I design and build high-availability, monitored production systems that hold up when it matters most. I've shipped dependable infrastructure across fast-paced startups in compliance-heavy environments, from SOC-2 to HIPAA. Privacy-first by default, with pragmatic solutions built for the problem in front of me.
What I bring
I design resilient products for industries where compliance, readiness, and 99.9999% uptime are expected from day one, not bolted on later.
AI-generated apps get you to market fast, but that speed comes with a technical cost. I audit your code, find where the model got it wrong, and fix it before it turns into a performance issue or a security breach.
I build monitoring and analytics that give you real-time insight into your product, not a dashboard you check after something breaks. I optimize for observability and database query performance, and I catch problems before your users do.
I use first-party tooling for analytics, monitoring, and error tracking, so your users' data doesn't end up in someone else's silo. You don't have to trade privacy for convenience. Own your own data.
Recent Writing
Hosting your own server is a great way to maintain control over your most personal data. I'm going to walk through a high-level configuration using Cloudf...
De-monopolizing my digital life has been something I've been chipping away at for a while now, and the lowest hanging fruit turned out to be email. Lettin...
This is going to be a short post — mostly me holding myself accountable and trying to kick-start the habit of writing again in 2026. The clock keeps tick...
With a new Ruby on Rails version comes new gadgets, tools, and learnings. I've been building out a new Rails 8 app — moving fast, trying to ship ideas qui...
Howdy World 👋 Welcome to my blog. I'm Kurt — a software engineer with a longtime itch to build products of my own. I'm using this as a public forum to doc...