Distributed systems veteran, open source strategist, and hands-on technology leader with over two decades of real-world impact.
I’ve spent my career leading critical-path teams in cloud computing, distributed systems, and open source. Former OSPO lead, Scala developer advocate, and seasoned SRE manager with a deep focus on operational maturity, resilience, and technical clarity.
These are mini-books. They’re structured, multi-chapter deep dives designed to walk you through a given topic from first principles.
Lighter reads, quick hits, and notes from the field dating from 2009 until now.
Fauxpen (faux or false open) represents a trend where commercial software exploits volunteer open source contributions, only to later pivot with restrictive license changes. This post examines the rise of fake open source software, its implications for developers and organizations, and actionable steps to safeguard your contributions and ensure the sustainability of free and open source software (FOSS).
Producing an ethical benchmark is hard, which explains why high-quality benchmarks are so rare in the industry. The growing trend of biased marketing disguised as analysis, known as benchmarketing, raises critical concerns. This post explores the benchmarketing phenomenon and offers actionable steps toward fostering a more transparent and ethical approach to technical marketing.
The binary search tree algorithm (BST) is one of the most fundamental algorithms in computer science, enhancing tree structures with characteristics that combine the optimal insert with the efficiency of search in an ordered array. Learn this important algorithm by visualizing BSTs with GraphStream, a graph library for Java.
I also create content on YouTube and speak at various conferences. Check out a few highlighted videos below.
In 2017 I published a mini-book with O’Reilly to help architects and developers navigate cloud migration projects, based on lessons learned from real-world projects. This guide covers many important topics to consider before undertaking a complex cloud migration project, including:
Many of these lessons are still relevant in 2025 as more and more on-prem workloads are migrated to cloud and virtualized infrastructure.
