I started off as employee #2 at Backbone, where I built the backend from Initial commit and helped build much of the original app and data warehouse. I later led the backend team that scaled the system into six-figure request counts.

I’m currently a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI.

Off the clock, I’m still cycling through hobbies that fit the tech stereotype a little too well: coffee, climbing, credit card hacking, and travel. I also spend too much time thinking about transit networks.

You can reach me at [email protected].

I use AI coding agents to build the site, do research on topics, and to critique my writing, but the goal of this blog, above all else, is to help me practice writing. Every word written here is my own.