Service before software
The best systems help real people do meaningful work with less friction.
Christian · Veteran · Family Man · Backend Dev
I build practical software with discipline and clarity.
I work primarily in TypeScript and Go, care about systems that serve people well, and like turning messy product ideas into dependable tools. This is my personal dojo: resume, projects, experiments, and notes from the workbench.
Clarity compounds
Readable code, obvious boundaries, and honest docs are force multipliers.
Build with restraint
A focused tool that does the right thing beats a flashy tool that does too much.
The lab stays open
AI, product craft, training data, and better developer workflows are all on the workbench.
Selected work
Projects with a point of view.
Active product build
G.R.I.T.
A hypertrophy training product that combines deterministic programming rules, workout logging, Supabase persistence, and carefully bounded AI-assisted program drafting.
Next.jsTypeScriptSupabaseReact Native
Ongoing practice
Hermes Workflow Lab
A personal operating system for AI-assisted engineering: durable skills, repo backups, task verification, and agent orchestration patterns.
AI agentsGitObsidianAutomation
Living portfolio
This website
A personal resume and project dojo designed around dark minimalism, jade accents, warm lantern glow, and practical storytelling.
Next.jsTailwind CSSTypeScriptVitest
Resume signal
Backend, service, product craft.
Experience
Led development and optimization of enterprise payment processing systems integrating NetSuite ERP and AWS cloud infrastructure, supporting millions of financial transactions annually.
Service
United States Coast Guard veteran with a service-shaped bias toward reliability, ownership, and calm execution under constraints.
Education
Master of Science – Software Engineering (In Progress), Grand Valley State University.
Skills
Programming: TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Go.
The lab is open.
Experiments, tool notes, AI workflows, and small interactive ideas will live in the lab; the fun corner of the workshop.
Visit the lab