Senior software developer. ~30 years in the trenches — CVS to Git, CGI-bin Perl to React, monoliths to microservices, and now figuring out what agentic development actually means in practice.

• GrindCLI — a personal project management CLI built on git bare repos and worktrees
• Agentic dev workflows — building Claude Code primitives (Skills, Commands, Hooks) and spec-driven pipelines
• garagemahal.studio — content, consulting, and a blog about technical stuff
• Human In Progress - content about my own personal growth

• Spec-driven over vibe coding
• KISS first — complexity only when it's earned
• Self-hosted over SaaS wherever possible
• Own your mistakes, pay the debt, move on

I write about agentic engineering, developer tooling, and technology's cultural footprint at garagemahal.studio.

Kansas City. He/him.