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Software Engineer & CTO

Software Engineering and Technology

Building modern web applications, open-source frameworks, and sharing what I learn along the way.

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Java applications and metadata-driven development with QQQ.
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Field NotesOctober 12, 2026

Daily workstation #1 / Stl Office

Daily workstation 1. Stl office. 2026 Mac Book Pro M5 Max with 128 Gb / 2 Tb. Random stolen office monitors. Stream deck XL, Razer Huntsmen, Apple Magic Mouse. Weird desk standy thing.

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Ideas Into SystemsOctober 12, 2026

Standards: version the expectations you ask agents to follow

Versioned rules connect engineering expectations to configuration, evidence and adoption, from early release attempts to the first standards bundle.

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A website built to publish itself

The engineering behind this site: a Java content backend, pure frontend views, reviewed publishing, CI/CD and Kubernetes.

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QQQ: a metadata-driven Java application framework

A Java framework for building applications from metadata. This website uses its native data actions, process model and Admin interface.

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7### Daily workstation #1 / Stl Office
8date:Oct 12
9read:1 min
10tags:`workstation`
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12### Standards: version the expectations you ask agents to follow
13date:Oct 12
14read:2 min
15tags:`engineering`
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17### QQQ: a year of making the framework contract explicit
18date:Oct 12
19read:4 min
20tags:`engineering`
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22### Nuncio: local-first software needs an honest state model
23date:Oct 12
24read:2 min
25tags:`engineering`
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27### Munitor: a release should name the same thing at every handoff
28date:Oct 12
29read:3 min
30tags:`engineering`
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32### Makers4: turning a cabinet model into something inspectable
33date:Oct 12
34read:2 min
35tags:`engineering`
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