I work as a software engineer at Databricks on Lakebase, a Postgres-based OLTP product. I joined before the first private preview, working across the control plane, public API/UI, and lower-level ingress and proxy infrastructure.

Before that, I was a software engineer at bit.io, an early-stage startup that launched a serverless managed Postgres product, where I worked on integrations and backend services.

I've enjoyed a variety of problem domains before pursuing software engineering — previously a data scientist at PACCAR and a mechanical engineer at Boeing.

Software Engineering

• Rep Tracker

  A work-in-progress bit.io + Alexa demo for hands-free calisthenics rep tracking.

• go-bitdotio

  A work-in-progress Go SDK for managing bit.io objects and connnection pools.

• How Long is a Negative Timeout?

  Encountering a "leaky" browser abstraction in the wild.

• Making a Simple Data Pipeline

  Teaching data pipeline fundamentals: ETL, scheduling, testing, and CI/CD workflows.

  Go straight to the code.

• Logging IoT Data

  A home air quality logger using Raspberry Pi, Python and a cloud Postgres database.

  Go straight to the code.

• Algorithms Illuminated

  Python implementations and tests for Tim Roughgarden's Algorithms Illuminated books.

Machine Learning

• The NFL Combine in Two Dimensions

  Teaching the use of principal component analysis for data analysis.

  Organically featured in SF Data Weekly.

• Labeling a Shared Dataset of r/wallstreetbets Comments

  Built a simple command line tool for team data labeling and discussed results.

• Building a Predictive Model

  Talk on predictive modeling fundamentals at PACCAR Analytics-Cloud-Data Conference.

Data Analysis

• We Might be Wrong About What's Causing Pandemic Drinking

  An analysis of pandemic unemployment and drinking in Iowa.

• What Makes Simone Biles the GOAT?

  An analysis of elite women's all-around gymnastics scores.

  Organically featured in chartr.

• How Our Interests Changed During the Pandemic

  How web searches for 350+ common hobbies compare to pre-pandemic expectations.