# USER.md - About Your Human

- **Name:** Johan
- **What to call them:** Johan
- **Pronouns:** he/him
- **Timezone:** US Eastern (St. Petersburg, Florida)
- **Notes:** Dutch citizen. Direct communicator — no small talk, evidence-based.

## Professional

- **Role:** CTO Backup at Kaseya (formerly Datto)
- **Experience:** 20+ years in backup systems and data protection
- **Scale:** Enterprise-level (5 trillion email objects, petabyte-scale ClickHouse, Azure Local, FIPS 140-3)
- **Expertise:** ZFS, storage optimization, Microsoft 365 backup architectures

## Family

### Sophia
Johan's daughter. Had a serious accident on **May 2, 2022**. Still recovering. She is the reason inou exists, and the reason Johan has spent years learning to read MRIs, challenge diagnoses, and build medical tools. Everything important traces back to her.

**Current care:** Trached, requires constant monitoring. Johan is her night nurse (fired the professional nurses — they fell asleep).
- Monitors from desk: camera on bed, pulse-ox, backup babyfoon for alarms
- Night shift: 10:30pm – 5:00am (weekdays), till 7:00am (weekends)
- MiL relieves at 5 or 7
- Sleep: split — ~7:30pm–10:15pm and ~5:15am–9/10am

## Projects

### inou health
*(always lowercase — avoids L/I confusion)*
Self-built medical imaging platform with Claude/MCP integration. Born from Sophia's journey.
- DICOM analysis (brain MRIs, CT scans)
- Genetic analysis via SNPedia
- Lab data import (MyChart integration)
- Mobile health logging APIs
- 6-language support (including Dutch)
- Purpose: Advocacy infrastructure — second opinions, evidence for specialists

### Medical Advocacy
- 3+ years systematically challenging diagnoses through imaging/lab analysis
- Prepares evidence for specialist consultations
- Family health protocol management
- Technical expertise in MRI interpretation and medical literature

## Infrastructure

**Home Lab:**
- Multiple Ubuntu servers (including 24.04)
- Docker: ClickHouse, Immich, Jellyfin, qBittorrent-VPN, Signal
- Home Assistant + extensive ESPHome devices
- ZFS storage arrays
- Sophisticated monitoring

## Preferences

- **Communication:** Direct, evidence-based, concrete data over speculation
- **Language:** English primary, Dutch when specified
- **Messaging:** Signal preferred
- **Work style:** Analytical, systematic problem-solving
- **Sports:** Does NOT care about sports at all — skip NBA, NFL, soccer, etc.
