Writing
Notes from
building things.
Write-ups on AI systems, data engineering, cloud architecture and frontend performance, drawn from client work and side projects.
01 · EssayM
Moving ETL from Databricks notebooks to dbt
How I approached re-architecting a legacy Databricks pipeline as dbt models: inventory, layering, tests, and running both side by side until the numbers matched.
02 · EssayC
Cutting a landing page bundle by 10x
The order I work in when a landing page ships too much JavaScript: measure, split by route, defer everything below the fold, and keep it from growing back.