I’ve spent most of my life building, supporting and organising software systems, shaping software teams, and navigating how people and technology collide. 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 hierarchies towards exploring the 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, and 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
Lots of sketches, ideas and thoughts about writing, tech and humans.
If any of that resonates with you, you’re in the right place.
Who am I?
- DevOps and Infrastructure freelancer (I build infrastructure, tooling and pipelines, and I have opinions on its organised)
- Writer, novelist, blogger
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.
Need help?
I work with 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.