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The Blog

Thoughts on software engineering, DevOps, and lessons learned from an unconventional career path.

After 15 years in real estate, I taught myself to code at 40. Here's what I wish someone had told me about late career transitions into tech.

February 2, 2026

Lessons from building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines at Dell Technologies—what works, what doesn't, and the mistakes that taught me the most.

January 29, 2026

How 15 years of handling real estate crises prepared me for on-call rotations and production incidents in tech.

January 29, 2026

A case study on designing and building an iOS debt payoff calculator with a focus on privacy and user experience.

March 10, 2024

Learn the fundamentals of HashiCorp Vault for secrets management, from basic concepts to your first working implementation.

February 20, 2024

How I transitioned from a 15-year real estate career to becoming a Senior Software Engineer at Dell Technologies at 40.

January 15, 2024

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