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◆System Design (Scalable Software Architecture)

System Design (Scalable Software Architecture)

System Design (Scalable Software Architecture) is a designing systems that are reliable, scalable, and maintainable.

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  • Published Jul 10, 2026
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What It Is

System Design (Scalable Software Architecture) is a designing systems that are reliable, scalable, and maintainable. On this site, it matters because it transfers across technical, operational, and venture work instead of staying trapped in one narrow context.

Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_design

▶Data Warehouse for Cloud Compliance Verification

Data Warehouse for Cloud Compliance Verification

Built a compliance data warehouse for Fugue, an In-Q-Tel portfolio company, using AWS Glue, Spark, and S3. The system automated FedRAMP and PCI DSS compliance...

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◇Duesy

Duesy

A youth sports ticketing and gate platform where I lead cloud infrastructure and reliability.

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Preview for Homelab and Infrastructure
◉Homelab and Infrastructure

Homelab and Infrastructure

My homelab is both a workshop and a proving ground.

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Preview for Kubernetes systems
◎Kubernetes systems

Kubernetes systems

Container orchestration platforms schedule workloads, manage service discovery, and enforce desired state across clusters of compute resources.

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▶Microservices Platform Modernization (EKS, ArgoCD, Helm)

Microservices Platform Modernization (EKS, ArgoCD, Helm)

Revised the 2014 container platform in 2018 onto EKS, ArgoCD, Helm, and GitHub Actions — moving from hand-run deployments to declarative, GitOps-driven delivery.

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▪Node.js

Node.js

Node.js is a runtime for executing JavaScript on the server.

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Preview for Photo Sharing Site — Self-Hosted
◉Photo Sharing Site — Self-Hosted

Photo Sharing Site — Self-Hosted

Built and ran a self-hosted photo sharing platform before cloud storage made it trivial — covering web dev, storage, auth, and the enduring question of how to make a growing photo library actually useful.

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▪Postman

Postman

Postman is an API development and testing platform.

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Preview for Praxis — The Magnolia Homelab
◉Praxis — The Magnolia Homelab

Praxis — The Magnolia Homelab

A 4-node Proxmox cluster running Kubernetes, Ceph, site-to-site VPNs to AWS, GitOps pipelines, and a full observability stack — built to test every architecture I recommend to clients.

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◎Routing systems (BGP, etc.)

Routing systems (BGP, etc.)

Distributed decision systems determine network paths based on policy and topology, balancing reachability, performance, and control.

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