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Job titles are the least interesting part. So here’s everything that doesn’t fit neatly into one.

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Why I build

Because software can make hard things simple

Seven years ago it was one line of code, a Hello, World! that ran, and something in me that never quite switched off after that. I was in Montreal, studying computer science at LaSalle, building Symbian OS ROMs for fun, and realizing that the classroom was always going to be slower than the internet. So I started shipping. First for clients in College, then Canada, then UAE, then India, then everywhere. The degree fell away, the coding did not.

What keeps me here isn’t the code. It’s what happens when something I build makes someone’s day a little easier, like a doctor sending a prescription in thirty seconds with my docpilot, a HR finally escaping a spreadsheet with my miniledger app, a teacher finding what they need without digging through a dozen pages with my ZPHS locator. That’s what I care about, building useful software for people who don’t always get great software built for them. Software is the medium. Making someone’s life a little easier is the point.

The two modes

Explorer and quiet.

Things I believe

My working principles, honestly held.

Software should feel effortless.

The best products disappear. If a doctor has to think about DocPilot instead of the patient, DocPilot has failed. Effort spent by the builder is effort saved by ten thousand users.

Great products solve emotional problems.

Nobody wants prescription software. Doctors want to leave the clinic on time and feel in control of their day. The feature list is the surface; the feeling is the product.

Every project teaches something.

Twenty-plus projects in, not one was wasted. Even the failures. That's why the Failure Museum exists: the lessons are worth more than the wreckage.

Small things that matter

What I notice.

I notice interior design, the way a room decides how you feel before anyone says a word.

I love coffee shops. Some for the coffee, most for the feeling.

I enjoy long drives. The thinking happens somewhere around hour two.

I value conversations that go somewhere real. Small talk is a door, not a room.

I laugh easily once I'm comfortable. Getting me there isn't hard: good coffee, honest questions.

Questions I'm exploring

I collect these instead of answers.

  • Will AI make builders lazier or braver?
  • Why do some things just feel right before we know why?
  • Can a piece of software have personality?
  • Why do the simplest solutions sometimes take the most thinking?

Still reading?

Then we'd probably get along. See what I'm building, read what my friends say about me, or just say hello.

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