The hidden cost of zero-downtime deploys
VercelConf 2026
Exploring the tradeoffs teams accept to keep deploys zero-downtime, from database migration choreography to feature flag complexity that quietly compounds.
Talks I've given at conferences and conversations I've had on podcasts about developer tooling and engineering culture.
I like sharing what I learn — on stage when the format calls for a deep dive, and on podcasts when a conversation can go somewhere unexpected. Here is a collection of both.
Conferences
Building CLI tools that developers actually want to use
DevToolsConf 2025
The design principles behind siteforge and why most CLI tools get argument parsing right but everything else wrong — error messages, color, exit codes, and discoverability.
Podcasts
Why I stopped writing unit tests for UI components
Ship It!, April 2026
A conversation about integration testing, snapshot fatigue, and where the real bugs hide in modern frontend codebases.
From open-source burnout to sustainable maintenance
The Changelog, January 2026
How I restructured my relationship with open-source after realizing I was building features nobody asked for and responding to issues that didn't matter.
Developer tools as a career path
Syntax, October 2025
Breaking down what it means to build developer-facing products and why the feedback loops are fundamentally different from consumer software.