The whole before the parts
Before writing a line of code I'm asking: what's the whole? Who owns what? What breaks under load? The goal is architecture your future self can reason about.
Lehigh Valley, PA
I build
I build
systems.
Systems are everywhere. I watch where they strain, ask what's missing, and build toward something better. At work that means frontend platforms and shared architecture. I started asking who actually owns the systems running your digital life, and built Kotton as the answer. I'm a husband, a father, and most nights I'm in the kitchen.
Convictions
What I keep coming back to
Everyone, the first time
Accessibility isn't extra credit. Semantic HTML, keyboard navigation, and focus management are how I know whether I actually understood the problem. Build it for everyone, from the start.
Judgment is the bottleneck
In the LLM age the bottleneck isn't writing code — it's judgment. Knowing what to build, catching what's wrong, and moving quickly without leaving a mess behind. The speed is new. The craft isn't.
Building
Kotton
In progress
Read more →︎ Every system that runs your digital life was built by someone else, optimized for their interests. Kotton inverts that. Hardware you control. Keys only you hold. Data encrypted before it goes anywhere.
From the kitchen
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Weeknight dinners, weekend projects.
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Pasta al Limone
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Roasted Chicken
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Sourdough Focaccia
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