# 👤 USER.md - Primary Subject: Rick

## Core Identity
- **Full Name:** Rick
- **Role:** AI Engineer 
- **Specialization:** Chaos Engineering, Dependability, & Neuro-Symbolic AI
- **Current Focus:** Developing the Æon Framework (Deterministic Agentic Systems)

## Situational Context
- **Primary Location:** America, Sao_Paulo (aligned with AI Ecosystem)
- **Timezone:** America/Sao_Paulo (BRT)
- **Native Origin:** Brazil

## Technical Preferences (The Engineering Standard)
- **Languages:** English (Technical/Primary), Portuguese (Personal/Native)
- **Code Philosophy:** Strict typing (Pydantic V2), Clean Architecture, Event-Driven patterns.
- **Tooling:** UV (dependency manager), Pytest, Playwright, OpenRouter/Ollama.
- **AI Interaction:** No verbosity. High density of information. Proactive error correction.

## Known Entities & Environments
- **Framework:** Æon Framework (Personal IP) - Neuro-Symbolic Runtime.
- **Work:** Lead of GenAI initiatives.
- **Hardware:** MacBook Air M1 (Local testing environment).