Tyrell Towle, PhD • Flagship Engineering Portfolio Homepage

TowleVision

A large, modular, AI-powered Python automation platform built to orchestrate end-to-end multimodal workflows.

TowleVision is my flagship engineering project. It demonstrates modular Python architecture, applied AI orchestration, workflow automation, and product thinking across a complete pipeline from text intake through narration, captions, planning, image generation, final assembly, social clips, metadata, and publishing-oriented workflows.

TowleVision flagship visual showing a cinematic ship scene
Flagship output

The Snow Queen • long-form pipeline showcase

June 2026 Engineering Snapshot

TowleVision_Codex baseline audit — June 2026. TowleVision is a local-first AI media production platform built around structured project creation, narration, captioning, image generation, video assembly, review, repair, metadata preparation, and publishing support.

228k+ Strict source lines of code
254k+ Engineering-surface lines
199k+ Python lines of code
18k+ JavaScript lines of code
23k+ Frontend lines across local browser tools
30k+ Test lines across 78 test files
8 Complete local browser app groups
9 Backend/server entrypoints
70 Registered workflow commands
2 Built-in Project Runner workflows
35 Config, schema, and preset files
June 2026 Baseline audit date

Snapshot definition

These numbers come from a June 2026 baseline audit of the active TowleVision_Codex development repository. Generated media, runtime project outputs, caches, dependencies, and virtual environments were excluded from source-code counts. The strict LOC definition is nonblank strict source LOC. The engineering-surface number includes broader source, test, frontend, config, schema, preset, script, and documentation surface.

What this project is designed to show

TowleVision is presented here as a serious flagship engineering project rather than a creative hobby. The outputs matter, but the deeper value is the system behind them: a large Python platform that coordinates dependent stages, integrates multiple AI capabilities, and turns raw input into polished deliverables.

Large-scale Python systems design

Built as a modular platform with meaningful architectural scope rather than a single-purpose script.

Applied AI orchestration

Demonstrates how multiple AI-driven capabilities can be integrated into one coherent production workflow.

Automation with product intent

Focused on repeatability, usability, accessibility, and finished output quality instead of isolated experiments.

Python Automation Applied AI Workflow Systems Internal Platforms Scientific Software Pharma-Adjacent Engineering

Flagship platform

The platform spans a structured workflow from source material through narrated, captioned, image-based video production. It is designed around orchestration, modularity, review, repair, and controlled transformation across many dependent stages.

Core workflow coverage

  • Text intake and project setup
  • Narration and audio pipeline stages
  • Caption generation and alignment
  • Story planning and shot planning
  • Image generation, review, and post-processing
  • Video assembly and finalization
  • Review, repair, metadata preparation, and publishing support

Engineering strengths demonstrated

  • Configuration-driven workflow design
  • Pipeline orchestration across dependent stages
  • Multimodal AI integration and automation
  • Accessibility-aware captioning and presentation
  • Product thinking from raw input to finished deliverable
  • A platform mindset that extends beyond one media use case

Why it matters beyond media

The transferable value here is not limited to video. TowleVision shows how I approach complex technical systems: define the workflow, modularize the stages, integrate AI where it adds leverage, maintain coherence across the pipeline, and keep the outputs usable and polished.

Additional technical materials available upon request

I maintain a private technical appendix for deeper review, including a polished pipeline diagram, a metrics summary, and a curated repo snapshot.

What Makes the Engineering Different

TowleVision treats AI output as editable production material, not a final one-shot result. The system combines configurable presets, artifact tracking, guarded automation, and human-in-the-loop review so media can be inspected, repaired, and rerun through defined paths.

Structured project packages

Projects are organized around source material, presets, generated artifacts, review decisions, repair sessions, caption edits, metadata plans, and downstream rerun paths.

Local browser app groups

The platform includes Studio Home / Project Workspace, Project Creator and Editor, Script Editor, Project Runner, Video Reviewer, Human Repair GUI, YouTube Upload Assistant, and Music-to-Video Studio.

Registry-driven workflow architecture

Dozens of discrete workflow commands are registered and organized so project creation, narration, captioning, image generation, assembly, review, and repair can be run deliberately.

Human-in-the-loop review

Review and repair layers support images, audio, captions, and final video review, keeping human judgment in the workflow before deliverables are treated as finished.

Guarded publishing support

Upload planning and YouTube publishing support are guarded with dry-run and confirmation safeguards, so publishing-related steps can be reviewed before action.

Serious platform direction

The June 2026 snapshot shows a working local-first platform direction with broad engineering surface area, while still keeping production claims tied to validated workflows and human review.

Visible proof of polish and implementation depth

These examples show that the platform produces polished, readable, format-aware outputs with attention to caption fidelity, presentation, and multi-format adaptation.

TowleVision frame showing polished caption rendering with punctuation fidelity in one caption style
Caption style 1

Serif presentation with strong punctuation handling, clean line breaks, and visually integrated captions.

TowleVision frame showing an alternate caption style with emphasized highlighted text
Caption style 2

Alternate caption styling for emphasis-heavy moments while preserving readability and polished presentation.

Caption fidelity across styles

Captioning is treated as a first-class system concern. TowleVision supports multiple polished caption styles while maintaining punctuation fidelity, readable line breaking, and presentation quality across different output contexts.

TowleVision vertical short-form layout with captions and branding

Format-aware social output handling

TowleVision is designed to extend beyond a single output format. This includes vertical short-form presentation, branding, caption handling, and layout choices that feel productized rather than improvised.

Selected projects

These projects are presented as evidence of real system execution, not just as creative samples. Together they show platform depth, output quality, and broader technical range.

Flagship showcase
The Snow Queen thumbnail with semifinalist recognition

The Snow Queen

Long-form showcase • Semifinalist recognition

The strongest flagship example of TowleVision as a complete system. It highlights end-to-end workflow execution across narration, captioning, story planning, image generation, pacing, and final assembly, while also carrying external recognition as a semifinalist.

Supporting output
Lord of the Flies Summary YouTube thumbnail

Lord of the Flies Summary

Educational summary pipeline output

A strong example of turning complex source material into structured, accessible output through narration, visuals, pacing, and caption-supported presentation.

Supporting output
Beowulf Summary YouTube thumbnail

Beowulf Summary

Classic text adapted through the platform

Demonstrates flexibility across different literary source material while preserving coherent delivery, visual pacing, and polished finished presentation.

Beyond TowleVision Studio, the broader software portfolio includes applied tools in air-quality reporting, backup and version-control workflows, computer vision, web data extraction, and scientific and technical machine learning.

Secondary technical project

AQI Informer

Python data integration and user-facing utility

A Python application for monitoring local air quality through API-backed data retrieval, transformation, and visualization. Included here as evidence of practical, user-facing software development beyond TowleVision.

Secondary technical project

Mushroom Detection App

Computer vision, Android interface, applied ML prototype

A computer vision Android app experiment focused on mushroom image recognition and classification-style workflows. Not intended for food-safety, medical, or foraging decisions.

Research tooling

Kannapedia Webscraper

Web data extraction, structured datasets, Python tooling

A web data extraction tool built to collect and organize structured information from Kannapedia-style cannabis strain and chemotype resources for research and analysis workflows.

Applied data science

Cannabis Chemotype ML Model

PyTorch, TensorFlow, scientific and technical modeling

A research-oriented machine learning project exploring cannabis chemotype classification from structured chemical profile data. It is not presented as medically, diagnostically, clinically, or legally validated.

Contact

I use TowleVision Insight Lab as the centerpiece of my portfolio for remote Python, applied AI, automation, workflow systems, scientific software, and pharma-adjacent roles. The best way to evaluate my work is through this platform overview, the selected projects above, and my GitHub.

Best-fit roles

Python automation, applied AI, workflow systems, internal platforms, scientific tooling, technical product development, and pharma-adjacent engineering work.

Based near Seattle, WA and especially interested in remote-friendly opportunities.