Ongoing Creator
EasyAccessQR.com
An easy and simple QR code generator with analytics tracking and A/B testing.
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Staff Engineer Calm Under Fire Curious Builder
Staff software engineer, loving husband, father of two girls.
I build resilient systems, write about the messy parts of shipping, and try to keep teams calm when things get noisy.
Focus
Steady Systems
Practice
Clear On Purpose
Signal
Building through layoffs and AI shifts
Speed
Ship Often
Signal
Signal > Noise
Teams
Calm Crew
Writing
Latest articles
2026-03-07 6 min read
When AI in an interview fails you
I used AI heavily in a technical interview, felt great about the build, and still got rejected because the team could not gauge enough of my understanding.
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2026-03-04 4 min read
Building hackernews-tui in 30 minutes with OpenTUI and GPT-5.3-Codex
I built and shipped a Hacker News terminal UI in about 30 minutes using OpenTUI and GPT-5.3-Codex, then published it straight to npm from the Codex app.
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2026-03-03 6 min read
Building SoloAgent to understand AI harnesses
I built SoloAgent as an AI harness experiment to understand how model, tool, state, and execution loops work in practice.
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Projects
Selected builds
Ongoing Creator
dailystand.dev
Open-source, self-hostable async standup platform for teams with analytics, API keys, a public REST API, and MCP support.
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Layoff Log
Weekly build updates
2026-03-08 Week 3 shipped
Week 3: Roomba Wars
Turned a Roomba interview prompt into a multiplayer browser game with realtime systems, 3D rendering, and benchmark tooling.
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2026-03-04 Week 3 shipped
Week 3: hackernews-tui
Built and shipped a Hacker News terminal UI with OpenTUI and GPT-5.3-Codex in about 30 minutes, then published it to npm.
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Experience
Where I've built
2024 - 2026
Token Terminal
Staff Software Engineer
2021 - 2024
FireHydrant
Staff Engineer
2020 - 2021
Kodable
Senior Engineer
2019 - 2020
Tempest
Lead Engineer
2018 - 2019
Kazoo HR
Lead Engineer
2016 - 2018
Made By Munsters
Full Stack Developer
2015 - 2016
Fabricut
Web Developer
2013 - 2015
Hostek
Software Developer
Next Team
This could be you
If you need a calm staff engineer who ships reliable product and can lead through messy problems, let's talk.