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Software Engineering

Pure-software work, the door for customers who already have a hardware product (or no hardware at all) and need an engineer on the keyboard.

The proof here leans on paid engagements: full-stack web on TypeScript / React / Next.js, native and hybrid mobile in Swift and React Native, a Core ML → TensorFlow.js → WASM port for a machine-vision app, and back-end work in Haskell, Kotlin, Python, Go, and Rust. The personal-project archive carries the surrounding tooling story — the site you are on, build pipelines, content models, ops glue.

Sub-disciplines

  • Full-stack web — React/TypeScript front-ends, Node / Python / Go / Rust back-ends, Postgres / Mongo / Redis storage, Docker on bare metal or AWS / DigitalOcean.
  • Native and hybrid app development — iOS in Swift and Objective-C, Android in Java, hybrid in React Native.
  • Machine learning integration — porting Core ML pipelines to TensorFlow.js, shipping Swift-compiled WASM model logic across web and iOS.

Adjacent doors

If your product has a physical component, the hardware-plus-software door is the better fit. If you need a machine built, see machine building.

Paid engagements

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Headless CRM and Auction Storefront

2019-8-31

Designed a site from marketing brief through headless CRM data model to shipped web and mobile clients

Skill
Role
Web
App
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Machine-Vision Physical Therapy App

2020-5-31

Ported a Core ML pipeline to TensorFlow.js and shipped the model logic as a Swift-compiled WASM module shared between web and iOS

Skill
Role
Web
App
Ml
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Static Analysis Choreography Tool

2022-4-30

Built features on a Haskell back-end powering a static-analysis choreography tool

Skill
Role
Web
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Video Stream Management Platform

2018-1-31

Rebuilt complex PHP legacy systems in modern unit-tested Java alongside a new React front-end

Skill
Role
Web

Sub-disciplines

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Native and Hybrid App Development

2019-10-20

Developed native iOS applications using Objective-C and Swift for platform-optimized mobile experiences

Skill
Software
Discipline
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Embedded and Firmware

2020-3-3

Firmware and bring-up on ESP32 and Arduino targets, in C, C++, and Rust

Skill
Software
Discipline
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Full Stack Web Development

2019-10-20

Delivered full-stack web applications spanning frontend design with Adobe XD, React/TypeScript middle-end, and backend services in Python, Go, and Rust

Skill
Software
Discipline

Software projects

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Layered Backup Workflow

2023-1-15

Built host-specific Borg backup automation with per-machine pattern files, session logging, and centralized archive management

Project
Skill
Software
Nixos
Python
Bash
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Local LLM

2026-5-12

Engineered a reproducible local coding-agent environment using Nix and llama.cpp, enabling Pi to run against a shared Qwen model on an RTX 3090

Project
Ai
Developer Tools
Infrastructure
Nix
Skill
Software
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Northwest Waxworks

2024-6-30

Built a digital fabrication pipeline converting mountain terrain data into 3D-printed candle molds, automating geometry tuning too complex for manual adjustment

Project
Manufacturing
Product Design
Entrepreneurship
Skill
Software
Cad
Capability
Fabrication
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Obsidian Remotion

2026-1-28

Extracted TypeScript blocks from Markdown and synthesized them into virtual TSX modules for live, type-checked Remotion previews inside an Obsidian plugin

Project
Developer Tools
Typescript
Obsidian
Remotion
Skill
Software
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Building My Portfolio Into a Publishing System

2019-8-30

Evolved a static site into a full publishing and editorial system through seven years of iterative tooling changes

Project
Writing
Developer Tools
Skill
Software
Gatsby
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Staübli Reborn: Industrial Robot with a Modern Control System

2024-6-30

Reverse-engineered a legacy Staübli RX90 robot controller and replaced its failing floppy boot disk with a ZuluSCSI SD card emulator after six disassembly iterations to derive a working boot image

Project
Portfolio
Skill
Software
Software
Cad
Nixos
Machine Building
Hardware Software
Python
Integration
Javascript
Freecad
Mechanical Design
Capability
Fabrication
Embedded
Robotics
Type
Retrofit
Featured Work
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