Software engineer.
I design and build software systems, from quantitative research tools to full-stack SaaS products. This site is where I share what I'm learning and the projects I build along the way.
Latest writing
My AI-automated dev setup: MCP servers for your board, Postgres, and CI
Wiring an AI coding agent into your task board, database, and CI with MCP servers — the ticket-to-PR loop, the guardrails, and where it still needs a human.
FinOps for AI: track token spend like you track cloud spend
Token bills are the new cloud waste. How to apply FinOps discipline to LLM usage — attribution, budgets, unit economics, and the optimization levers that actually move the number.
Giving an AI agent database access without losing sleep: roles, sandboxes, audit
A layered approach to letting an AI agent query your database safely: read-only roles, sandbox schemas, row-level security, allowlists, and audit logging.