I help people understand, adopt, and build complex technical systems.
Over the course of a career spanning more than three decades, I have worked across software development, developer education, cloud platforms, technical content strategy, and community building. My background includes leadership roles at MongoDB, Heroku, Cisco, and Treehouse, where I focused on helping developers successfully navigate new technologies through practical education and real-world implementation guidance.
Today my work centers on the intersection of:
Artificial Intelligence
Institutional Memory
Knowledge Systems
Digital Preservation
Local-First Computing
Data Provenance
I am the creator of the Sovereign Systems Specification, an open-source framework exploring operator-owned AI infrastructure, deterministic context engineering, and the long-term economics of modern AI systems.
In parallel, I am building projects that explore conversational access to institutional archives, digital preservation workflows, provenance-aware systems, and the challenges of preserving knowledge in an increasingly AI-driven world.
I sometimes write about technology and development at my blog. Check it out!
I help people understand, adopt, and build complex technical systems.
Over the course of a career spanning more than three decades, I have worked across software development, developer education, cloud platforms, technical content strategy, and community building. My background includes leadership roles at MongoDB, Heroku, Cisco, and Treehouse, where I focused on helping developers successfully navigate new technologies through practical education and real-world implementation guidance.
Today my work centers on the intersection of:
I am the creator of the Sovereign Systems Specification, an open-source framework exploring operator-owned AI infrastructure, deterministic context engineering, and the long-term economics of modern AI systems.
In parallel, I am building projects that explore conversational access to institutional archives, digital preservation workflows, provenance-aware systems, and the challenges of preserving knowledge in an increasingly AI-driven world.
I sometimes write about technology and development at my blog. Check it out!
Current Work