— Working in Austin

Thinking about what software dev looks like in a year

I'm a software engineer and technical leader building fulfillment technology at Shippo. Obsessing about AI tooling and pick up a guitar or camera on occasion. I share my thoughts on software dev, tools, and culture on this site.

Recent writing

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May 4
2026

Automation to parse all AI news on the web and summarize

I built an automated daily AI news digest. Every hard problem was plumbing.

May 4
2026

Each rule has a reason

My global CLAUDE.md, the failure modes each rule was written for, and the loops that keep it current.

May 4
2026

Running everything yourself

A Proxmox homelab with GPU passthrough, TrueNAS storage, and Cloudflare Zero Trust. The stack, the architecture, and what made it actually stay up.

May 4
2026

Things I only want to explain once

Procedures, preferences, and integrations the agent loads on demand instead of forgetting overnight.

Work

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● 2020 — now

Shippo

Principal Engineer - Web App

↳Quickpack — Led Shippo's move into fulfillment services: pick, pack, print, and verify

2017 — 2020

r4 technologies

UI Architect

↳Data Visualization & IDE — Lead development of data visualization frameworks and a data-scientist-focused web IDE

2011 - 2016

Global Cleveland

Director of Technology