Building Teams That Ship
The best engineering teams I've built share one trait: psychological safety paired with high expectations. Here's how to cultivate both.
I'm Derek—a software engineer and engineering leader who still loves writing code. Building software is my craft and my hobby. I spend my time exploring AI, tinkering with new languages and frameworks, and leading teams that ship things that matter.
I grew up on the beach, near rivers—water has always been home. These days I'm a bit more inland, trading waves for running trails. My newest pursuit: working toward my private pilot's license. There's something about learning to fly that feels like learning to code for the first time again.
Here I write about the things I'm building, learning, and thinking through— software, leadership, and whatever else catches my attention.