Software Engineer
I like solving problems with Code.
Four years of building and shipping enterprise tools.
Focusing on fundamentals.
Learning how to ship software to production.
Locked in. Finished school. And the car.
How I Work
Structuring a Project for Internal Tools in 2026
How I structure and ship a production internal tool, solo, in 2026.
My Biggest Coding Mistakes Early On
Five mistakes, honestly. The throughline - I optimized the surface, not the leverage.
Spec → Tests → Code
Think the edge cases before you code. Your brain stops thinking once you start.
What Good Code Means (in the AI Era)
Understand fast. Change in one place. Documented so the AI follows your style.
Product-First Engineering
The most frequent flow is the most important. Put 80% of the effort there.
My AI-Agentic Coding Setup
A system where the agent has context, a plan, hands, a queue, verification, and help.
How I Operate
My Morning and Evening Routine
Wake, meditate, coffee, work. I threw out the long routine at 20.
My Deep Work Session
The first session is peak. Spec-first, background agents, Pomodoro for session two.
How I Focus
Environment over willpower. Write down what you'll do before you start.
How I Beat Procrastination
Two minutes. Pause. Two more. Repeat until you're in.
How I Fuel Focus
Caffeine early only. Green tea + coffee. Eat late. No nicotine.
My AI Workflow
Claude Code since day one. No tool-hopping. Principles over syntax.
What I’ve Built
- 01
Certified Enterprise Admin Platform
Air-gapped admin console. Auth hardening, RBAC, and bulk editing that stays smooth at 1,900 users.
- 02
Hardened Secure-Workspace Endpoint
A smartcard-auth Linux kiosk that replaces the OS login. The fail-safe that makes a stolen card impossible to lock.
- 03
Classified-Information Records Platform
My first production project. Hierarchical access control across 20 entities and 136 endpoints.
- 04
Security-Clearance Vetting Platform
An extension of a live government platform. The whole clearance lifecycle on top.
- 05
Accommodation Lifecycle Platform
A one-way sync between a public and an internal zone. A pre-launch security audit.
- 06
Local-First Operations Dashboard
A zero-data-loss save engine with no backend. Built for one user, me.
My Biggest Strength
Taking products from prototype to production. Greenfield or half-finished brownfield. I take the mess and ship the finished thing.
Tech Stack
Design
4yFigma · UI/UX for every project I built · design-first workflow
Languages
4–5yPython · JavaScript / TypeScript · SQL · Bash · HTML / CSS
Frontend
4yVue 3 · Nuxt 3 · React 18 · Pinia · Tailwind CSS · TanStack · Vite
Backend
4yFlask · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy · JWT + LDAP auth · REST API design · Claude API
Databases
4yPostgreSQL · Alembic migrations
Desktop / Systems
2yPyQt / Qt · PKCS#11 smartcard auth · systemd · TPM2 + LUKS · Linux internals
Security / PKI
2yX.509 PKI · post-quantum VPN (ML-KEM over IPsec) · OpenSSL · zero-trust attestation
DevOps / Infra
3yDocker · nginx · Linux administration · AWS · Vercel · Supabase · Git
Testing
6moPlaywright E2E · Vitest · Selenium
AI-Agentic
2yClaude Code daily · MCP servers · autonomous 24/7 agent loops · prompt engineering
Why I Build
I love coding. Not in a casual way. I love it. I love software engineering. And more than the code, I love building products that people actually use.
The best moment is when I can point at something real and say: I built this. That’s the point for me. I want to build software that changes lives.
I enjoy cars. But I love work more. Working is the thing I actually enjoy. It gives me purpose. When I can lock in and build something that helps someone else get their job done faster. That’s the feeling I’m chasing. That’s satisfaction.
Lessons
All lessons →A journal of what’s on my mind - lessons and notes from building software, written as I go.
Pattern Recognition: How You Actually Get Good
Skill is a library of recognized patterns. Volume plus a feedback loop builds it - and AI makes it worth more, not less.
2026-07-19Present Yourself
If I restarted at 18: build things AND write about the grind. Your first projects will be bad - document them anyway.
2026-07-19How I'd Do CS in 2026
Document everything, ship to real users, and do work you're proud of - visibly. Building is cheap now, proof is the moat.