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I build software with an unreasonable amount of attention to the little things.

Most of my work lives somewhere between modern web development, backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and occasionally wondering why a desktop application needs an entire browser engine to render three buttons.

I'm especially comfortable with Node.js, TypeScript, Astro, Svelte and SvelteKit, and I spend a lot of time around platforms like Cloudflare and Google Cloud.

I contribute to various open-source projects and publish my own work under the GNU GPLv3. I like software that users can inspect, modify, improve, and actually own.

I'm also a perfectionist.

That is occasionally a very useful trait.

Occasionally.

languages & runtimes

web

cloud & infrastructure

software should feel fast.
interfaces should feel intentional.
complexity should justify its existence.
open source should stay open.
native code > chromium wrappers, when it makes sense.

"good enough" is usually where the polishing starts.

Open source is a pretty fundamental part of how I learned to build software, so I try to return the favor.

I contribute fixes, features, cleanup, documentation, and the occasional strongly-held opinion across projects I use and care about.

My own projects are licensed under GPLv3 — if you use the software, you should have the freedom to understand it, change it, and improve it.

+ fast software
+ thoughtful interfaces
+ maintainable code
+ open standards
+ native applications
+ boring infrastructure that works
+ details most people will never notice

- unnecessary abstraction
- 400 MB desktop apps for a settings panel
- "we'll clean it up later"
- shipping things that feel unfinished