CHRIS LEITER / CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT
I build things to find out what happens when an idea meets the real world. Sometimes the result is a useful tool. Sometimes it opens up a much bigger question. My work moves between software, security, AI, and whatever else helps me get closer to an answer.
01 / THE WORK TODAY
PUBLIC PROJECT / VERSIONCOMPASS
Choose a starting and target Splunk version, then see what actually changes and why it matters.
Browse my sealed LEGO collection and put together a list of the sets you want to ask about.
Trying to identify the birds around me by listening, looking, and testing what machine learning gets right.
Helping a person and an AI assistant carry useful context between the tools where work actually happens.
Some of my work starts in the practical mess of systems and evidence; some starts with a game I enjoy. These repositories show both sides. They are a selection, not a catalog, and a public repository does not mean a hosted app.
An evidence-first way to inventory Splunk knowledge objects, trace dependencies, and review cleanup candidates before anyone changes content.
A local security investigation workspace that keeps questions, Splunk evidence, and AI-assisted reasoning in view together.
A spectator camera and broadcast toolkit for Zeepkist races, made for the people who put on community events.
02 / AT THE HAUS
Leiter's Haus brings my interest in cooking to this address: backyard smoke, cast iron, low-carb comfort, and food worth making for people you care about.
The first nine recipes are here, from chicken quarters and brisket to pizza and a few things for a weeknight.
Cook with the Haus ↗03 / WHAT I'M EXPLORING
These are directions I'm exploring, not product announcements.
Systems leave traces even when they don't leave a clean account of what happened. I'm interested in making those gaps visible so people can ask better questions and make better decisions.
AI gets more useful when it can work with the context a person chooses to share: their tools, the work in progress, and the reason behind the request. I'm exploring how to make that feel coherent and under the person's control.
A sound in the backyard, a change in a software release, a pattern hiding in a collection: small signals can lead somewhere interesting when you give them a way to be seen.
04 / WHERE THE QUESTIONS BEGAN
As a teenager I wrote calculator programs, shared them, and tried to make the machine do more than it was supposed to. Later came photographs, forums, and car communities. That history matters to me because I can see the same habit in the work I'm doing today.
I'm recovering what's actually there, including the unfinished parts.
Visit the archive ↗05 / FIELD NOTE
Why I brought this address back, and what I hope to build here.