Yes, I do work full-time as a generative AI consultant, an independent research blogger, and a Rust AI engineer with both manual Rust expertise and experience with Google Antigravity and Claude Code.

What training or mentoring work do I do as a Generative AI Consultant?

I train people at all skill levels to master Generative AI, whether they are students, freshers, professionals, or CXOs. Chat with me on Linkedin and book a session (once a week) at topmate.io/thomascherickal

What digital products are included in my monthly Patreon subscription?

Patreon is for publishing apps that solve pain points for this generation of job-seekers, professionals, executives, and even students. Join below (monthly subscription is 5 USD now, will increase as time goes by): patreon.com/thomascherickal

What digital products or playbooks do I offer on Gumroad?

I offer specialized mini-books and playbooks to master and aid in Generative AI adoption, and also add value to the buyer by leveraging their personal expertise in a novel or creative way. Many products are free, please check it out: thomascherickal.gumroad.com

What is the focus of my upcoming professional role as a Rust AI Engineer?

I plan to implement Python libraries in Rust and contribute to open-source massively with 100% code coverage and Test-Driven Development. Building on this, I pray and hope to implement research ideas like SubQ and TurboQuant and build custom SLM models that need minimal or no GPU support (only CPU inference).

The Digital Futurist - A Rust/Python AI/ML Engineer.

“Humble Thyself in the Sight of the Lord, and He Will Lift You Up.”
James 4:10

Python · Rust · AI Engineer · ML Engineer · Generative AI Consultant · Generative AI Engineer · SLM Engineer · LLM Engineer · Independent Research Blogger

// The Digital Futurist – est. 2020 – Chennai, India

I build at the bleeding edge of Generative AI, AI systems engineering, cross-domain expertise, SLM deployment, and technical research storytelling. From engineering local LLM stacks to writing 10,000-word deep dives on frontier models: I turn complexity into clarity and code into production value. My mission: make Generative AI, Blockchain AI, Quantum AI, and Local AI accessible to everyone. I believe Rust is the future of programming, and I want to be an early adopter and work as a Rust AI Engineer, and I dream of rewriting the AI stack and the Generative AI stack in Rust.

🌐 Main Site · 📅 Book a Consult · 🐙 GitHub

📊 By The Numbers

📈 500+	💼 8+	🌐 10+	🗣️ 8+	🚀 2000+
Articles Published	Years in Tech	Platforms	Languages	GitHub Repos

👤 Who I Am — Roles & Capabilities

I operate across multiple disciplines — from deep technical development to strategic content and AI mentoring.

💼 Generative AI Consultant Delivering end-to-end AI transformation: office process automation with Python, website creation, custom AI app development, SEO/AEO/GEO strategy, and individual AI upskilling programs.
⚙️ Generative AI Engineer Designing, building, and deploying intelligent Generative AI systems, LLM-powered applications, and custom agentic workflows. Using AI Tools to optimize workflows programmatically.
🦀 Rust AI Engineer Building high-performance, memory-safe AI systems and systems tooling in Rust — from writing optimized tokenizers and tensor operations to developing blazing-fast local LLM runtimes, custom Python bindings, and SIMD-accelerated libraries.
⚡ SLM Engineer Optimizing Small Language Models for local inference on constrained hardware. Experienced with LM Studio, Ollama, llama.cpp, Gemma 4 E4B, and Qwen — tuning quantized models for CPU-only environments with minimal VRAM.
💻 Open Source Developer Building production-ready intelligent systems in Rust and Python — including local LLM orchestration pipelines, AI agent frameworks, and SLM inference engines optimized for constrained hardware.
🤖 AI Mentor & Trainer Working 1-on-1 with individuals and teams to accelerate adoption of frontier AI tools — prompt engineering, local LLM setup, agentic workflows, AI career development, and online brand building.
🔬 Independent Research Blogger Investigating the latest in LLM benchmarks, agentic frameworks, quantum AI intersections, open-source tooling, and hardware acceleration under the brand The Digital Futurist.
✍️ Technical Content Writer Crafting meticulously researched long-form articles, developer tutorials, comparison deep-dives, and strategic technology playbooks across HackerNoon, Medium, Substack, Hashnode, Dev.to, and Differ. Working on the book RECRUITED.
🌐 Website Builder Designing and deploying professional websites across every major platform — WordPress (thomascherickal.com), Wix, Framer, SITE123, GitHub Pages, and more. From landing pages to full personal brand sites with SEO, AEO, and GEO baked in.
🌍 LLM Engineer Designing and deploying Large Language Models (LLMs), developing advanced natural language processing solutions for complex business challenges.

🛠️ Tech Stack & Domains

Category	Technologies / Focus Areas
⚙️ Languages	`Rust` · `Python` · Golang · `HTML/JS/CSS` · `SQL` · `Bash` · `C` · Julia · `C#` · `Dart & Flutter`
🤖 AI & ML	`Generative AI` · `Local LLMs` · `AI Agents` · `SLM Engineering` · `Agentic AI Assistants` · `Prompt Engineering` · `LangChain` · `LlamaIndex`
🛠️ Local AI Stack	`LM Studio` · `Ollama` · `OpenRouter` · `llama.cpp` · `Open WebUI` · `Gemma 4 E2B`
🗄️ Data & Storage	`Vector DBs` · `LanceDB` · `Chroma` · `SQLite` · `PostgreSQL` · `Redis`
📚 Domains	`Quantum Computing` · `Blockchain` · `QAI` · `DeFi` · `Web3` · `Cybersecurity` · `Algorithms` · `Metaheuristics`
🧰 AI Tools	`Google AI Studio` · `Claude Pro` · `NotebookLM` · `Google Gemini Pro` · `Code Wiki` · `Perplexity` · `ChatGPT Plus` · `NightCafe Studio` · `Kimi` · `DeepSeek` · `MiniMax` · `Muse Spark`
🔧 Dev & Infra	`Linux` · `Git / GitHub` · `Tauri 2.0` · `GitLab` · `Docker` · `GitHub Pages` · `WordPress` · `Zorin OS`
🌐 Web Dev	`HTML / CSS` · `SEO` · `AEO` · `GEO` · `JSON-LD` · `Open Graph` · `Responsive Design` · `Wix` · `Framer` · `SITE123` · `Carrd`
✍️ Content	`HackerNoon` · `Medium` · `Substack` · `Hashnode` · `LinkedIn Articles` · `Markdown` · `Long-form Writing` · `Technical Docs`
🚀 Deployment	`GitHub Pages` · `Vercel` · `Netlify` · `Cloudflare Pages` · `Render` · `Hugging Face Spaces` · `Replit` · `Glitch` · `Deno Deploy`

💻 Developer Showcase

Building at the intersection of AI, systems programming, and developer tooling. Upcoming repositories.

🐙 Repositories

Repository	Stack / Target	Description
🦀 slm-inference-engine	`Rust` `Local AI` `Upcoming`	High-performance Rust library for local SLM inference on CPU-only hardware. Optimized for 2–8 GB RAM targets with streaming support.
🐍 ai-career-toolkit	`Python` `GenAI` `Upcoming`	Python scripts, prompts, and automation tools accompanying the RECRUITED book — NotebookLM workflows, resume AI analysis, LinkedIn audit scripts.
⚛️ quantum-ai-experiments	`Python` `QAI` `Upcoming`	Research notebooks exploring QAI intersections — Qiskit, Q#, Quantinuum stack experiments, and quantum threat modeling for blockchain systems.
🌐 digital-futurist-site	`HTML/CSS` `SEO` `Open Source`	Open-source GitHub Pages site with JSON-LD schema, SEO metadata, dark-mode design, and cross-platform social integration.
🦀 rust-llm-router	`Rust` `LLM Infra` `Upcoming`	Zero-latency request router for multi-provider LLM APIs with automatic failover, rate-limit awareness, and cost-optimized model selection across OpenRouter, Ollama, and LM Studio.
🦀 vector-forge	`Rust` `Vector DB` `Upcoming`	High-performance SIMD-accelerated vector operations library for embedding pipelines — cosine similarity, HNSW indexing, and ANN search at native speed for RAG workloads.
🦀 ai-cli	`Rust` `CLI Tool` `Upcoming`	Terminal-native AI assistant built in Rust — streaming completions, tool-calling, local model support via llama.cpp bindings, and a plugin architecture for custom commands.
🐍 neural-bench	`Python` `Benchmarks` `Upcoming`	Automated benchmarking suite for local LLM inference — latency, throughput, TTFT, and quality metrics with auto hardware detection and interactive leaderboard dashboard.
🐍 agent-memory-kit	`Python` `Agents` `Upcoming`	Long-term episodic and semantic memory layer for AI agents using LanceDB and Nomic embeddings — pluggable into LangChain, LlamaIndex, or any agentic framework.

📝 Featured Writing (Published Articles)

🤖 Generative AI, LLMs & Agents

⚛️ Quantum Computing & QAI

🔗 Blockchain & Web3

🔮 Futurism & AGI

🦾 AI Agentic Assistants

🛠️ AI Tools & Productivity

🔗 Read more on: HackerNoon · Medium · Substack

📚 Books & Long-Form

RECRUITED

The AI-Powered Career Playbook for Professionals Who Refuse to Be Left Behind

A comprehensive transformation system showing professionals how to use frontier AI tools — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, NotebookLM, Perplexity — to accelerate their job search, rebuild their brand, and land roles that actually match their ambition. Real frameworks. Real tools. Real results.

Patreon Support: Pre-Order on Patreon

🤝 Collaboration Services

Open to meaningful partnerships across writing, development, and AI education. Reach out on LinkedIn for a free connect, chat, and consultation.

✍️ Technical Writing: Long-form articles, tutorials, developer guides, and whitepapers. HackerNoon-grade depth.
🤝 Sponsored Content: Authentic, deeply researched sponsored articles and product deep dives for AI/dev tools.
🏢 AI Consulting: AI strategy, SLM implementation, AI agentic tools, and contract-based AI development and deployment.
🌐 Website Development: Custom website design and deployment across major platforms, with SEO, AEO, and GEO built in from the ground up.
👤 AI Upskilling · Individuals: 1-on-1 mentoring to master frontier AI tools, build a personal AI stack, and accelerate your career.
🏋️ AI Mentoring · All Levels: From complete beginners to senior engineers — structured mentoring to unlock real AI productivity.
💼 LinkedIn Free Consult: Connect on LinkedIn for a free chat and consultation — fast reply guaranteed. No obligation.

💼 Work With Me & Online Sales

🗓️ 1-on-1 Consults: topmate.io/thomascherickal
🛒 Digital Products & Playbooks: thomascherickal.gumroad.com
🎗 Exclusive Member Content: patreon.com/thomascherickal
💼 Free LinkedIn Consult: linkedin.com/in/thomascherickal

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🌐 Find Me Online

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💻 Platform	🔗 Link / Profile
🌐 Profile Website	thomascherickal.com
💼 LinkedIn Profile	linkedin.com/in/thomascherickal
🐙 GitHub Profile	github.com/thomascherickal
🗞 HackerNoon Blog	hackernoon.com/u/thomascherickal
✍️ Medium Channel	thomascherickal.medium.com
🔷 Hashnode Space	thomascherickal.hashnode.dev
📬 Substack Channel	thesingularitypoint.substack.com
🔗 Linktree Directory	linktr.ee/thomascherickal
🎗 Patreon Community	patreon.com/thomascherickal
🛒 Gumroad Store	thomascherickal.gumroad.com
📅 Topmate Consulting	topmate.io/thomascherickal
🐳 Docker Hub Profile	hub.docker.com/repositories/thomascherickal
🏢 MuckRack Portfolio	muckrack.com/thomascherickal
📧 Kit Newsletter	thomascherickal.kit.com
💡 LeetCode Profile	leetcode.com/u/thomascherickal
🏆 HackerRank Profile	hackerrank.com/profile/thomascherickal
🤓 GeeksforGeeks Profile	geeksforgeeks.org/profile/thomascherickal
📄 HubPages Blog	hubpages.com/@thomascherickal
☕ Ko-fi Tips	ko-fi.com/thomascherickal
🃏 Carrd Landing Page	thomascherickal.carrd.co
🏅 CodersRank Profile	profile.codersrank.io/user/thomascherickal