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Vancouver · BC · Canada
Vancouver · BC · Canada
Writing code since 2008
18+
Years building software
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Things left to learn
Intro
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I'm a software engineer solving problems by writing code since 2008 — turning hard problems into clean, useful systems, and writing about every turn along the way.
Vancouver · BC
What I work on
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Backend engineering
Designing services that stay correct under load and survive their own failures. From Java monoliths to typed, concurrent systems on the JVM — built to be read, tested, and kept.
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Distributed systems
The part the architecture diagrams never show — coordination, partial failure, and overload. Sagas over two-phase commit, priority-aware load shedding, and resilience as a design input.
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AI & protocols
Reading new tools as wire protocols, not frameworks. LLM integrations across Web3 and fintech, deterministic simulation in Rust, and stripping standards down to the shape on the wire.
Writing — latest posts
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01Kotlin 2.4: The Three Changes That Moved My Hand on the KeyboardEngineering02Catching a Retry Race with One Seed: Deterministic Simulation in Rust using turmoilBackend03Reading AG-UI as a wire protocol, not a frameworkAI04Two-Phase Commit on the JVM: The Blocking Problem Nobody Puts in the DiagramDistributed Systems
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