About me.
Software architect, builder, and technical mentor.
Hi, I'm Paul! Welcome to my home on the interwebs. I'm currently working as a AI Cloud Architect at American Fidelity. In my free time, I hang out with my family, play video games, do yard work around the house and dabble in woodworking.
Throughout my career I've put emphasis on simplicity and getting stuff done. Move fast and build things. I am a big on not overcomplicating designs, whether entire architectures or specific code solutions. This is even more important in the age of AI as tokens cost money and contexts in large code bases are still a problem.
I like working on teams where I can both learn from someone smarter than me, and also empower more junior engineers. On Deploy & Destroy, I teach people how to build cool apps and deploy them to the cloud.
In my spare time I'm running 1-5 agents at a time building side projects or playing video games like Zenless Zone Zero, Arknights Endfield, World of Warcraft Forever and soon... GTA VI!
Let’s talk
For opportunities, architecture conversations, or a question about something I’ve written.
Tech Stack
- Languages
- C#
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Frontend
- React
- TanStack
- Vue
- Nuxt
- Blazor
- Tailwind CSS
- Vite
- Backend
- ASP.NET Core
- Node.js
- Hono
- NestJS
- Microsoft Agent Framework
- Mastra
- Azure
- SQL
- CosmosDB
- Service Bus
- Storage
- AI Foundry
- Event Hub
- VM
- App Services
- Kubernetes
- Data & storage
- PostgreSQL
- SQL Server
- Convex
- Redis Stack
- S3
- RabbitMQ
- DevOps
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- Azure DevOps
- HELM
Software
- Coding: Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio,
- AI Harness: T3 Code (Primary), OpenCode, GitHub Copilot (Work), Codex, OpenRouter
- Terminal: Windows Terminal
- Brain dumps: Obsidian
- Browser: Vivaldi, Firefox
- Chat: Discord, Teams
Hardware
Coding / Gaming PC
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
- RAM: G.SKILL Flare X5 DDR5 32GB
- Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS B850
- Storage: 2+2+4TB = 8TB NVMe
- Video Card: EVGA Geforce RTX 3080 10GB
- PSU: Super Flower Leadex III, 1000W
- Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 217 ATX / Walnut
- AIO: Thermalright Frozen Notte 360 ARGB
- Monitor: LG 38WN95C-W 38" QHD+ Curved UltraWide
- Keyboard: Logitech G915 TKL
- Mouse: Logitech G305 Lightspeed, 12K
Homelab
- Rack: DeskPi RackMate T2, 12U, 10-inch rack
- Main Proxmox VE node: Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q Gen 2, AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 5650GE, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD
- Proxmox node: HP EliteDesk 800 G4 Mini, Intel Core i5-8500, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD
- Proxmox node: HP ProDesk 600 G4 Mini, Intel Core i5-8500T, 16GB DDR4, 250GB SATA SSD
- NAS: Asustor Drivestor Pro AS3304T, 4 × 4TB Seagate IronWolf drives in RAID 5, 2.5Gb Ethernet
- UPS: CyberPower CP1000PFCLCDA, 1000VA / 600W, powering the Proxmox nodes and NAS