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Delivery
Building public-sector software at Kinetech, close to the people and processes it needs to serve.
Explore →Complicated problems. Software people love.
I build apps users love that give management what they need.
By day, I build software for government and public-sector work at Kinetech, mostly with Mendix.
Latest writing
What I’m thinking through.
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The world has changed and no one announced it
An open letter to anyone still building software the old way. AI didn't just make building faster — it collapsed the distance between builder and user, and ended the era of 'say no, ship the compromise.'
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Mendix Is the Platonic Ideal of Vibe Coding
AI can build software from English. Mendix gives us a visual model for understanding and checking what it built.
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A Love Letter to Dumplings
How a picky kid who only ate dumpling wrappers grew up to make hundreds of dumplings every weekend at a San Antonio farmers market.
In motion
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Writing
Notes on product judgment, AI-assisted development, and the work between requirements and reality.
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Bubble Burster
A personal market-exit instrument for watching an AI bubble thesis.
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Katie’s car app
Field notes for real lots — photos, reactions, and the exact car in front of us.
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Close to the whole thing.
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Michigan
Built the foundation, stepped in when the first deployment came off the rails, restored federally required reporting, earned enough trust for five engagements.
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PUCT
Client-facing delivery of a contested-case platform across departments, external parties, and an integrated filing system.
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UTA
Authored the winning RFP; led a GPS-verified, payment-enabled platform to production faster and leaner than a failed prior attempt.
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