Philosophy

Principles & Ethos

The values and mental models that guide how I build software, lead teams, and contribute to communities.

Build in the Open

Transparency accelerates trust. Default to public when possible.

Mentoring one engineer well multiplies across their entire career.

Proven tools beat novel ones. Choose stability unless the trade-off is clear.

A working system in production teaches more than a perfect design on paper.

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