Journal
The build log.
What shipped, and when.
Aug 2026
Slipstream — real-time decisioning engine
Immutable snapshot hot-swapped atomically; a lock-free, allocation-free read path under concurrent traffic. Live storefront and console.
Jun 2026
TaskMesh — distributed task engine
Kafka + Redis coordination, at-least-once consumption with idempotent handlers — a worker lost mid-batch triggers redelivery, never a drop or a double-apply.
May 2026
Shortly — URL shortener
Optimistic locking on the write path, so click counters stay correct under concurrent writes without serializing the redirect path.
Nov 2025
Left LMNAs Cloud Solutions, started building solo
Eighteen months in production taught me what breaks under load. Since then: three distributed systems, built and shipped independently.