I strive to build things that compound. New platforms taking shape, architecture that opens markets, teams that punch above their weight — making the technical bet make sense to the business. I started when the iPhone was new and built a career on what came next. AI is poised to change how we build software more than anything since. It's big, it's undefined, and it's going to be messy, but turning chaos into clarity is where I do my best work.
10 Jul 2023
Wiring up a 12ft Home Depot skeleton with servos, Arduino, and an iOS app — using ARKit to puppet a giant skeleton in real time from your phone.
2 Dec 2022
Taking advantage of a turf removal rebate to rip out 2,900 square feet of grass from the front yard and replace it with native plants, DG sidewalks, and responsible storm water management.
6 Jun 2022 · 8 Jun 2009
From the first keynote in 2009 to watching from a Southwest flight in 2019. A decade of WWDC, told through tweets.
15 Sep 2021
A Home Depot impulse buy becomes a multi-year Halloween spectacle — with straw bales, a homegrown pumpkin patch, and a skeleton that stays up year-round.
28 Feb 2021
A software developer buys a half-acre lot and slowly, inevitably, acquires vintage garden tractors. It starts with ‘I kind of want one’ and ends with tractor rides through grape tunnels.
11 Oct 2020
A software developer buys a half-acre lot in La Mesa and slowly, inevitably, turns into a farmer — complete with vintage tractors, massive garden beds, turf removal, and a DIY sidewalk project.
14 Apr 2020
Everyone got into making bread during quarantine. Most people stopped. We ordered 100 lbs of flour.
14 Feb 2020
Overwhelmed by options for years, then impulse-bought one on Amazon that looks kinda like a cool motorcycle. 17 miles on the first ride.
18 Apr 2019
A software engineer takes a sabbatical from tech and spends a year renovating a house from the ground up — learning to swing hammers, run network cable, and hide mistakes with caulk.
15 Mar 2019 · 22 Mar 2013
We built a free SMS alert for WWDC ticket sales in four days flat. Powered by Heroku, Twilio, and sheer urgency — from concept on Monday to launch on Friday.
1 Dec 2018
A surprise puppy pickup from Phoenix at 6:30am, hungover, on a plane. Luna the Weimaraner turned out to be the most stereotypical high-energy weim we’ve ever had — and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
21 Sep 2018
Mini splits don’t work with smart thermostats. So naturally, I wired an ESP8266 into the serial port.
5 Aug 2018
Saying goodbye to Merlot, our 14-year-old Weimaraner who was with me from age 22 in the military through marriage, fatherhood, and everything in between. She was legitimately special.
18 Jan 2018
Building a Prusa i3 MK3 from a kit — an IKEA-like assembly adventure that ends with the printer printing its own replacement parts. The moment my mind was blown upgrading from a $200 Monoprice Mini.
3 Oct 2017
I hacked wireless Qi charging into the center console of my 2012 truck, then added wireless CarPlay for good measure.
24 Feb 2017 · 25 Feb 2014
Announcing our party-planning app on stage at Jason Calacanis’s LAUNCH festival. From demo pit improvisation to getting roasted by Kara Swisher to Product Hunt day.
20 Nov 2016
The Great Christmas Tree Experiment
Five years of individually addressable LEDs, ESP8266 microcontrollers, ARKit spatial mapping, and trying not to burn down the Christmas tree.
5 Oct 2016
Falling down the hardware rabbit hole — from first solder joints and OSH Park purple boards to custom SMD designs and an NRF52 LED baseball cap.
26 Jun 2014
Introducing the party-planning app we built Spaceman Labs to make. A tour of the cool tech under the hood — from Foursquare venue lookup to time zone awareness to a photo stream that sizes shots by interestingness.
24 Nov 2013
The Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey
A multi-year journey from ‘I had to google sous vide’ to converting the entire family to breast-only sous vide turkey every Thanksgiving.
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