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Last updated on May 5, 2026.

📍 Living in

Los Angeles, CA since late 2024—experiencing the sun, surf, and food of the most populous county in the US.

🏢 Working at

Staff Software Engineer @ Attentive , an SMS and email marketing vendor for e-commerce companies. Currently providing a platform for all things user data.

👨🏻‍💼️ Top three professional focuses

1. Exercising strategic thinking muscles, to think beyond daily projects
2. Finding opportunities to have leverage and influence beyond my immediate team
3. Make the most out of my time leading Attentive's technical book club

🧘🏻‍♂️ Top three personal focuses

1. Keeping all the sections of the lifestyle balance pie chart in balance
2. Checking items off of my Los Angeles, CA bucket list
3. Making and keeping meaningful connections

👨🏻‍💻 Hacking on

• Igir , a video game ROM collection manager
• Metalsmith plugins that power this site (ongoing)
• This site (ongoing)

See my projects page for a complete list.

📚 Reading

• AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models by Chip Huyen @ Attentive technical book club
• Newsletter: The Pragmatic Engineer by Gergely Orosz
• Newsletter: SoftwareLeadWeekly

🎧 Listening to

• The Pragmatic Engineer by Gergely Orosz
• Developer Tea by Jonathan Cutrell
• Soft Skills Engineering by Dave Smith and Jamison Dance