What I'm focused on now

  • Managing engineering teams building consumer financial products at a large fintech — credit cards, banking, and growth
  • Training for the Santa Rosa Marathon in August 2026
  • Being a dad to a small human
  • Tinkering with home automation and self-hosted infrastructure

Currently Reading

Consider Phlebas - in progress

Leviathan Wakes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Caliban's War - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Apathy and Other Small Victories - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

An Elegant Puzzle - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Executive Engineering - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mordew - ⭐️⭐️

There is no wall - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Currently delving deep on

  • SwiftUI and SwiftData for iOS
  • Self-hosted AI agents and home automation
  • Mid tier non-alcoholic fermentation