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this site is a slightly hypocritical
/stance against web bloat
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about me
professional
Over the past decade and a half, I've had the privilege of working as a CTO and full-stack development lead. I have a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, driving technical strategy, and scaling engineering processes in early-stage startups. Solving real-world problems is my jam. I'm not easily distracted by Shiny New Toysâ„¢ and eschew yak shaving.
personal
I consider myself a generalist, with more interests than time. See /currently for a few things I've been practicing recently.
I was born and raised in the United States but have lived in several countries over the past decade.
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credo
- accessibility should be a forethought
- artificial intelligence, in its current state, is a poor substitute for human intelligence
- there is only experience
currently
in no particular order, these practices have recently occupied most of my free time:
- fatherhood
- mountain ultra trail running
- sourdough
- fermentation
- hydroponic cultivation of culinary plants
- Dzogchen-ish, secular mindfulness
- gongfu tea
- traditional rock climbing
old man yells at cloud
The more time I spend building web UIs, the more I find myself nostalgic for a time when websites were simple, fast, and focused on content – an era with less fluff (iykyk). My frustration isn't rooted in a dislike for modern technologies, but rather in how poorly they're often wielded on today's web. What once served as a flourish to enhance UX has now been twisted into something which is actively harmful to the user.
Paradoxically, I love the interactivity that modern web technologies can offer, and the modern development experience is (sometimes) a joy. I just wish they were used more thoughtfully and sparingly. The web should be about the content. It should be about the people who use it, not the technology that powers it. There is a better way.
this site
- is a single page of semantic HTML
- hacks URL fragments and the
:targetCSS pseudo-class for pseudo-navigation - requires no JavaScript
- is accessible
- is printable (if you must)
- is self-hosted on a Raspberry Pi in my home