SKILL TREES
Abilities and expertise developed through years of questing. Core skills (★) represent mastery-level proficiency.
PLATFORM ENGINEERING
Building infrastructure and tools that enable developer productivity
Kubernetes ★
Deep expertise in container orchestration, cluster management, and cloud native patterns
GitOps ★
ArgoCD, Flux, declarative infrastructure, and Git-based workflows
Terraform ★
Infrastructure as Code, multi-cloud provisioning, and state management
CI/CD
GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows, and automated deployment pipelines
Docker
Container image building, multi-stage builds, and container best practices
Helm
Kubernetes package management, chart development, and templating
Cloud Platforms
AWS, GCP, Civo, and cloud architecture patterns
Developer Experience ★
Building tools and platforms that developers love to use
Security
Vault, secrets management, RBAC, and security best practices
Observability
Monitoring, logging, tracing, and incident response
Bare Metal / Tinkerbell
Bare metal Kubernetes provisioning for the Colony product
LEADERSHIP
Leading teams, strategy, and organizational growth
Team Building ★
Recruiting, mentoring, and growing high-performing engineering teams
Product Strategy
Defining product vision, roadmaps, and go-to-market strategy
Entrepreneurship ★
Building and scaling companies from bootstrapped startup to acquisition
Open Source Strategy ★
Building and nurturing open source communities
Remote Leadership
Leading distributed teams across time zones
CONTENT CREATION
Sharing knowledge through speaking, writing, and community
Public Speaking
Conference talks, webinars, and technical presentations
Podcasting ★
Guest appearances on tech podcasts, sharing knowledge and insights
Technical Writing
Blog posts, documentation, and technical articles
Community Building
Discord, Slack, and building engaged developer communities