About Me
I am a Lead Software Engineer at Leidos, primarily writing Rust to build mission-critical systems. I have a deep love of small-scale farming. My wife
Brooklyn
& I previously ran a 13-acre hog and sheep farm in east Texas, doing direct-to-consumer meat sales. I enjoy playing crosswords and other
daily word games. I love to read, learn new things, and am an avid chess player (although I'm rather poor at the game). Hunting
and the outdoors hold a huge place in my heart. I am also a Third Degree Knight in the
Knights of Columbus
(Council 9794)
.
I am a proud father and husband.
Recent Writing
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Solving Vertex Cover Problems with Grove
A Go-first walkthrough of vertex cover modeling, LP relaxation, in-page D3 figures, and a Graphviz plotting helper—all with Grove.
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A Step Forward in Brotherhood
A meaningful night of rosaries, ceremony, fellowship, and family as I took my Third Degree exemplification with the Knights of Columbus.
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Neon Cowboys & Radio Ghosts
On Cowboix Hevvven, mid-century radio dramas, and heading back into the beautiful strangeness of Meow Wolf's Radio Tave.
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NOVA: s53e1 - Asteroids: Spark of Life?
On the detective work behind reconstructing early Earth-ancient rocks, zircon time capsules, impact spherule layers, hydrothermal habitats, and what a returned asteroid sample tells us about the ingredients for life.
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NOVA: s52e19 - Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build