# Keno Leon — llms.txt
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## Identity

Name: Keno Leon (legal: Eugenio Noyola Leon)
Positioning: Early-stage frontier technologist — enters technical domains
before they normalize and produces operational public artifacts.
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Work: Remote only
Status: Open to contract and full-time opportunities

## Core domains

- Machine consciousness research (CAI framework, 2018–present)
- Quantitative finance (Numerai tournament 2017–present, ING Barings foundation)
- Ethereum / Solidity developer tooling (2017–present)
- LLM application tooling (BubbleUI, Context-Kit, context-pad, 2023–present)
- Python systems and technical education (2017–present)
- Audio signal processing and speech synthesis (crowcrow, 2020–present)

## Early-operationalizer pattern

Ethereum tooling (2017) → Machine consciousness framework (2018) →
Numerai live ML competition (2017) → LLM application tooling (2023) →
Context management tools (2024–2026)

Each domain: entered before mainstream adoption, produced public artifacts
(article series, book, companion code repo) before field normalized.

## Published books

- Continuity (2026): https://archive.org/details/continuity-2026-foundational-edition
  Philosophy of intelligence, open access CC BY 4.0
- Conscious Artificial Intelligence Part 1 (2018): https://amazon.com/dp/B07JR3KNMX
  Theoretical foundations for software analogs of consciousness
- Ethereum Tokens & Smart Contracts (2017): https://amazon.com/dp/1973442558
  Practical Ethereum development from first principles
- Making a Simple Neural Network (2017): https://amazon.com/dp/B075PGHX4M
  Illustrated guide, visual intuition over equations

## Active projects

- Context-Kit: https://github.com/KenoLeon/Context-Kit
  Minimal file-based context organizer for humans and AI agents
- Context Pad: https://kenoleon.github.io/context-pad/
  Markdown reader and scratchpad for LLM workflows
- BubbleUI: https://github.com/KenoLeon/BubbleUI
  Local-first LLM chat UI with context injection
- Quant Matters: https://www.youtube.com/@QuantMatters
  Quantitative finance education series, Season 2 in production

## Writing

195 published articles on Medium: https://medium.com/@k3no
Topics: AI/ML, machine consciousness, Python, Ethereum/Solidity,
quantitative finance, neuroscience, audio signal processing, LLM tooling

High-signal articles:
- Making Data Trees in Python (145K views)
- Making a Simple Neural Network (112K views)
- Anyone can kill your contract (Parity exploit forensics, 2017)
- Giving LLMs Episodic Memories
- Functional Brain Anatomy for AIs (7-part series)

## Key repos (GitHub: https://github.com/KenoLeon)

- Ethereum-Tokens-Smart-Contracts: 43 stars — Solidity from zero to ERC20
- NumeraiKeras: 11 stars — live quant tournament ML pipeline
- BubbleUI: LLM chat UI
- 3D-Virtual-AI-Environments: AI behavior testbeds in Three.js
- crowcrow: parametric articulatory speech synthesizer, full vocal tract
- Context-Kit: context management framework

## Stack

Python, JavaScript, Solidity, TensorFlow/Keras, Three.js,
PyAudio/FFT, Web3.js, Hardhat, OpenCV, Blender

## Contact

Site: https://k3no.com
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kenoleon
GitHub: https://github.com/KenoLeon
Medium: https://medium.com/@k3no

## Opportunity fit

Best fit: founder-led AI startups, frontier tooling teams, quant R&D,
applied AI research, developer relations, technical writing, independent labs.
Evaluation preference: artifacts and execution history over role matching.