selected work
Projects
What I'm working on, what I've shipped, and what I'm building when no one's paying me to.
day job
Papaya Pay
Billing and collections platform. Led rebuild of the payment ledger and scaled the data pipeline.
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Yggdrasil, LLC
Infrastructure modernization consulting. I work with startup engineering teams who need to rescue, refactor, or replatform without rewriting from scratch.
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audio
Never Rewrite
Weekly podcast for startup engineers about software modernization. 120+ episodes covering legacy code, migrations, and the cultural problems hiding behind technical ones.
visitFrom Zero to Åkerfeldt
Public-facing notes on learning prog metal vocals and guitar as an adult — false-cord screaming, mix voice, distortion technique.
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ActiveCampaign
Marketing automation platform. Worked on the CRM, the email sending engine, deal custom fields, and other pieces you can find on my LinkedIn.
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4 · former colleagues and managersIsaac is one of those rare engineers that is smart, dedicated, thoughtful, and compassionate. He quickly became a knowledge expert on the team and was quick to share with, and train up, others. Isaac is capable of tackling tough engineering problems with no prior experience and driving to solutions. He was critical to a number of upgrades we were performing, working nights and weekends, ensuring that everything went smoothly.
Isaac impressed me with his ability to break down large problems into small tasks with high client value. He is able to keep the core business problem separate from the software implementation and focus on incremental delivery. This enabled Isaac to deliver high impact features in short timeframes.
Isaac has always impressed me with his attention to detail and care for a project. As a designer, I can say that not every engineer has the care for the customer experience that Isaac has. He asks provoking questions and identifies possible pain points for the user early on in a project’s life.
Isaac has been wonderful to work with – he has a very logical approach to planning and executing projects and also is very thoughtful about writing clean and testable code. He was an advocate for processes and paradigms that made our engineering team happier and more efficient overall, which in my opinion is one of the best things you can do for an organization.