I am a software engineer who loves writing Go and building scalable, efficient systems.
My background is in systems administration, and I have been involved in successive waves of technology, including
virtualization, cloud computing, cloud-native architectures, and microservices.
I have worked for a variety of startups and established companies, both big and small.
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Blog Posts
March 20, 2026
The dark infra factory part 1
Since reading about the StrongDM software factory, I have become obsessed with the idea of a dark infrastructure factory. This is the idea where rather than a human managing an agent, a human builds a system that delivers software. Our jobs then become h...
February 21, 2026
Hardened Openclaw on Scaleway
Wanted to use openclaw but I am scared of getting pwned so decided to spin up a very locked down instance on Scaleway. I have open sourced the automation code that I used to build it here.
November 9, 2025
The Power of Nightmares
Some organisations are shaped by dreams while others are shaped by nightmares. Catastrophic events in the company's past that has caused deep rooted trauma businesses struggle to grow out of.
No clearer have I seen this than when I attempted to implement continuous delivery in just such an...
July 26, 2025
Waiting for King Sebastian
This is a disordered world that is difficult to explain easily or rationally. An engineer at their root is someone who tries to demonstrate their understanding of it with code. Engineers will sometimes place their faith in a singular technology, framework or solution that has no place for the s...
June 23, 2025
The Importance of Kindness in Engineering
There are many traits I have seen successful engineers over my years observing and being part of development teams but there is one trait above all others that the most successful engineers have and that is kindness.
I can hear your eyes rolling from here but hear me out.
Being kind...
May 10, 2025
Are we scribes?
O God! O piety! O holy venerable faith! What, my lords, are you doing? Your pledges come to nothing, as long as what is pleasant is more pleasing to you than what is honourable. They basely flood the market with anything suggestive of sexuality, and they print the stuff at such a low...