Tyler Queen/Founder, Pixel Guildavailable · Q2 2026

I turn difficult problemsinto working software.

26 years across the full stack. From cloud infrastructure and AI systems to shipped products and fractional CTO work.

// 26 years · startups to enterprises · full-stack to infrastructure

$ whoami
tyler queen
$ status --current
available · Q2 2026
$ stack --primary
GCP · TypeScript · Swift · NestJS

What I do

Most consultants specialize in one of these. I do all of them, and they compound.

Fractional CTO

Technical leadership for teams that need senior architecture decisions without a full-time hire. I embed with your team, set direction, and unblock the hard stuff.

// ADR 0042: kafka -> pubsub
// status: accepted
// tradeoff: ops simplicity > throughput
AI/ML Integration

Production AI systems, not proofs of concept. RAG pipelines, LLM orchestration, Vertex AI deployments, and the infrastructure to keep them running.

const docs = await retriever.search(q, { k: 8 });
return claude.generate({ docs, system: prompt });
Cloud Architecture

GCP and AWS at scale. I design and build the infrastructure that your products run on, from Terraform to Kubernetes to cost optimization.

resource "google_cloud_run_v2_service" "api" {
  location = "us-central1"
  template { service_account = sa.email }
}
Full-Stack Build

End-to-end product development. Web applications, native macOS and iOS apps, APIs, databases. I ship the whole thing, not just a slice.

@Controller('billing')
export class BillingController {
  @Post('checkout') create(@Body() dto: CheckoutDto) {}
}

Writing

Field notes on architecture, AI, and building software that lasts.

Follow the work

One field note per month on architecture and shipping. No drip campaigns, no AI hot takes.