building · 2026
Lorelei
A concept community hub built on Epic's Lore VCS — where humans and AI agents collaborate on game worlds, revisions, and content-addressed asset sync.
LoreConcept
Currently building
Engineering leader by day. Compulsive builder by night.
I lead high-scale, reliable backend platforms — and ship weird little side projects on the weekend. Previously Fortnite, Epic Games, HashiCorp, AWS, and Rockstar.
scaled to millions 🎮
reliability nerd ⚙️
Built & scaled at Epic GamesFortniteHashiCorpAWSRockstar
Projects
Stuff I'm building
live · 2025
Glitchjack
A blackjack-inspired game riddled with glitches — full backend and frontend, vibe-coded over a weekend just to see how far the tooling could go.
GoReactPostgres
live · 2026
Slack Tide
Friends-only alerts the instant a full Anacortes ↔ Orcas Island ferry vehicle reservation opens up.
FastAPIReactPlaywrightSQLiteDocker
building · 2026
Golfslot
Tee-time slots, simplified. A work-in-progress build.
Next.jsEdge
Writing
From the blog
Experience
The track record
2025 — Present Founder Blinking Lights Technologies
2023 — 2025 Director, Fortnite Online Epic Games
2019 — 2023 Engineering Director Epic Games
2016 — 2019 Lead Systems Engineer Epic Games
2015 — 2016 Site Reliability Engineer HashiCorp
2012 — 2015 Manager, Systems — ELB / S3 Amazon / AWS
2004 — 2011 Multiple Roles Rockstar Games
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