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Hi, I'm Paul.

Software architect, content creator, finance geek and a Human Warrior.

A brief timeline

  1. 1998-2004

    Tinkered with HTML, ASP and PHP. Lived in IRC, played Q3, War3, and Duke3D. Built a DKP tracker for my guild in ASP.

  2. 2005–2013

    Quality Assurace: Game, mobile and eventually hardware testing. Software Design Engineer in Test by 2013, writing test automation and reporting.

  3. 2014–2016

    Junior Engineer: First professional foray into .NET and nascent SPA architecture (Backbone, KnockoutJS). Software engineer at Crelate and Microsoft.

  4. 2017–2023

    Senior SWE: Explosive growth. Set technical direction, shipped dozens of features, built out cloud architecture, led on frontend design. Promoted to Staff level in 2022.

  5. 2023–now

    Architect: Technical leadership, mentorship, content creation, software architecture and of course Artificial Intelligence. Principal/Architect at end of 2026.

Featured Dives

All dives

The constraints, decisions, and lessons behind the work.

Video Content

YouTube

I teach engineers how to deploy software to the cloud. Follow along as we build, ship, and make sense of the infrastructure behind it.

Playlist
Building a SaaS
Deploying .NET 8.0 on Railway
AI's Taking My Job? I Have Other Plans.

On my mind

The blog

Thoughts on software, the industry, and the work in between. First posts coming soon.