Ilya | TheAstrayDev

Independent Developer · Systems Engineering · AI Systems · Robotics

Based in Krasnoyarsk, Russia · Interested in remote opportunities with international teams

I build system-oriented software around AI agents, protocols, developer tools, telemetry, and robotics. I care about clear interfaces, reliable integrations, repeatable validation, and honest measurements of system quality and cost.

Featured projects

Dream-RSI SDK

An independent Python SDK inspired by public Dream-RSI research.

Connects an existing agent and evaluator to a model-agnostic orchestration layer.
Records agent exploration, replays past results to compare search policies, and supports validation and policy reuse.
Tracks budgets and end-to-end experiment costs.
Published as an unofficial alpha. The repository documents both positive and negative results and does not claim universal performance gains.

Astray Verify

A local-first Rust CLI and GitHub Action for testing MCP server contracts.

Records and replays MCP discovery interfaces.
Detects changes to tool definitions and schemas, with optional checks for resources and prompts.
Uses readable local fixtures; no hosted service or model calls are required.

Other engineering work

ASTRAY CLI — native Rust AI-agent CLI with OAuth 2.0 sign-in, streaming, persistent sessions, MCP over stdio, and local tools.
MCTelemetry — Java instrumentation for per-plugin event time and JVM allocations, with a Rust ingestion API and terminal UI for live and session metrics.
usb-cdb-hunter — Rust utility for passive USB capture analysis, SCSI command extraction, vendor-specific opcode detection, capture comparison, and reports.
Work-Tracker and Analytics TUI — Rust terminal tools using SQLite and APIs for local history, task-feed monitoring, notifications, and site analytics.
Java game systems — Paper and Fabric projects with configurable gameplay, client/server networking, role and pairing flows, and synchronized state.

Robotics

As a project team member at Octopus Industrial Robotics Lab, I helped present Robotic System for In-Plant Logistics and Group Assembly at the XVIII MINGEO Siberia International Forum in Krasnoyarsk (May 2026).

The project combined a Dobot Magician E6 robotic arm with an autonomous mobile platform for in-plant logistics. I presented the system and discussed its technical approach with university and industry representatives.

Recognition

First Degree Diploma, Technological Leaders 2026, National Research Tomsk State University — contributed to the winning team project by taking ownership of unfinished backend and website work under an overnight deadline.
First Degree Diploma, I Will Be at TSU Projects and Research Competition, National Research Tomsk State University (2026).
Third place, Best Space Class, Space Tournament (Roscosmos Media, 2024).
Participant in the school stage of the All-Russian Olympiad in Astronomy and Physics (2024).