Blog
Musings on engineering management, front-end development, design systems, work, life, music, and other topics of interest (to me).
- The Public Gets What the Public Wants
January 20, 2025
You've made your bed, you better lie in it.
- Sick Senses
January 15, 2025
I can hear my silence loud and clear.
- How to Fall Asleep
January 14, 2025
Start with twenty long, slow, deep breaths.
- Anti-war Protest
January 09, 2025
You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers.
- The Invisible Work of a Manager
September 18, 2024
Shine a light on what you do and make time for breaks and exercise.
- Sick
August 18, 2024
Sleep forever.
- Weirdly Political
August 02, 2024
Snowflakes?
- Fuck a Flag
July 16, 2024
Single-issue voters have no vision for the future.
- Who Cares?
June 06, 2024
I like to light the fire.
- Joyous Rebellion
June 05, 2024
Hopeless aggression has been done to death.
- Liberty is a Social Construct
June 04, 2024
Liberty is meaningless if you don’t afford it to anyone but yourself.
- Working from the Hospital
April 21, 2024
I'm not one to just do nothing. So I figured I'd get some work done.
- One Year In
April 10, 2024
Still struggling after all this time
- Should We Really Be Bringing Our "Whole Selves" to Work?
March 02, 2024
There's a lot of talk about bringing your "whole self" to work. At it's core, the idea is admirable.
- I Wear a Lot of Hats
February 03, 2024
Because we are a small team with few resources, I not only manage the people on the team, but I also operate as the Tech Lead, the Project Manager, and the Product Manager.
- Favorite Releases of 2023
January 10, 2024
Mostly hardcore/punk, some Americana, a little hip-hop...
- All-in On Astro
December 01, 2023
After hearing the hype for some time now, I decided to finally dig in to Astro, the front-end web framework for content-focused websites.
- Utilizing AI
November 24, 2023
Where is the line between using AI to assist in writing a blog post and using AI to write a blog post for you?
- Performance Management for Beginners
October 02, 2023
What gets measured gets optimized for.
- Six Months In
September 15, 2023
Six months in and I have not written much about what it means to go from an individual contributor to an Engineering Manager. Likely, because I don't know that I really know.
- Weekly Work Journaling
March 21, 2023
The basic idea is that at the end of each week, you write down at a fairly high level what you accomplished that week with just enough detail...
- Engineering Management for Beginners
March 09, 2023
When faced with a new task or problem, I like to start by reading about it.
- Chronicling My Journey from Individual Contributor to Engineering Manager
March 06, 2023
I've recently accepted a position as a UX Engineering Manager after being an Individual Contributor at various companies for the last 10 years.