Technology Leader | Platform Engineering | Developer Experience | AI Enablement

Helping organizations reduce friction between ideas and production.

I help people get from where they are to where they want to be with less friction.

Whether the challenge is platform modernization, cloud migration, developer productivity, delivery reliability, or practical AI adoption, I focus on creating the systems, standards, and shared understanding that help teams move forward with confidence.

Part technologist, part teacher, part translator, I work at the intersection of engineering, enablement, and leadership—helping organizations build stronger platforms, healthier delivery systems, and more capable teams.

What I'm Exploring

Modern engineering enablement without the theater.

Good platforms reduce friction. Good DevOps leadership creates feedback loops. Good AI adoption solves real workflow problems instead of chasing novelty.

Platform Engineering

Designing internal platforms, delivery paths, standards, and self-service workflows that help teams ship with confidence.

DevOps Leadership

Improving CI/CD, release practices, incident readiness, observability, and the human systems around reliable delivery.

Developer Enablement

Reducing cognitive load through documentation, tooling, automation, paved roads, and practical coaching for engineering teams.

Practical AI Adoption

Finding grounded uses for AI in engineering workflows: code review support, automation, knowledge retrieval, and safer experimentation.

Featured Writing

Essays on Useful Technology

Fresh writing on practical AI adoption, engineering leadership, and the real work of making technology useful.

Conversations With Myself

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."

But I was wrong.

But here's what I DO know. If it's one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. This is a giant planet and we're lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they're pointed towards darkness.

But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away evil and, more importantly, the damage created. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, "The good outnumber you, and we always will." - Patton Oswald

Stand against the darkness.

Be awesome.

Now for something not completely different...

Building Be Awesome

A business journey with AI.

Building a small business from scratch, one thoughtful decision at a time.

Building Be Awesome #2: My AI Said "SQUIRREL!"

It's all my fault.

I have been preaching that you can use an AI as a thinking partner Tools, Tools, Tools, so when I had my little business idea, I opened up ChatGPT and pasted in my thoughts on a small print-on-demand shop. You know the ones - they are all over social media. To summarize:

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How I Work

Technical maturity, explained plainly.

I like clear systems, useful automation, and teams that understand why the process exists. My work is usually a mix of hands-on engineering, leadership, mentoring, and translating technical tradeoffs into decisions people can act on.

  • Reduce friction: make the common path obvious, documented, and repeatable.
  • Keep operations visible: use telemetry, runbooks, and feedback to improve the system.
  • Adopt AI responsibly: start with real work, useful guardrails, and measurable outcomes.
  • Teach as you build: leave people with more capability than they had before.

Notes From The Workshop

Collected Web Development Notes

Preserved tutorials and technical writing from earlier eras of web development. Some examples reflect the tools and practices of their time.

Explorations

Personal Builds and Curiosities

Model builds, workshop notes, photography, and other personal projects live here apart from the professional and technical writing.

Contact

Need a steadier path from idea to production?

Reach out if you are trying to make delivery smoother, give developers better tools, or turn AI from an experiment into something your team can use responsibly. I am always glad to talk through the shape of the problem and where I can help.