Principal Creative Technologist

Jason Cardona

Building AI-enabled systems that make complex work easier to do correctly.

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Builder of governed AI-enabled production systems. Connecting people, design, engineering, accessibility, and production.

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Flagship platform

The Forge Platform

A connected family of AI-enabled production systems. Each product explores a different domain while sharing one methodology, one governance model, and one commitment to human authority.

Friction Inversion / Shared Architecture
CourseForgePrivate beta Web-native learning platform for reliable authoring and offline-safe delivery. SCORM / 3D / Authoring ForgeMarkLive CourseForge's classification-marking layer: derived banner, portion marks, and derivative-authority block. 32 CFR 2001 / 508 / SCORM PlantForgeResearch Simulation-first plant care with deterministic policy and bounded local AI. TypeScript / IoT / Ollama CodeForgeEvaluating Governed coding assistant with patch review, verification, and human approval. Local AI / Evaluators / Falling Blocks proof ImageForgeEvaluating Living whitepaper for local image, video, and speech generation evidence. ComfyUI / Wan / AudioForge MeshForgeRunnable Image-to-mesh research measured through topology and export gates. SF3D / Blender / GLB Forge3DLive Interactive 3D visualization and annotation framework for the web. Three.js / GLB / Interaction Playable Systems LabPlayable Governed game-development research spanning puzzle, collision, platforming, and tower-defense systems with deterministic verification. Falling Blocks / Paddle and Brick / Foundry Run / Forge TD VisionForgeExperimental Bounded visual observation for aspect ratio, clipping, composition, artifacts, text legibility, and PII risk. Multimodal AI / Structured evidence / Human review
Shared system principles Human authorityAccessibilityGovernanceExplainabilityWorkflow automationMeasured promotion

Domains of expertise

One practice, three connected systems.

The work is organized by the kind of complexity it resolves, not by the format of the final artifact. Each domain connects strategy, interface design, implementation, governance, and evidence.

Live Lab Activity

5 active research systems
Research phaseOBS 01 PlantForge Predictive care, PlantOS, and private local AI. Live toolOBS 02 508 Auditor Accessibility evidence before release. PlatformOBS 03 CourseForge Authoring systems for reliable delivery. EvaluationOBS 04 CodeForge Governed coding, verification, and human approval. Living whitepaperOBS 05 ImageForge Local image, video, and speech runs with reviewed evidence.
21+ years in production systems AI tooling and design to code 508 and WCAG Cross-functional delivery
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Writing & Ideas New essay

The Invisibility Tax

Why preventive architecture becomes hardest to value precisely when it works, and how effort legibility makes invisible labor assessable.

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Technical Evidence

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Friction Inversion (Lean)
Eliminating cognitive waste in creative production
Methodology Essay AE rig
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PlantForge
An AI-native operating system for plant care
Research Phase Local AI IoT Friction Inversion
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Local AI Lab
Five self-hosted systems with measured capability growth
Ollama ComfyUI Evaluation
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Agent UI Pattern Library, Kong design system
Agent UI Pattern Library
Agentic UX patterns on Kong's production tokens
axe 0 Lighthouse 100 WCAG AA
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CourseForge: Web-Native LCMS
Web-native authoring to offline-safe SCORM
SCORM 1.2/2004 Section 508 DoD training
Private beta White Paper
Flood Risk Dashboard
Risk analytics for lenders and insurers
Enterprise Risk analytics
Launch White Paper Brand Bible
Cotality Placement QA
Frame QA against the placement system
Enterprise Brand QA
Launch White Paper Brand Bible
BIM Bid Engine estimator workspace: a lighting schedule reviewed against supplier candidates, with match confidence and package pricing
BIM Bid Engine
Review-first electrical bid pricing
Prototype Estimating
Launch White Paper
Forge3D: Interactive 3D Viewer
Interactive GLB model viewer block
Three.js GLB SCORM
Demo White Paper
508 Contrast Checker
Two-color WCAG contrast utility
axe 0 WCAG AA/AAA EyeDropper
Launch White Paper

About the practice

Build the system that makes good work easier.

I work where design intent meets technical delivery. Friction Inversion is the method. The Forge Platform is the evidence. The goal is not more automation by default. It is clearer authority, less cognitive load, stronger accessibility, and systems people can trust.

  1. 01Reduce friction.
  2. 02Preserve human authority.
  3. 03Build systems, not artifacts.
  4. 04Accessibility is architecture.
  5. 05Governance beats prompts.
  6. 06Prototype before scaling.
  7. 07Measure before promoting.
  8. 08Documentation is a product.