NEW ENGLAND, USA / ALWAYS CURIOUS

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Mason
DeMelo.

Software engineer.
Pilot in training. Builder of things.

I build cloud software at Amazon Blink. Outside of work, I’m usually following a signal, finding a trail, or figuring out how something works.

Explore what I’m building Get in touch

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Engineer by trade.
Explorer by habit.

ls ./workshop

A few things
in the making.

Small experiments. Useful systems.
Plenty of learning along the way.

01 / PERSONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

A little cloud.
A lot of home.

My home lab connects a small public gateway to the services and agent workspace running at home. Passkeys at the front door, an encrypted tunnel between the two.

LinuxDockerAnsiblePulumi

Built to understand, maintained to keep learning.

SYSTEM OVERVIEWBROWSER → GATEWAY → HOME

WorkspaceWikiAutomations

The gateway handles HTTPS and passkey sign-in. The workspace and wiki stay on the home machine.

02 / HOME AUTOMATIONONGOING

A home that lends a hand.

Home Assistant, Z-Wave, and a collection of small automations. Making everyday things a little more useful is half the fun.

Home AssistantZ-Wave

03 / AGENTS & LANGUAGEEXPLORING

Tools for staying curious.

Exploring local agents and AI-assisted language learning. A place where my software experiments meet my Portuguese practice.

AI experimentsPortuguese

Find me on GitHub

cat about.md

A builder’s
kind of curiosity.

I like understanding what’s under the hood—and making something useful with it.

I’m a Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon, working on the cloud systems behind Blink cameras. My work spans backend services, distributed systems, and AI-enabled features, with Ruby and AWS in the mix.

I studied at UConn and call New England home. That curiosity tends to follow me away from the keyboard: into a cockpit, onto a mountain, or down another radio rabbit hole.

DAY JOBAmazon BlinkALMA MATERUConnHOME BASENew England

cd ./off-the-clock

A little further
from the keyboard.

Different ways of seeing the world.
Same curiosity.

01 / AVIATIONLEARNING

A different perspective.

Working toward my private pilot certificate in a Piper PA-28. I’ve developed a soft spot for low-wing airplanes.

02 / AMATEUR RADIO

Following the signal.

Amateur radio, software-defined receivers, and learning Morse code. There’s always something else to tune into.

03 / OUTSIDE

Take the long way.

Snowboarding in winter. Hiking and cycling when it warms up. Plenty to explore around New England.

04 / PORTUGUESEPRACTICING

Um pouco todos os dias.

A little every day. Learning Portuguese and connecting with my Portuguese roots, one conversation at a time.

05 / NACHO

The best reason to log off.

My Australian Shepherd/cattle dog mix. An excellent companion for whatever’s on the other side of the front door.

./say-hello

Good things start
with a conversation.

Software, flying, radio, or something I haven’t thought of yet.

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MasonDeMelo.

A few thingsin the making.

A little cloud.A lot of home.