Backend engineer with 15+ years of experience in software engineering, consulting, and pre-sales, delivering scalable solutions across finance, tech, retail, and government sectors for organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies.
Java and Kotlin specialist focused on backend development leveraging cloud infrastructure (AWS, OCI, Cloudflare), CI/CD automation, and trunk-based development.
Experienced in async, remote-first teams since 2012.
Graduated from Iowa State University in 3 years with a BS in Management Information Systems.
Follower of Jesus at The Austin Stone Community Church.
Outside of work: disc golf, bowling, snow skiing, games, movies, rock concerts.
- Why Your Team Doesn't Need Pull Requests
- The Art of Effective Code Reviews
- Group Decision Making Approaches
- Business Continuity
- More posts on my blog
- jhult/inko-emailparser - A comprehensive email parsing library for Inko, implementing RFC 5322 (Internet Message Format) and RFC 2045 (MIME). (1 day ago)
- inko-lang/website - The Inko Programming Language website. (1 day ago)
- jhult/recalldory - A persistent memory system for AI coding assistants, written in Inko. (2 days ago)
- jdx/hk - git hooks and project lints (3 days ago)
- jdx/pklr - Pure Rust pkl configuration language parser and evaluator (3 days ago)
- apache/skywalking-eyes - A full-featured license tool to check and fix license headers and resolve dependencies' licenses. (5 days ago)
- jhult/inko-tantivy - Tantivy FFI bindings for full-text search in Inko. (5 days ago)
- neul-labs/grite - The issue tracker that lives in your repo. Built for AI agents. Works for humans. (1 week ago)
- neul-labs/stout - Stout is a drop-in replacement for the Homebrew CLI that's 10-100x for most operations. (2 weeks ago)
- Homebrew/homebrew-core - 🍻 Default formulae for the missing package manager for macOS (or Linux) (2 weeks ago)
- jdx/hk (v1.41.1, today) - git hooks and project lints
- aaif-goose/goose (v1.30.0, 2 days ago) - an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM
- gastownhall/beads (v1.0.0, 1 week ago) - Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
- atuinsh/atuin (v18.13.6, 2 weeks ago) - ✨ Making your shell magical
- objective-see/LuLu (v4.3.1, 3 weeks ago) - LuLu is the free open-source macOS firewall
- jhult/inko-tantivy (v0.2.0, 1 month ago) - Tantivy FFI bindings for full-text search in Inko.
- Wybxc/mdbook-pagecrypt (v0.2.0, 1 month ago) - Encrypt your mdbook-built site with password protection.
- neul-labs/stout (v0.2.0, 1 month ago) - Stout is a drop-in replacement for the Homebrew CLI that's 10-100x for most operations.
- SimonHalvdansson/Harmonic-HN (v2.2.6, 1 month ago) - Modern Android client for Hacker News
- shixinhuang99/czkawka-tauri (1.1.0, 2 months ago) - A Tauri-based frontend for Czkawka on macOS and Windows
- feat: add MIT license on aptdnfapt/Ai-speedometer (1 day ago)
- feat: add packages inko-tantivy and inko-emailparser on inko-lang/website (1 day ago)
- fix(deps): update rust crate pklr to 0.4.1 on jdx/hk (2 days ago)
- fix: resolve nullable outer property access and semicolons on jdx/pklr (3 days ago)
- fix(cleanup): clean cask artifact download cache on neul-labs/stout (4 days ago)
- feat: sort issues by created timestamp instead of by ID on neul-labs/grite (5 days ago)
- feat: add MIT license on sudharsan-ak/recruiter-finder (1 week ago)
- feat: cask support with unified command interface on neul-labs/stout (1 week ago)
- feat(doctor): codesign verification with auto-repair on neul-labs/stout (1 week ago)
- feat: add WAL backfill for sled events and sync operations on neul-labs/grite (1 week ago)
- getditto/safer_ffi - Write safer FFI code in Rust without polluting it with unsafe code (today)
- onyx-dot-app/onyx - Open Source AI Platform - AI Chat with advanced features that works with every LLM (1 day ago)
- aptdnfapt/Ai-speedometer - Benchmark AI model speeds with TTFT, tokens/sec, and performance metrics . (1 day ago)
- maximhq/bifrost - Fastest enterprise AI gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS. (1 day ago)
- quinn-rs/quinn - Async-friendly QUIC implementation in Rust (1 day ago)
- mdp/linkedin-extension-fingerprinting - (1 day ago)
- ericrippetoe/LinkedIn_CompanyBlock_ChromeExt - A free, open-source Chrome extension that helps you hide unwanted LinkedIn job listings (1 day ago)
- sudharsan-ak/recruiter-finder - Chrome extension that finds and surfaces technical recruiters at any company directly from LinkedIn. (1 day ago)
- kingnobro/Chat2SVG - (CVPR 2025) Code of "Chat2SVG: Vector Graphics Generation with Large Language Models and Image Diffusion Models" (1 day ago)
- Tboworst/internship-tracker - (3 days ago)
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