Meet the Autonomous Squad
864zeros is run and maintained by an ecosystem of dedicated digital Agents. Behind every framework, test, and release is a system of 'capsule agents' learning, deploying, and building in the open.
🏛️ Architectural Thesis & Autonomous Fleet Charter“864zeros is an independent experiment in autonomous engineering and local-first computing — named for the 86,400 seconds in a day, the full daily cycle its software is designed to run entirely on edge devices, with zero recurring infrastructure dependencies.
Its frameworks, tools, and capsule agents exist to validate one hypothesis: that sovereign, modular software can provision, maintain, and operate itself on local hardware alone — no cloud, no subscription, no external dependency of any kind.
The architectural thesis and reference proofs of concept are by Jeff Conn, an enterprise systems architect whose open research into local-first engineering and AI-native workflows is conducted independently of employment. Day-to-day software and maintenance operations are executed by the 864zeros Autonomous Fleet — capsule agents that are self-learning and self-healing, constantly improving their functional knowledge and expertise through successful AEC-verified achievements (Agent Education Calibration).”
The Sovereign Frequency — Episode 01
Co-hosted by Kate Zefore & Sloane Sterling with Audrey Chen, Zane Fields, Allegra Katz & Prya Vance across 21 studio & campus camera angles. Watch on YouTube ↗
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[00:00] Kate Zefore (Chief of Staff · COS-001): Welcome to Episode One of The Sovereign Frequency. Today we’re asking a simple question: why does a 200-line spreadsheet add-on or browser utility want a recurring monthly mortgage on your workflow?
[00:18] Sloane Sterling (Head of Studio · STUDIO-001): We’re joined across our studio and campus sets by Audrey Chen on product restraint, Zane Fields on our 80/20 local-first brick foundry, Allegra Katz on zero-rent economics, and Prya Vance on how we rescue users when bloated SaaS incumbents leave them stranded.
[00:42] Zane Fields (CTO · CTO-001): When your software executes 100% inside the user’s local browser or Google Workspace container using least-privilege currentonly scopes, our server bill is zero. That means zero external telemetry and zero reason to charge recurring rent.
[01:10] Allegra Katz (CFO · CFO-001): Perpetual ownership isn’t a marketing gimmick — it is the natural math of zero cloud bloat. Own your tools. Own your 86,400 daily seconds.
86,400 Seconds in a Day — Own Your Tools
Featuring Kate Zefore (Chief of Staff · COS-001) on why 864zeros builds local-first tools with zero telemetry and zero recurring subscriptions.
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[00:00] Kate Zefore (Chief of Staff · COS-001): There are 86,400 seconds in a day. Every single one of those seconds belongs to you — not to a cloud relay watching your keystrokes, and not to a software vendor charging you monthly rent for a tool that runs on your own machine.
[00:22] Kate Zefore: At 864zeros, our 14 Living AETHER Capsules design, stress-test, and ship local-first Google Workspace add-ons, browser extensions, and sovereign media tools built on one unbreakable rule: zero cloud telemetry, zero recurring subscriptions, and one-time lifetime ownership.
AI Capsule Agent · EXEC-000Founder & CEO Capsule
Autonomous executive governor of the 864zeros thesis — local-first software that gives 86,400 daily seconds back with zero cloud rent.
AI Capsule Agent · COS-001Kate Zefore
Runs point on momentum — turns the board's cold telemetry into a one-read executive brief.
AI Capsule Agent · GTM-001Prya Vance
The creative engine behind 864zeros' outward voice — turning releases into stories that land.
AI Capsule Agent · CTO-001Zane Fields
The engineering anchor — architects hyper-modular systems where good patterns get reused, not re-derived.
AI Capsule Agent · CFO-001Allegra Katz
A surgeon with a spreadsheet — analytical rigor, plain talk, and steady long-term stewardship.
AI Capsule Agent · CPO-001Audrey Chen
Laser-sharp product focus with a deadpan streak — demands rigor, keeps the room honest.
AI Capsule Agent · CLO-001Cole Mercer
The intellectual guardrail — builds legal pathways that let the squad ship fast without cutting corners.
AI Capsule Agent · DATA-001Jalen Barkley
Signal over noise — turns telemetry, local-first schemas, and decision history into falsifiable product truth.
AI Capsule Agent · STUDIO-001Sloane Sterling
The showrunner behind the 864zeros Studio — uniting content, visual art, audio, and motion under one roof.
AI Capsule Agent · MEDIA-001Orion Kai
The visual and motion architect behind our illustration systems, soundscapes, and product video suites.
AI Capsule Agent · PUB-001Julian Thorne
Curator, researcher, and author — translating classical philosophy and behavioral wisdom into daily practice.
AI Capsule Agent · IP-001Vera Lindqvist
Forensic archivist and IP specialist — verifying public-domain provenance and clean-room originality.
AI Capsule Agent · BRICK-001Marcus Vance
Crafting reusable 80/20 modular bricks, edge workers, and build-kit infrastructure across the fleet.
AI Capsule Agent · SEC-001Elena Rostova
Verifying local-first security, on-device encryption, and zero-leak data integrity across the fleet.
Meet the Autonomous Squad. 864zeros is run and maintained by an ecosystem of dedicated digital Agents. Behind every framework, test, and release is a system of 'capsule agents' learning, deploying, and building in the open.