about

Hi, I'm Fred. I build things and occasionally write about it here. This site is mainly a mechanism for me to think. I strongly believe that to talk, write, do, is, to think. And for reasons I cannot fully explain, I derive great meaning from thinking.

I've run a technical consultancy, spun out two product-led businesses, and spent a long time working on systems where getting things wrong is expensive. And often getting things wrong anyway and learning from the process after fixing it. I care about software that lasts, that is readable, maintainable, and built with a clear sense of why it exists. The more I work the more clear it is to me that building with purpose is the real challenge of engineering.

stack

I now work primarily in Go, Zig. I have a soft spot for Python and Typescript frameworks having used them heavily in the past. I am interested in building things that outlast me.

work

contact

Find me on GitHub or Codeberg.