About

I build software products while doing my best to stay intentional - leveling up my understanding of the world and myself as I move through it. I’m a third-culture kid who started traveling at three months old, a drummer/audio engineer who taught himself to code, and a lead frontend engineer who stepped out in mid 2025 to carve his own path.

I love learning and language, freediving and long runs, and the feeling of waking up in a new country before I remember where I am. I read a book tied to every place I land. These days I ship from whatever table has power (bonus points for a balcony with a view) and chase experiences that stretch me.

What I’m building

RiseKit. Coming soon.

DiveJourney. A global living dive map for the explorers of the world.
Born from my own journeys looking to find chill places to drop in with fins.

How I work

• Solo engineer/founder. AI gives me leverage to ship more solo than ever.
• MVPs and deadlines: late-night grinds mixed with all-day city roaming and off-grid exploration.
• Ship fast and iterate (a muscle I’m working to build).
• Money doesn’t buy happiness; it buys margin and fixes mistakes.
• I keep mortality in view - it keeps me focused on what matters.

Fun facts I’m proud of

• Sailed Australia → Vietnam → China → across the North Pacific to the USA in the Clipper Round the World Race.
• Freedive to ~30 m. Ran two half marathons (working on a full).
• Taught myself to senior/lead frontend and worked remote for around eight years.
• Portuguese comfortable; working on learning Thai.

What you’ll find here

Stories from travels and builds. Manuals on the stacks and approaches I’m using to build what I care about and live fully.

The projects I’m working on and what I learn from the successes and the misses.