Software Architect
AI gets you 70% there — I get you to the finish line.
Your AI coding agent built a working demo in a weekend. Impressive. But production systems need security, scalability, proper error handling, and architecture that won't collapse under real users. That's where decades of experience matters.
Web apps, mobile apps, desktop apps, distributed systems spanning the full stack. I know the difference between code that demos well and code that ships.
AI tools don't understand your business constraints or how to structure an app that scales. I help startups leverage AI while building production-quality systems.
Your demo handles 10 users. What happens at 10,000? Architecture reviews, performance optimization, and capacity planning from real-world experience.
Your team uses AI coding tools. Let's teach them when to be skeptical. Code reviews, testing strategies, and building teams that ship quality software.
Experience: Decades building web, mobile (iOS/macOS), desktop applications, distributed systems, and network software. The judgment to know when to add complexity versus when to keep things simple.
For startups: If you're using AI to move fast, I can help you move fast and build something that lasts.
I've been writing code for long enough to see a lot of cycles come and go. The current LLM hype reminds me of every other "this changes everything" moment we've lived through. Like those other moments, there's some real value buried under a mountain of breathless takes and venture capital.
LLMs are good at generating CSS. They're terrible at following design systems. Give Claude or Cursor a component to build and it will happily use #FF5734 instead of your brand red, 16px instead of your spacing tokens, and font-weight: 600 instead of your typography scale.
The promise is intoxicating: AI coding tools that boost developer productivity by up to 55%. The reality is more sobering. While generative AI can dramatically accelerate code creation, recent research reveals it's simultaneously creating a new category of technical debt that compounds faster than traditional development approaches, often remaining invisible until systems begin to fail.