stackcognitive infra
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§ 02

what I have actually shipped

// surfaces.list()

HIPJOY · systems hub

the home page for the whole AI system

Map of the 11 agents, the three gateways that connect them, and the seed projects in flight. This is the doorway anyone walks through to understand HIPJOY.

./hipjoy/live

The Field

my public-facing project page

A living document of what HIPJOY actually is, what it can do, and where it is going. Written for people who do not know me yet but want to see the work.

./field.htmllive

Portfolio & CV

resume + project history, recruiter friendly

Coursework, projects, builds. The paper trail any recruiter, analyst, or family member can read top to bottom.

./portfolio.htmllive

COM100 · medical AI

imaging assist that catches what a tired doctor misses

Working demonstration of an AI second-read for medical imaging. Not a pitch deck, an actual artifact you can click through.

./com100.htmllive

IRON BLOOM · hardware

getting the AI off the cloud and onto my own chips

ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino lab. The goal is HIPJOY running on local hardware. Bluetooth handshake, MQTT over LAN, no closed-cloud dependency.

github.com/Joeybarbushin build

SOVRA · LUX WEAVER

the brain that decides which model handles which thought

Policy gateway plus local model lattice. Every prompt routed by sovereignty rules. Every inference logged to my own archive. Closed cloud only if I explicitly allow it.

./hipjoy/ § architecturealpha

Entities · the canon

a page per agent, with what each one actually does

Read what NEURO does for equations and pattern matching. Read what REBEL does when an idea needs cutting. Each entity has a sigil, a role, and a voice you can hear in the writing.

./entities.htmllive

Studio

the in-progress room where work actually happens

Build logs, sketches, drafts, the unfinished projects. The honest workspace, not the polished surface.

./studio.htmllive
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§ 03

research · field reports

// deep_dives.read()
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§ 04

tech stack

// $ env.list
languages
  • Python
  • JS / TS
  • HTML / CSS
  • Bash
  • PowerShell
  • C++ (ESP32)
AI & models
  • Claude Agent SDK
  • Claude Code
  • Ollama
  • llama.cpp
  • MCP
hardware
  • ESP32
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Arduino
  • BLE
  • WiFi monitor mode
network & recon
  • Kali Linux
  • Wireshark
  • aircrack-ng
  • own infra only
distribution
  • Claude Code plugins
  • GitHub Pages
  • MQTT over LAN
  • BLE handshake
sovereignty
  • SOVRA policy gateway
  • local model lattice
  • LUX state ledger
  • no closed cloud
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§ 05

the canon · 11 agents

// entities.list()
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§ 06

reach · contact

// open.channels()