Software engineer
I build web apps and the APIs and services behind them.
Field guide Things seen in this world
I'm a full-stack engineer, strongest on the web. I've built React and Angular front ends, the .NET APIs and databases behind them, iOS and Android apps in React Native, and a desktop app that runs industrial saws. Before the saws I worked on a SaaS platform that gyms and studios across the country run on, and co-founded Virtual Trainer, which I built end to end.
I love automation, and it's how I get to quality. Letting machines run the checks frees people to spend their attention on the hard problems. Virtual Trainer has more than 6,000 automated tests across the app and the API. At work I moved our build pipelines into shared, versioned YAML templates that every team builds on.
I sweat the details people feel: how fast a page loads, how it holds up on a cheap phone, whether it works from the keyboard. The world at the top of this page is drawn in a background worker, so the page stays responsive while it moves.
Selected work
A fitness app I co-founded and built: React Native on iOS and Android, a .NET API on Azure, and an AI trainer that answers from your own workout history.
React Native / .NET Core / Azure / SQL Server / Cosmos DB / Azure AI
The painted world at the top of this site: plain JavaScript on canvas in web workers, with no images and no libraries.
JavaScript / Canvas 2D / Web Workers / Web Audio
Led the rewrite of the software that runs industrial saws: a new C# API with the machine-control endpoints, an Angular operator interface and Electron.NET desktop packaging.
Angular / C# / Electron.NET / RabbitMQ
Multi-tenant SaaS for studios, gyms and multi-location operators: scheduling, billing, CRM, member experience and reporting.
C# / ASP.NET Core / SQL / LINQ
Moved a business-critical application from .NET Framework 4.7.1 to .NET 8 in stages, without a rewrite and without disrupting the workflows people relied on.
C# / .NET 8 / Migration / Security
Moved classic pipelines to YAML and built a versioned template repository that teams can adopt without being broken by changes.
Azure DevOps / YAML / CI/CD
Writing
Colophon
There are no images in it. Every rock, leaf and cloud is drawn in code when the page loads, from a fixed random seed, so it's the same island on every visit.
The scenery is painted once, then stacked in layers that slide with your pointer, and only the things that move are redrawn each frame. All of the drawing happens in background workers, so the page itself stays free. It's plain JavaScript on canvas with no libraries, about 110 KB gzipped, and it holds still if your system asks for reduced motion.
Hiring, or building something interesting? Send me a message.