Platform Engineering
Designing internal platforms, delivery paths, standards, and self-service workflows that help teams ship with confidence.
Technology Leader | Platform Engineering | Developer Experience | AI Enablement
Helping organizations reduce friction between ideas and production.
I help people get from where they are to where they want to be with less friction.
Whether the challenge is platform modernization, cloud migration, developer productivity, delivery reliability, or practical AI adoption, I focus on creating the systems, standards, and shared understanding that help teams move forward with confidence.
Part technologist, part teacher, part translator, I work at the intersection of engineering, enablement, and leadership—helping organizations build stronger platforms, healthier delivery systems, and more capable teams.
What I'm Exploring
Modern engineering enablement without the theater.
Good platforms reduce friction. Good DevOps leadership creates feedback loops. Good AI adoption solves real workflow problems instead of chasing novelty.
DevOps Leadership
Improving CI/CD, release practices, incident readiness, observability, and the human systems around reliable delivery.
Developer Enablement
Reducing cognitive load through documentation, tooling, automation, paved roads, and practical coaching for engineering teams.
Practical AI Adoption
Finding grounded uses for AI in engineering workflows: code review support, automation, knowledge retrieval, and safer experimentation.
Featured Writing
Essays on Useful Technology
Fresh writing on practical AI adoption, engineering leadership, and the real work of making technology useful.
Engineering B.C. #1: The First Artifact Isn't Code
The Friction Tax
AI Chatbots Gone Wild
The Real Cost of AI for Small Business
Questions & Tools
Vuja De'
The Story-to-Strategy Framework
AI Tools for Small Businesses
Bringing It All Together
From Idea to Inventory
Conversation, Not Command
From Story to Action
Conversations With Myself
I'll admit it, I'm a big fan of feel good movies and I especially like the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentations. I've been watching them since I was a kid and they are always well done, the stories are always very compelling.
Recently, we watched a movie called Remember Sunday (filmed in and around New Orleans), a story about a man who had suffered a brain injury in which he lost all of his short term memory. His condition caused him to lose his memories of today when he wakes up tomorrow. His long-term memory was intact and good up until the day he had suffered the injury.
We were discussing the movie as it progressed and arrived at a profound observation - brain injuries are so often misunderstood in our society (you see this quite a lot in the movie) and not given the kind of attention that they should be given by friends and family. We take for granted that memories should be in place and that recall of even the simplest of yesterday's details should be available for us to tap into. For those who have suffered a brain injury that just may not be something that they can do.
It also made another important statement - today is what you have. It is a gift to be treasured. Something that you shouldn't take for granted. Today is a time for you to excel, a time for you to love, a time for you to act with compassion.
Today is where you are right now and it deserves your full attention.
Be awesome.
Now for something not completely different...
Building Be Awesome
A business journey with AI.
Building a small business from scratch, one thoughtful decision at a time.
Building Be Awesome #2: My AI Said "SQUIRREL!"
It's all my fault.
I have been preaching that you can use an AI as a thinking partner Tools, Tools, Tools, so when I had my little business idea, I opened up ChatGPT and pasted in my thoughts on a small print-on-demand shop. You know the ones - they are all over social media. To summarize:
Read MoreHow I Work
Technical maturity, explained plainly.
I like clear systems, useful automation, and teams that understand why the process exists. My work is usually a mix of hands-on engineering, leadership, mentoring, and translating technical tradeoffs into decisions people can act on.
- Reduce friction: make the common path obvious, documented, and repeatable.
- Keep operations visible: use telemetry, runbooks, and feedback to improve the system.
- Adopt AI responsibly: start with real work, useful guardrails, and measurable outcomes.
- Teach as you build: leave people with more capability than they had before.
Notes From The Workshop
Collected Web Development Notes
Preserved tutorials and technical writing from earlier eras of web development. Some examples reflect the tools and practices of their time.
Explorations
Personal Builds and Curiosities
Model builds, workshop notes, photography, and other personal projects live here apart from the professional and technical writing.
Contact
Need a steadier path from idea to production?
Reach out if you are trying to make delivery smoother, give developers better tools, or turn AI from an experiment into something your team can use responsibly. I am always glad to talk through the shape of the problem and where I can help.