Software engineer · Toronto

Bringing your ideas to life through software.

Twenty years building systems that scale, mostly in Java. The tools are changing fast — but getting the domain model right still matters more than any of them.

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Jun 7, 2026 Don't outsource the thinking Developers are starting to refuse to work without AI. The tools were never the problem — handing over the part that thinks is. aiengineeringcraft
May 30, 2026 Modeling the domain first Why I reach for the domain model before the framework, the database, or the API. engineeringdomain modeling

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Commits 83.4%Reviews 10.8%Pull requests 5.5%Issues 0.3%

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$22actual · 7d

Prompts

27546 chars avg

AI coding

2%of coding time

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Claude

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Opus

6 lines · $4

Coding activity

6h 33m · last 7 days

Languages

TypeScript27.24%Java25.34%SQL11.9%JSON8.62%Kotlin6.64%Markdown4.66%Git Config4.14%YAML3.79%Vue2.16%CSS1.12%Java Properties0.95%HTML0.69%Image (svg)0.69%Bash0.6%XML0.52%GitIgnore file0.43%Properties0.26%Groovy0.09%Astro0.09%JavaScript0.09%

Editors & Tools

cmux43.92%SparkDesktop11.87%Claude Code8.14%Fork5.54%VS Code3.8%ClickUp3.44%Slack3.41%IntelliJ IDEA3.25%Unknown Editor2.71%iTerm22.54%DataGrip2.33%WebStorm2.21%GitHub2.17%Orca1.59%Zed0.92%ChatGPT0.67%Excel0.41%Warp0.41%Air0.4%Notes0.11%Figma0.06%Notion0.06%Antigravity IDE0.02%Canva0.01%Postman0.01%‎WhatsApp0.01%

Operating systems

Mac100%