About This Space

What You’ll Find Here

This is my personal blog, where I opine about software engineering. You’ll find articles about design patterns, languages, practical applications, AI, leadership, and general engineering philosophy. Hopefully you learn something useful!

Background

I have nearly twenty years of experience in the software industry. I started as a freelance webmaster (‘member those?) and Wordpress engineer back in the late 2000s, followed by stints at various consultancies while earning a bachelors degree. From there I bounced around a variety of industries and company sizes, where I’ve done everyting from UX research to software architecture design and tech leadership.

Currently my focus is on developing e-commerce solutions in Ruby with the fine folks at Shopify.

Areas of Focus

Here is a non-exhaustive unordered list of technical topics that interest me and that you’re likely to find on this site:

  • Ruby (and Rails)
  • Rust / Go / Zig
  • JavaScript - so much JavaScript
  • Cloud Computing (AWS)
  • On-Prem Computing (Linux, Homelabs)
  • Linux (btw I use arch)

Get in Touch

If you’ve found something useful here, spotted an error, or want to discuss a topic in more depth, I’d love to hear from you.