Engineering leader · founder · writer
I build strong engineering teams, mentor people through promotions and career changes, and still write code. Nights and weekends go to my home lab.
Founder
The whiteboard and the tracker, in one place.
CardPath gives product and engineering teams a visual work graph for mapping dependencies, finding ready work, and giving existing agents the structure they need to operate without guessing.
Visit cardpath.io →Most of what gets called a management problem is a communication problem.
Consulting Working with engineering leaders since 2021
Whether you're a senior engineer leading without authority or a director leading through managers, I've sat in your seat. We work on the conversation you're dreading, the manager above you, and the AI rollout that isn't landing.
Learn more →Released September 2026
A daily word game. Compare any two words to find which is closest to the word of the day.
Play today's word →Halloween 2026
Halloween is a big holiday at home, and we go all out with the decorations and costumes. This year I'm projecting these creepy eyes onto the window and controlling it all via Home Assistant.
Get the code on GitHub →
<?php
echo http_build_url(
'https://example.com/v1/users?page=2',
['path' => 'me', 'query' => 'fields=name'],
HTTP_URL_JOIN_PATH | HTTP_URL_JOIN_QUERY
);
// https://example.com/v1/me?page=2&fields=nameOpen source since 2014
A single-file PHP library I wrote in 2014 that provides http_build_url() when the pecl_http extension isn't installed. No one should still use it. PrestaShop's contact form module, Craft's Feed Me plugin, and 100+ other packages depend on it anyway, and it gets around 400,000 installs a month.
Read why I'm deprecating it →