Cy
Cy is a secure encryption key generation system. Using Clef for authentication and a simple API interface, Cy generates and stores secure cryptographic keys.
Leader, Developer, Maker
I’m an engineering manager with 8+ years of experience helping teams ship thoughtful, reliable web services. I invest deeply in people, their growth, and their passion. When I’m not leading teams, I’m building crafts, code, experiments — anything, just for the joy of it.
12 years of building things and leading people
Senior Engineering Manager
Head of Technical Support
Technical Support Manager
Software Engineer
Frontend Engineer
Developer & SysAdmin
A few posts I'm particularly proud of
Lessons from Heroku on making remote-first culture actually work, not just tolerating it.
The questions I ask to figure out if a startup is worth joining -- culture, finances, and the stuff nobody tells you.
How open source economics actually work, and why companies should care beyond goodwill.
I taught myself SVG by recreating logos from scratch. Turns out it's not as scary as RegExp.
Things I've shipped
Cy is a secure encryption key generation system. Using Clef for authentication and a simple API interface, Cy generates and stores secure cryptographic keys.
Integrations for Help Scout to help support teams be efficient, informed, and empathetic.
fileDrop was built to ease the pain for businesses that require an easy method to move files back and forth. First and foremost, fileDrop’s interface just makes sense.
In Every Language is an aggregation of the most popular solutions to the most popular programming puzzles (or katas). The goal is to have the best solution for each kata in every language!
node-session is a great tool for the barebones Node.js web server, which will allow you to store user sessions. And the code is simple, to boot!
Waltz is a modern account manager for the web. Simply by authenticating with Clef, you can log in and log out from anywhere.
Things I've made for fun
Generative art experiments — pyramids, wave portraits, and other algorithmic visuals built for the joy of making something beautiful with code.
Get notified when your local government is meeting and what they’re talking about. Parses public agendas so you don’t have to.
An AI-powered sticker designer that uses text-to-image generation and inpainting to create custom die-cut sticker sheets.
Being a DM is hard… especially if you lack creativity, and double especially if you’re running an online game. MakeHex is an easy hex map making tool designed for virtual tabletop gaming.