Building the systems
that build the software.
Thirty-plus years writing code, and I don't read much of it anymore. I design the harness — the queues, the gates, the review loops — and a team of agents does the typing. I write down what works.
1,166 tasks dispatched. Agents propose; deterministic code disposes.
02 — Latest
ALL 27 POSTS →
The Catalogue Tax: Why I Still Hand My Agents a CLI
Every MCP server you attach re-sends its tool catalogue on every request, and a new controlled study shows most agent harnesses pay that tax eagerly. Here's what MCP really costs in tokens and speed — and why I still give my agents a CLI when a good one exists.
03 — Selected work
ALL PROJECTS →Composer
A multi-agent orchestration platform that manages a team of specialized AI agents — designer, reviewer, implementer, tester, documenter — to autonomously design, build, review, and ship production software around the clock.
TutorPro
A comprehensive tutoring management platform built at 10x+ developer velocity using orchestrated AI agents (Claude Code Web, GitHub Copilot, Gemini).
Leaderboard Fantasy
A fantasy golf platform that evolved from Excel to GCP to a cost-optimized VPS.
04 — Off the clock
PERSONAL POSTS →
Husband, father, and the family's on-call network engineer. When I'm not tuning agent definitions I'm fishing, golfing, or losing at Mario Kart. More about that →