Staff Software Engineer — Platform & Distributed Systems

I build calm
infrastructure for
noisy systems.

Thoughts on building for the web

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7
essays published
10+
years building
4
open source tools
3
conference talks
01

Writing

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● FEATURED · · 1 min

Notes on Simplicity

Simplicity isn't the absence of complexity. It's the result of understanding a problem well enough to solve it cleanly.

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02
A Weekend with a Side Project
· 1 min read
#creativity
03
Designing with Constraints
· 1 min read
#creativity
04
Small Tools, Big Impact
· 2 min read
#tools
05
Learning in Public
· 2 min read
#opinion
06
The Case for Static
· 1 min read
#web-development
07
Building for the Long Term
· 1 min read
#opinion

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