Challenging projects & lessons learned.
Write-ups from production work — architecture calls, migrations, and the mistakes worth avoiding twice. Not portfolio screenshots.
Migrating a monolith without a freeze
- Constraint: zero downtime
- Lesson: dual-write first
- Outcome: 40% faster reads
- 7 case studies
- Real systems, real constraints
- Lessons learned
- What worked, what failed, and why
- Production focus
- Trade-offs you can reuse on your stack
Every project write-up published so far.
Citywide Snow Removal Route Optimization
I built a snow-route planner that batches Google’s 27-stop cap so a local fleet stops backtracking.
AI-Powered Customer Support Phone Assistant
I led TeeTime’s phone AI agent: Twilio, GPT-4, and Zoho, so routine calls stopped sitting on people.
Automating Golf Contract Audits with AI
I built a tool that checks golf promo contracts against the official catalog so audits take hours, not weeks.
Migrating a Windows-Based Application to Linux on DigitalOcean
I moved a Windows GUI app that used SQL Anywhere 9 over ODBC from IONOS to Linux on DigitalOcean.
Intelligent Volunteer Matching: A Data-Driven Approach
I built a volunteer matcher that forms teams by skill, mix, and live availability, not one-to-one pairs.
A WordPress to Next.js & Django Migration Story: SEO, Speed, Scalability
I moved a growing WordPress site to Next.js and Django so traffic, APIs, and SEO could keep up.
Scalable Notification System for Voting Apps with Email & Slack
I built email and Slack notices for an employee voting app, then queued and batched the sends so the app stayed up.
Materials you can learn from on your own.
Articles, video tips, and project write-ups — free content to read, watch, and revisit whenever you need it.