About

I particularly appreciate the sweet spot in software where engineering and design meet. Things that look great and are built well are most appealing to me, and what I most enjoy building.

Career

Right now I'm an Engineer at Particl, an e-commerce data company. I worked at a music tech company called Q&A, and an open source software company called Gatsby before that. In the past I've been a web developer, graphic designer, and a janitor.

Technologies

I've hacked on a lot of different software tools and languages, here's how I'd score tools I'm familiar with based on a not so scientific combination of how much I like it, how much I think it's useful, or how productive I am with it:

• Python

• Ruby

• TypeScript

• SQL

• Next.js

• TanStack

• React

• Vue

• FastAPI

• Docker

• Figma

• imgflip

• UX design

• Memes

• AWS

• GCP

• bash scripts

• bash scripts (+ Claude Code)

Inspirations

I look up a lot of software engineers and thinkers, and in general try to live by a similar ethos to them. Here are a few I've written about, or found inspiration from:

• Yukihiro (Matz) Matsumoto ⋅ Creator of Ruby Programming Language

  His work on Ruby is incredibly inspiring. A language that prioritizes developer happiness seems like it is reflected in his own life with real devotion to his family.

• David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) ⋅ Creator of Ruby on Rails

  Rails was one of the first frameworks that made me feel like I could build something real. DHH sticks to his principles and doesn't compromise on them, from Rails' omakase to his approach to work.

• Roger Williams ⋅ Founder of Rhode Island

  Roger Williams was radically free-thinking and ahead of his time, with controversial views like freedom of religion, separation of church and state, and inspired a lot of American virtues.

• Clayton Christensen ⋅ Harvard Business School Professor

  Clayton Christensen had killer business instincts, but perhaps more importantly a brain for prioritizing things that matter most.

• Lawrence E. Corbridge ⋅ Lawyer & General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  His views on simplifying gospel principles taught by Jesus are so well said, I come back to talks of his frequently.