Software engineer who builds things that work and helps others do the same. My 'fix', is often fixing your issue

19 years in the industry, mostly in private enterprise. I've maintained large scale global CDN infrastructure (100+ Tbps), built multiple high performing teams, survived corporate disasters, and helped build and launch globally impacting platforms that people take for granted today (video streaming, game downloads, object storage).

These days I spend as much time teaching as building. I believe the best engineers multiply themselves by lifting others up.

• Operational discipline — Production systems deserve respect because they can impact real people
• Eliminating toil — If I do something twice, the third time a script does it.
• Teaching over gatekeeping — I'd rather spend hours getting someone unstuck than watch them struggle in silence.

• Building internal tools that help teams understand complex systems
• Vibe coding — learning something new and sharing it with others
• AI enablement — helping colleagues actually use these tools, not just talk about them

📝 Comprehension Debt: The Hidden Cost of AI Speed
We might be entering an era where traditional "technical debt" becomes "comprehension debt" — code generated quickly that becomes a maintenance nightmare because no one truly understands how it works.

📝 Process should be magnets not gates
The main take away is that AI is granting us the ability and time to do it RIGHT and RIGHT should be sexy!

📝 Currently writing a fun novel of my own career with a little help from my AI friends

Python · Linux · Kubernetes · Docker · Grafana · Networking (BGP, DNS, CDN) · AI/LLM tooling (meaning everything now - unlocked potential )

Handyman · Carpentry · Video Games

• Started in network operations, realized software was more interesting
• IT, network and CDN career — tech → engineer → supervisor → manager → director → return to IC work
• Helped build SRE practices before "SRE" was a job title everyone had
• Currently building tools and teaching people

I have high standards that make some people uncomfortable. I'd rather build it right than build it fast, but I'm learning when "good enough" actually is.

Want to nerd out over tech or play some Rocket League or LoL, or just want to say hi? Hit me up on Discord - always plugged in!