Since taking a course on ADHD, I’ve started rethinking how I organize my time, structure my projects, and set up my remote work environment. This post shares the tools, systems, and mindset shifts that are actually helping me focus, and why it's so important to work with, not against, your brain.#ADHDInTech #RemoteWork #SelfCompassionA behind-the-scenes look at the talk I gave at DjangoCon 2025, reflecting on what Django gets right (and differently) compared to Rails, and how each framework shaped the way I build software.#Django #Rails #FrameworkComparisonsThis post breaks down the invisible qualities that make great engineering cultures work, from trust and clarity to documentation and unblocking, and offers practical ways to foster them (even and especially on small teams).#EngineeringCulture #TeamHealth #LeadershipYou don’t need a dedicated DevOps org to build solid pipelines. Here’s how I set up lean, reliable CI/CD and deployment workflows that scale without slowing you down.#DevOps #CI/CD #SmallTeamsWhat performing taught me about debugging, what gigging taught me about entrepreneurship, and why songwriting isn’t so different from system design. A personal story about how creativity helped me grow as an engineer.#CareerPath #CreativeTech #NonTraditionalBackgroundOver four years, I helped dozens of early-career developers level up; this post shares the patterns I saw, the frameworks that worked, and what I’d do differently next time.#Mentorship #DeveloperGrowth #EngineeringLeadershipA quick walkthrough of my VS Code environment—extensions, themes, keybindings, and a few opinionated tweaks that keep me focused and fast.#VSCode #DeveloperTools #Productivity