Feb 6, 2026 Meta

The Site Problem

You are looking at the current version of the problem. How do you make a site feel professional without sanding all the personality off it? That is the part I care about.

The brief was detailed. The voice direction was specific. The design references were intentional. This isn't "AI wrote my website." This is "I directed an AI to build what I envisioned." There's a difference.

Feb 4, 2026 Work

Webex Calling Migration: Week 3

Migrating 400+ users off legacy telephony while keeping the lights on is the IT equivalent of changing a tire at 60mph. We're at 72% and only two "but my fax machine" tickets this week.

The secret nobody talks about in government IT: the technology is the easy part. The change management is where you earn your paycheck.

Feb 2, 2026 Life
Current browser tab count: 47. Each one represents a thought I was absolutely going to get back to.
Jan 28, 2026 Work

Why Government IT Doesn't Have to Suck

Hot take that shouldn't be hot: government employees deserve the same quality tech experience as private sector workers. ServiceNow intake optimization isn't sexy. But 1,000 county employees not wanting to throw their laptops out the window? That's the dream.

Jan 24, 2026 Life

Traeger + Sous Vide = Cheat Codes

Started the brisket at 5am. Sous vide got it to 165°, then the Traeger finishes the bark. It's not traditional. Purists will hate it. But it's perfect every single time, and I'm done apologizing for consistency.

There's a metaphor in here about technology and tradition that I'm choosing not to make. Sometimes a brisket is just a brisket.

Jan 20, 2026 Tech

The Agent System is Working. Kind Of.

My multi-agent system just successfully managed a task pipeline without me babysitting it. For about 11 minutes. Then it decided to reorganize my notes into a taxonomy that made sense to no one, including the AI.

But those 11 minutes? Genuinely impressive. The gap between "sometimes works beautifully" and "production ready" is where all the interesting engineering lives.

Jan 15, 2026 Life
Someone asked how I was doing today. I said "GREAT." They did a visible double-take. That's the whole point. Life is too short for lukewarm responses.