Engineer’s notebook

Backends, systems, and email infrastructure.

This site is my lab. I ship small, practical pieces of code and notes around Rust, Go, Python, and mail systems (Postfix/KumoMTA/PMTA). No sales—just engineering.

Rust • Go • Python
Postfix • KumoMTA • PMTA
PostgreSQL • NATS • Grafana

Browse projects Blog

US remote • Mostly building, sometimes writing

Focus areas

High-signal email pipelines and deliverability tooling.
Queue-driven backends with observability first.
Small, composable CLIs and services.

Rust/Go services

IMAP/SMTP tooling

Metrics & dashboards

Resilient job queues

Shipping over polishing. Reproducible over clever.

Projects

What I'm building

Blanket Cat

Multi-service Reddit automation platform: Control, Worker, Targeting, OAuth, Billing, Results Ingestor. Docker, NATS JetStream, Postgres, Grafana.

Python • Go • Docker • NATS • PostgreSQL

Warmcraft

Gmail/MX Suite warmup engine: IMAP IDLE, reply heuristics, Postmaster metrics, Telegram alerts, and CSV/Sheets export.

Go • PostgreSQL • IMAP/SMTP • Grafana

Quick Hire Submits

A small SaaS that automates job-application submissions and tracking with simple forms, Google Sheets sync, and lightweight browser automation.

Python • Flask • Tailwind • Google Sheets

Blog

Recent Blog Posts

Why I Started This

A personal post about the purpose and goals of this site: documenting my journey in code, infra, and making things.

meta blog personal

2025-07-05 • 2 min

I Use AI to Write Faster—Here's How (and Why That's a Good Thing)

How I use AI as a writing assistant to turn code work into clear blog posts faster, while maintaining human judgment and voice.

ai writing productivity workflow

2025-07-06 • 4 min

Daily Min/Max at Scale: A Tiny Python Pattern for Slicing Huge Email Lists by Day (Fast, Stream-Safe, Postgres-Friendly)

A lean, drop-in Python pattern for quickly getting min/max daily metrics from massive email datasets—without pulling entire datasets into memory.

python email analytics postgresql

2025-07-07 • 4 min

Dear 2010 Mac Pro: It's Not You. It's 2025. (Gentoo Edition)

Saying goodbye to my trusty Mac Pro 5,1 after squeezing amazing life out of it with Gentoo. Time for an upgrade to handle modern workloads.

gentoo macpro hardware upgrade

2025-07-08 • 5 min

NATS for tiny backends: pub/sub, req/reply, and JetStream without the drama

What NATS is, why it's great for small services, and the 20% you need to start shipping today.

nats messaging microservices go

2025-07-15 • 4 min

Catppuccin + Sway/i3 + Ghostty: dark, quiet, perfect

My dark, minimal desktop setup with Catppuccin theme, Sway/i3 tiling window manager, and Ghostty terminal for a focused, distraction-free workflow.

linux desktop catppuccin sway

2025-07-20 • 2 min