I am a software developer based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I arrived here via Southern California and before that, East Africa. I have spent more than a decade working at my craft in all kinds of environments: publicly traded companies, small businesses, and startups amongst others.

My approach to work is inspired by 3 things1 I believe must exist in good software:

Commodity

To serve some given purpose

Firmament

Durability under use

Delight

Aesthetic and functional beauty

I have always been interested in many things. As a programmer I like syntactical constructs and language. As an aesthete I am an architecture and design enthusiast. Both my background and education give me a penchant for literature, economics, history, and public policy. As a thinker I can’t evade brushes with the philosophical.

1This idea was originally purposed for architecture by Vitrivius. I encountered them in the excellent book The Look of Architecture by Witold Rybczynski.