I build reliable AI-agent delivery systems.
My current work is about making coding agents useful on real codebases: give them a plan, limit the ways they can go wrong, and check the result.
I started writing software in 2012 and moved to Elixir in 2017. Before agents, I spent years working on CI, static analysis, and test infrastructure. I now use the same machinery to catch what agents get wrong. Models are good at producing plausible code; the surrounding system has to decide whether it belongs in production.
Building
Kogen
Open-source release in progressA local software-delivery system that takes one explicitly approved product change through isolated implementation, repository checks, independent review, and a verified Git commit. Its core is Elixir, with Rust at the native process and transport boundary.
Combobulate
combobulate.devSend it a Telegram message and it builds a website, deploys it, and connects a domain. I built the whole product with Kogen to see how the tooling held up outside a demo.
ElixirDrops
elixirdrops.netA community-driven publishing platform for short notes on Elixir and Phoenix.
Skeptic.bot
skeptic.botA podcast research assistant built with Elixir and Phoenix LiveView. It turns long episodes into something you can search instead of scrub through.
Open source
- phx.toolsSets up an Elixir and Phoenix development environment on Linux or macOS with one command.
- github_workflows_generatorDefine GitHub Actions workflows in Elixir and generate the YAML.
- optimum_credoThe Credo checks we wanted on our own projects, covering readability, test assertions, and LiveView patterns.
- Elixir DevOps seriesSix articles on the CI/CD work that usually gets skipped: caching, release tests, preview apps, deployments, and generated infrastructure.
History
- Optimum Tech
I run an Elixir and Phoenix agency that later moved toward developer tooling. I handle technical direction and CI/CD, review code, and train the team. Every developer I mentored went on to another engineering role.
- StoryDeck
I joined to build a proof of concept, took it through MVP and into production, then stayed as co-founder and technical lead.
- Contract work
Twenty-one contracts and more than 4,500 hours. The work included WPA3 support for Nerves on a Raspberry Pi 4, real-time IoT analytics, an esports matchmaking backend, and replacing a legacy PHP service with Elixir services.
- Earlier
I worked on the backend at Mukuru, a pan-African remittances company, mostly in PHP with domain-driven design and plenty of legacy code. Before that I was full-stack at Klika and Social Eddy.
Available now.
I'm available for remote full-time or contract work in AI agent reliability, developer tooling, platform engineering, CI/CD, and Elixir/Phoenix.
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