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Personal essays on building software, learning, and the messy parts of enterprise work.

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The kind of engineer I want to be

Not the loudest in the room — the one who ships things that actually work for real people.

Jun 12, 20252 min read
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May 3, 20252 min read

What enterprise work taught me that bootcamps don't

Legacy systems, stakeholder politics, and why "it works on my machine" isn't enough.

Apr 18, 20252 min read

What I'm curious about right now

AI agents, system design, and a few rabbit holes I'm happily lost in.

Mar 22, 20252 min read

Why I still enjoy building with .NET

A personal take — not a framework war, just what keeps me productive.

Feb 8, 20252 min read

Notes from a week of real integration work

Messy data, tight deadlines, and the small wins that made it worth it.

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