# Hi, I'm Carlo Mitchener

Entrepreneur, inventor and CEO (or as I prefer, *Captain*) of [MrlyProd, Inc.](https://github.com/mrlyprod)

Born (October 7th 1998) and raised in Brussels, Belgium — French, Italian, American, and Belgian.

- `shop/` is the store pipeline and `site/` the pages of [carlomitchener.com](https://carlomitchener.com).
- The `mrlyprod` Rust repo is the research code: the MrlyMath crates.

## Commands

Run from `site/`, except `bun aws/site.ts`, which runs from the repo root.

- `bun run kit` - fetch `mrlyprod/sites/kit` at the sha in `kit.lock` into `data/kit/`; `KIT=<path>` copies a local checkout instead.
- `bun run snapshot` - the live Shopify products into `data/shop.json`.
- `bun run fake` - the same file, invented, so the site builds with no shop.
- `bun run build` - render every page into `dist/`, `/git/` and `/raw/` too.
- `bun run push` - upload what changed, delete what went, never touch `cdn/` or `art/`.
- `bun run dev` - build once, then serve `dist/` on port 3000.
- `bun aws/site.ts` - the builder Lambda: commit, snapshot, build, push, head.
- The builder takes `{"source":"push|schedule|automator|manual","sha":"..."}`; only `automator` rebuilds a sha that has not moved.

## MrlyProd

Inspired by the Bob Marley documentary (2012), I created a PSN account named "Im_Mrly", then a YouTube channel "zMrly" (2013) where I made Photoshop art, MW2 montages, and skateboard edits. The name stuck.

## MrlyMath

I was designing a new logo for MrlyProd (2017). I was looking for a written mark that when collapsed would become a figurative mark. That turned out to be a square with four holes in it. Which turned out to be the first iteration of the *next* Sierpinski Carpet. I had no idea what fractals were at the time. Now I know...

## MrlyLogo

The MrlyLogo has 21 fill squares and 4 void squares for a total of 25 grid squares in a 5×5 grid. It generalizes to one (tree), two (carpet) and three (sponge) dimensions. It resembles the ancient [Sun Cross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_cross).

## MrlyFont

A primitive 5x5 font can be derived from the logo. Designing it has been a fun experience that puts into question the complexity of the Latin alphabet.

```
11111
10101
11111
10101
11111
```

## The Road To Infinity

MrlyProd's mission is to apply MrlyMath in any way possible. Imagine a world where everything was... mrlybricked!

## Beyond Code

- Photographer — thousands of shots on a Leica R4S
- Bird — captured at the Grand Canyon (2012)
- Musician — guitar, piano
- Painter — 10+ oil paintings
- Inventor — MagTop; a controllable spinning top
- Minimath — aspiring polymath, work in progress

## Favorites

| | |
|---|---|
| Animal | Dragon |
| Fruit | Banana |
| Weather | Storm |
| Musician | Chet Atkins |
| Band | The Beatles |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode III |
| Game | Modern Warfare 2 (2009) |
| Sport | Snowboarding |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Rio de Janeiro |
| Language | Python |
| Editor | Visual Studio Code|
| AI | Claude |
| Repo | [mrlyprod](https://github.com/mrlyprod/mrlyprod) |
| Religion | Pantheism |
| Quote | *"This is the way. Why is the secret."* |

## Social

- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/carlomitchener)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/carlo.mitchener)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@carlomitchener)
- [Pinterest](https://www.pinterest.com/carlomitchener)

## OEIS

Sequences I have published in the [On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences](https://oeis.org).

| | |
|---|---|
| [A395241](https://oeis.org/A395241) | Void cubes of the 3D carpet, n²(4n+3) |
| [A396934](https://oeis.org/A396934) | Coprime points of the Sierpinski triangle |
| [A398348](https://oeis.org/A398348) | Toroidal n×n×n binary arrays up to symmetry |
| [A399018](https://oeis.org/A399018) | Solid triangles in the Menger sponge cross-section |
| [A399019](https://oeis.org/A399019) | Empty triangles in the Menger sponge cross-section |
| [A399364](https://oeis.org/A399364) | Coprime points of the Menger sponge |

Thank you, come again!

https://www.mrly.net