About

I'm a software engineering manager who still builds.

I lead an engineering team at a logistics-tech company, where I split my time between hands-on architecture and people leadership. Lately, most of that architecture work has been AI: I built the Claude/LLM extraction layer that moved one of our core products from prototype to a production pipeline, and I designed an internal Claude Code platform — skills, agents, and reference docs — that codifies how our team plans, builds, and reviews work with AI assistance. It's since been picked up by teams beyond my own.

The part I keep coming back to is efficiency. The same discipline that makes an AI system cheaper to run — tighter context, the right model for the job, less wasted computation — also makes it lighter on energy and water. That intersection of AI efficiency and sustainability is underexplored, and it's a lot of what I write about here: what it actually takes to get an LLM from demo to dependable production, and what it costs — in dollars and in resources — to keep it running well.

But the longer I do this, the harder it is to keep the questions purely technical. Building things this capable — and this hungry for energy and trust — keeps pushing me toward bigger ones: what we're actually responsible for when we build AI, what "responsible use" means for a practitioner and not just a policy team, and what all of this is doing to us. That's the second track here, and it runs alongside the war stories rather than behind them. It stays grounded on purpose — a philosophical point lands harder when it's grounded in something I've actually built. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is the clearest example of the kind.

This site is where I think out loud about all of it: real problems, how I approached them, what held up and what didn't — and what it all might mean.

Away from the keyboard, you'll usually find me hiking, in the garden, or at the piano or guitar — and generally chasing better health along the way. It's the same thing that pulls me in everywhere: steady practice, small improvements, and the quiet satisfaction of doing something well.

If you want to get in touch, see the Contact page.