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.
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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 →Coaching
Every level of engineering leadership is a different job.
IC to manager is one. Manager to managing managers is another.
Stake Taco Founder & coach
Coaching for engineering leaders running teams of teams.
1:1 executive coaching, cohort programs, and in-house workshops for directors, senior managers, and the managers being prepared for those roles.
Visit staketaco.com →Off the clock
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 →Writing
Claude Code skill for the Omada API Cross-posted from the TPLink_Omada subreddit. This morning I got curious about managing my self-hosted controller with Claude Code via the Omada…
with NVIDIA GPU passthrough*, obviously. I’m running Proxmox 9 on an Intel i5–12400 with an RTX 3050 8GB. As AI/LLM rigs go, it’s not that impressive, but it’s enough to play with…
