Blog
Software engineering notes, milestones, and lessons learned.
A growing collection of posts on technical growth, certifications, projects, and the work behind becoming a stronger software engineer.
July 7, 2026
Building Observable Incident Alerts with FastAPI, Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana
How SmokeStack Ops turns simulated grill telemetry into a Kubernetes observability workflow with per-pod Prometheus scraping, Grafana dashboards, alert rules, and runbooks.
June 1, 2026
Building ArkenDriver: Lessons Learned from Writing a WebDriver Client in Rust
What building a from-scratch Rust browser automation framework taught me about WebDriver protocol design, typed APIs, driver setup, testability, and framework architecture.
May 16, 2026
Building IronCanvas: Learning Geometry and WebAssembly Through a Browser-Based Graphics Experiment
A look at using Rust, WebAssembly, and canvas rendering to learn vertices, transformations, browser rendering, and memory interaction from first principles.
May 12, 2026
Learning Systems Through Search: Building PgSeek with PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Docker, and Containers
How building PgSeek became a hands-on way to learn PostgreSQL-backed application design, TypeScript, Docker, and containerized development.
April 26, 2026
From Commit to Package: Building and Shipping a QR Code Generator with CI/CD
A case study in turning a simple QR code utility into a packaged, publicly distributed Python project with CI/CD and repeatable release automation.
April 15, 2026
Why Learning Assembly Still Matters (A Developer's Perspective)
A practical reflection on what a small NASM project taught me about memory, operating systems, debugging, and performance.
April 14, 2026
How I Earned My Web & Computer Programming Certificate from BYU Idaho
What the program covered, what I actually learned from it, and how it helped shape the foundation I use in software engineering work today.