Senior Software Engineer & Writer
Belfast, Northern IrelandEngineering systems.
Finding the words.
I build reliable software and explore intelligent systems.
Outside engineering, I write poetry and reflect on the world.
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Good systems make complexity easier to understand, operate and evolve.
Backend & distributed systems
Reliable APIs, cloud-native applications and the connections between them.
Engineering quality
Performance, testing and security. The work that makes software worth maintaining.
AI & developer experience
Exploring how agents and context-aware tools can help engineers build and understand.
A different
kind of language.
Notes on making things.
Poems on being here.
Writing
All writingA retry is a promise.
Give it a boundary.
On timeouts, backoff and knowing when to stop.
Essay · Sample writingThe work of
paying attention
A small reflection on noticing before making.
कविता
Poetryझ्यालछेउ
झ्यालछेउको उज्यालो
बिस्तारै भित्र पस्छ।
म शब्द खोज्छु,
बिहान चुपचाप बस्छ।
An illustrative sample poem
Read the poemExplore poetryFrom Nepal to Belfast.
Always a little curious.
My work has taken me through insurance, healthcare and enterprise software. The thread through it all: understanding how things work, and finding a clearer way to explain them.
A little about me