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    <description>The latest articles on DEV Community by Tyler Moncrieff (@fatherdust).</description>
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      <title>I Build Systems, Flip Land, and Drop Trap Music — Meet Tyler Moncrieff aka Father Dust</title>
      <dc:creator>Tyler Moncrieff</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/fatherdust/i-build-systems-flip-land-and-drop-trap-music-meet-tyler-moncrieff-aka-father-dust-734</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hey DEV community — name's Tyler Moncrieff. Most people online know me as &lt;strong&gt;Father Dust&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm a Charlotte, NC-based founder-operator who builds at the intersection of real estate tech, AI automation, web development, and music. I don't really fit in one box, and I've stopped trying.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What I'm Running
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&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  RankOps G/SEO-AI Search Rank - &lt;a href="https://RankOps.net" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;rankops.net&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My main service platform. I help businesses get found in AI-powered search (GEO: Generative Engine Optimization), rank better organically, and automate the workflows that are wasting your time. Think landing pages, funnels, Google Apps Script pipelines, Make.com automations, and AI agent setups.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Buy Sell Land NC LLC — &lt;a href="https://buy-sell.land" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;buy-sell.land&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wholesale vacant land in North Carolina. But instead of doing it the old-fashioned way, I built the systems around it: AI-assisted county record scraping, owner data extraction into Google Sheets, seller intake workflows, and deal-flow tracking. The whole operation runs lean.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  D3FFM3FFR3CORDZ — Father Dust
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've Automated the workflow to upload full music albums to Youtube with minimal effort or setup.. &lt;br&gt;
I produce, write, and release under the alias Father Dust and use it as a live creative lab for storytelling, brand building, and testing what actually gets attention.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Newest Workflow:
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;THE M3FFMU$iC AUTOLAB WORKFLOW:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Checks EVERY Track in the Album for Speaker Clipping.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Lowers Gain on ANY Track that Clips Speakers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Renders Metadata for ALL Youtube Descriptions/Titles.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Renders mp3s-&amp;gt;mp4s With Cover That Bumps with Subs.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Creates a Youtube Playlist.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Uploads Every Track of your Album To Youtube.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Coming soon: &lt;strong&gt;fatherdust.com&lt;/strong&gt; — the hub for everything but for now my main websites are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://rankops.net" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://rankops.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://buy-sell.land" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://buy-sell.land&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://buy-sell.space" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://buy-sell.space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://m3ffmusic.pages.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://m3ffmusic.pages.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://signal-stack.pages.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://signal-stack.pages.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://mbkid.pages.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://mbkid.pages.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://website48.pages.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://website48.pages.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://webfix24.pages.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://webfix24.pages.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://thethinkery.pages.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://thethinkery.pages.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://tbuilds.pages.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://tbuilds.pages.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The Stack I Work With
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Frontend:&lt;/strong&gt; HTML, CSS, JavaScript — deployed on Cloudflare Pages&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Automation:&lt;/strong&gt; Make.com, Zapier, Google Apps Script, Python scripts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;AI:&lt;/strong&gt; Prompt engineering, AI agents, GEO/SEO workflows, lead enrichment pipelines&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Data:&lt;/strong&gt; Google Sheets as the backend, CSV pipelines, scraping workflows&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Music:&lt;/strong&gt; Suno.ai, DAW production, YouTube distribution&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Why I'm Here on DEV
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I want to document the real stuff, what it actually looks like to build multiple systems at once as a solo operator. Not the highlight reel. The messy, iterative, sometimes-broken-at-2am version.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h1&gt;
  
  
  Expect posts on:
&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Building AI workflows without a team&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;GEO vs SEO: what's actually changing in search?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Land wholesaling + automation (niche but real)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Scrappy web dev: Cloudflare Pages, no-framework builds&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Running a music label as a systems problem&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;p&gt;If any of that hits close to home feel free to follow along. I'm building in public!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;GEO/AI Portfolio: &lt;a href="https://rankops.net" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;rankops.net&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Land biz: &lt;a href="https://buy-sell.land" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;buy-sell.land&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Music: &lt;a href="https://m3ffmusic.pages.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;m3ffmusic.pages.dev&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;YouTube: &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/@fatherdust" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;youtube.com/@fatherdust&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;GitHub: &lt;a href="https://github.com/dosmonc" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;github.com/dosmonc&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Schedule a call: &lt;a href="https://calendly.com/tmoncrieff94/30min" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;calendly.com/tmoncrieff94/30min&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Let's build.&lt;/p&gt;

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