backend engineer · event-driven systems

I build systems that catch things
before they become problems.

Notes on backend engineering, distributed systems, and the occasional detour into mathematics — written as I go, not after the fact.

currently — rebuilding this site's writing pipeline, reading Munkres, chapter 2
01 / work

What I've shipped

Case studies from production systems — the problem, the approach, what actually happened after.

See the work
02 / writing

What I'm thinking about

Posts that connect to each other over time — this is the part that grows into something bigger.

Read the notes
03 / now

What's active right now

No fixed schedule here — just an honest, always-current line on what I'm building and learning.

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Selected work

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Now

status
updated 3 days ago
  • BUILDINGThis site — writing pipeline first, graph view later. Also: an iOS Stuffwise app, on and off.
  • READINGMunkres, Topology — chapter 2. Slow, on purpose.
  • EXPLORINGFreelance AWS work on the side. Also Open source contributions.

About

Senior backend developer working on event-driven compliance systems — the kind that watch for money moving somewhere it shouldn't. Most of my day is AWS, Python, and queues that need to never lose a message.

This site is where the rest of it lives: what I'm reading, building on the side, and slowly working out about where I want this career to go.