Now
What I'm doing
right now.
This is my /now page. Updated periodically to reflect where my head is at.
Last updated: July 2025 · Baltimore, MD
Current Focus
Where my time goes.
CyberRange Platform
Building and scaling UMBC's cybersecurity lab portal — class management, VM lifecycle, RBAC, and SAML SSO. 200+ active students, 99.9% uptime.
Graduate Studies
M.S. Computer Science at UMBC. Courses in distributed systems, cloud computing, and operating systems. Graduating May 2026.
Job Search
Actively seeking full-time software engineering roles starting after May 2026. Open to platform, infrastructure, and full-stack opportunities.
Learning
Going deeper.
- System design patterns for high-traffic distributed systems
- Kubernetes orchestration and service mesh architectures
- LLM integration patterns — RAG pipelines, function calling, guardrails
- Advanced TypeScript — type-level programming, effect systems
Reading
On the shelf.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann
The Staff Engineer's Path
Tanya Reilly
Architecture Patterns with Python
Percival & Gregory
Tools
Daily drivers.
Next.js + TypeScript for web
Neovim + tmux for editing
Docker + NGINX for deployment
Linear for project tracking
Arc Browser