I'm Michael, Senior Platform Engineer with proven success designing internal platforms that boost developer productivity and enable self-service production deployments. Skilled in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), Terraform, systems thinking, and cross-team collaboration. Offers a strong work ethic and commitment to delivering reliable, accessible platform solutions that empower engineering teams and enhance operational stability.
Recently, I’ve developed a strong passion for software development, focusing on creating efficient and impactful tools with Go, Python, and TypeScript. I’m always excited to collaborate, learn, and contribute to innovative projects that solve real-world problems.
List of my personal projects:
- Passh - A password manager CLI tool written in Go
- Password Generator app - A simple password generator app written in Python
List of my work projects:
- VSCode extension - A VSCode extension that abstracts the Mass CLI written in TypeScript
- Azure DevOps pipeline extension - A pipeline extension for Azure DevOps written in TypeScript
List of my noteworthy contributions:
- Mass CLI - A CLI tool for managing infrastructure and applications in Massdriver
- Airlock - An open source tool that generates JSON schema from other sources, e.g. Terraform, Helm, Bicep
- MDX in docs site
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Peruse the webinars I've presented:
- Migrate from Heroku to Azure
- Get started with OpenTofu on Azure
- How to write custom artifact definitions
- How to enable API endpoints for your app
- How to script with Massdriver
- Observability in Kubernetes with Prometheus and Grafana
- Building an OpenAI bundle with Terraform
- Deploying a 3-tier web architecture on Azure AKS
- Best practices for containerizing web apps with Docker