About me

I am an experienced Software Engineer and Technical Lead specializing in building scalable, data-intensive applications in Python, Go, and TypeScript. As a certified AWS Professional and Google Cloud Certified Architect, I bring a strong technical foundation to every project I undertake.

With over a decade of experience, I have honed my skills in designing and maintaining large-scale systems while fostering collaboration within diverse teams. My background includes formal education in IT Business Management and Algorithmic Computer Science, hands-on experience in DevOps environments, and adaptability across organizations ranging from startups to global enterprises.

My leadership philosophy is shaped by trust, clear communication, and patience. My top Gallup strengths - Relator, Individualisation, Empathy, Harmony, and Developer - mean I invest in strong relationships, recognise individual talents, and help the people around me grow.

About this blog #

“What do you care what other people think?”¹ - Arline Greenbaum

I write mostly for a future version of myself - the one who will hit the same problem again in three years and want the reasoning back without having to rediscover it. Writing something down well enough for future-me turns out to be a fair proxy for "useful to another engineer landing on the same problem", so the posts are public. If you found something useful, that's a bonus.

There is no content strategy. Posts get written when a problem was interesting enough that I want the record, or when a pattern I find myself explaining more than twice deserves a canonical link I can send instead of typing the same thing again.