Professionally
- I am working at Backblaze as a Principal Software Engineer building b2 (AWS S3 compatible) cloud storage.
Side Projects
- Building a distributed LSM-tree from the ground up to learn the concepts.
- Building a deterministic simulation testing library for testing the LSM-tree.
Health and Hobbies
- Playing the drums for fun. I’m enjoying playing an electronic set hooked up to Clone Hero.
- Playing pickleball.
Currently Thinking About
- Massively horizontally scalable databases and proving correctness with deterministic simulation testing.
- Why is code written by “experts” with many years of experience still such low quality?
- What is the deal with all the great classical music and philosophy that came out of Vienna?
Currently Reading
Last Updated: June 2026
This page is inspired by Derek Sivers.