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The Blog

Thoughts on software engineering, DevOps, and lessons learned from an unconventional career path.

HashiCorp co-founder says GitHub 'no longer a place for serious work'

It was a long night of troubleshooting, and there I was, staring at a screen full of error messages from a GitHub Actions pipeline that just wouldn’t coopera...

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May 6, 2026

Career 4 min read

Learning to Code at 40: What No Bootcamp Tells You

After 15 years in real estate, I taught myself to code at 40. Here's what I wish someone had told me about late career transitions into tech.

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February 2, 2026

Tutorial 6 min read

CI/CD Best Practices for Enterprise Teams

Lessons from building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines at Dell Technologies—what works, what doesn't, and the mistakes that taught me the most.

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January 29, 2026

Career 5 min read

What Real Estate Taught Me About Debugging Production Issues

How 15 years of handling real estate crises prepared me for on-call rotations and production incidents in tech.

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January 29, 2026

Case Study 5 min read

Building PayoffPilot: A Privacy-First iOS App

A case study on designing and building an iOS debt payoff calculator with a focus on privacy and user experience.

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March 10, 2024

Tutorial 4 min read

Getting Started with HashiCorp Vault: A Practical Guide

Learn the fundamentals of HashiCorp Vault for secrets management, from basic concepts to your first working implementation.

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February 20, 2024

Career 3 min read

From Real Estate to Software Engineering: My Unconventional Path

How I transitioned from a 15-year real estate career to becoming a Senior Software Engineer at Dell Technologies at 40.

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January 15, 2024

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