About Me

I own software end-to-end: building or renewing stacks and evaluating the tools and techniques that will serve the product well. I assist my teams in creating frameworks, automation, standards, and guidance that clear the path to delivering good software and user experiences. I am comfortable working hands-on across code, architecture, UX, and product.

My first principle is user experience. Software is interesting because of what it can do for people, and we all put up with mediocre software every day. This dissatisfaction drives me to set a high standard for our work.

As a programmer, I've learned to make code small, simple, and readable. My aim is prolific and expeditious code output while maintaining quality. I make loosely-coupled components, understandable abstractions, and low-ceremony frameworks.

As a teammate and leader, I am devoted to friendliness and respect. I am a good communicator, love sharing my knowledge, and learning from others. I've given talks at local user groups and mentored at work and in my free time.

Skills

• Consciousness of mainstream & emerging technology and trends.
• Quickly vetting and adapting to new technologies - building and improving stacks.
• High standards for great user and developer experiences.
• Interacting directly and empathetically with stakeholders and end users.
• Managing work through all phases of a development cycle.
• Eliminating friction in processes through automation.
• Understanding all the areas of a codebase and recognizing where waste can be reduced.
• Coordinating large, complex upgrades and refactors.

Interests

• Compilers, interpreters & parsers.
• Metaprogramming, language-oriented programming.
• Developer tools - hacking on build tools and bundlers.
• Automating self-hosted cloud tech.