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I'm a passionate engineer who loves diving deep into web dev. Join me as I document my experiments and share hard-won lessons from the field.

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12/31/2020

2020 Recap

2020 was far crazier than I would have expected. I want to share exactly why I released less content and share my goals for 2021.

Getting Started with NDepend

Complexity is one of the most common problems among developers. Even with proper planning things can still get out of hand. I start to dig into NDepend to learn more about the issues it solves and how it can benefit my projects.

Optional Chaining and Nullish Coalescing in Node.js

Optional chaining and nullish coalescing are now available in Node.js 14, making it easier to write safe, concise code without defensive programming.

2020 Blog Update

It's been a busy few months for me personally, but I assure you, I have a few exciting things in the pipeline!

Events

IRL

10/29/2019

Building Desktop Apps with Blazor

Thanks to some great open source projects, it's now super easy to get started building desktop apps using Blazor. In this article I show you exactly how to go from zero to running app in less than 15 minutes!

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Jan 2025@ CBRE IM

Investment Management Tools Rewrite

Led a comprehensive rewrite and modernization of 4 investment management tools, consolidating four legacy repositories into a unified monorepo while migrating to Next.js and streamlining CI/CD processes.

Angular

Azure DevOps

Finance

Dec 2024 - Jan 2025@ ZIPS Dry Cleaners

ZIPS DevOps Optimization

Optimized DevOps infrastructure for ZIPS Dry Cleaners by modernizing Terraform configs, implementing automated CI/CD pipelines with Docker, and mentoring the team on Next.js best practices.

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud

Docker

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