I’m a writer, thinker, and explorer of the stories that shape us.
Most of my life I’ve spent immersed in building complex systems, shaping teams, and navigating how people and technology collide and cohere. Over time, I realised it wasn’t just systems that fascinated me; it was the people within those systems and how we make sense of our work and our relationships.
That curiosity has slowly led me away from fixating on tools and processes, and toward exploring human experience in engineering.
I write fiction, essays, and reflections that try to capture how people feel and change, the internal rhythms that shape what we do and why we do it, as well as the fragile, surprising, powerful stories stitched through everyday life.
My novel Human Software: A Life in I.T. explores many of these themes through narrative — weaving together questions of technology, identity, and human agency in an age of AI and global systems.
This blog continues that exploration. You’ll find posts about:
- stories and moments that hint at something deeper
- big ideas that connect inner experience to wider culture
- reflections on writing, imagination, and creativity
This is most definitely not a place for polished certainty but for honest curiosity and vulnerability.
If any of that resonates with you, you’re in the right place.
Who am I?
- DevOps leader and freelancer (I build infrastructure, tooling and pipelines, and I have opinions on how this is organised and run)
- Software systems designer and (re)architecture
- Writer (novelist, blogger, thinker, talker)
Background
- Linux/UNIX expert. Backend, frontend, web, database, many languages.
- 30 years of building and supporting enterprise solutions.
- Music software, reverse-engineering applications, mobile apps, IoT, desktop and systems.
- Open-source contributor since 1995.
I pay attention to organisational dynamics. You can call this Conway’s Law if you like. I’m a Team Topologies Advocate.
I like The Unicorn Project so much that I once even did a talk about it in Berlin.
Want to Work With Me?
I work in a single organisation at any given time, usually embedded within a platform or systems team. You can find out more about my experience and way of working here.