Thirty years in.
Still curious.
I've spent thirty years building software and learning that the hardest problems are almost never about code.
A work in progress.
Always.
Building things.
Sharing what I learn.
I run Mystic Coders, a technology consultancy that helps companies build software and navigate the ever-shifting landscape of AI, cloud, and web development. We've worked with everyone from startups to Fortune 500s.
I've written books on WebSockets and Spring. I've spoken at conferences around the world—Java2Days, ConFoo, ÜberConf, and dozens of others—about everything from real-time systems to the philosophy of software craftsmanship.
Some questions
need more room.
I also write The Long Compile, a weekly newsletter exploring the questions that don't fit in a technical blog post: What happens when AI hallucinates confidently? What did Gaudi understand about patience that we've forgotten? Why do the best engineers I know read philosophy?
Explore The Long Compile ↗Life makes
its way in.
When I'm not at a keyboard, I'm probably traveling somewhere new, watching the Lakers, or having conversations with my kids that end up becoming essays.
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