About Me

I build and run production systems end-to-end, from code to Kubernetes infrastructure and observability.

Background

I started writing code as a teenager with Minecraft modding, which shaped a practical engineering mindset that has stayed with me ever since. I then moved into professional software engineering, building systems in finance and healthcare, where reliability, correctness, and operational discipline mattered from day one.

Infrastructure

At work, I've operated and supported Kubernetes environments at multi-hundred-node scale, focusing on reliability, operational clarity, and keeping large distributed systems stable under real production load.

Outside of work, I run a 15-node bare-metal Kubernetes cluster on Talos Linux. It's a full-fledged production environment, running everything from stateful services to a full LGTM observability stack. I treat it as a continuously running system that I rely on in practice in my daily development workflows while staying abreast of the ever-changing cloud-native ecosystem.

Collaboration

Strong teams depend on shared context, not just individual expertise. Since 2020 I've been fully remote, and I've learned that I work well in distributed, async environments where clear writing and durable documentation help teams deliver more quickly, removing unnecessary coordination overhead.

My work on Dendron, a knowledge management tool, has reinforced that approach. It has shaped how I think about knowledge sharing, preserving technical context, and helping teams build on shared understanding over time. (This entire site is a published Dendron vault!)

Contact

Looking to collaborate? Get in touch at work@fosspilled.dev