About

I'm most at home with problems that have a hard limit on them, where the obvious solution doesn't fit and you have to really understand the system to find one that does. I usually start from what it's for and who's going to use it, and I try to keep whatever I end up with simple enough to explain.

At school I've been the product owner a couple of times, which means a lot of time working out with people what we're actually building before anyone writes any code.

I went to Japanese school from age 4 to 18, and I'd like to build a career in Asia rather than pass through it. I also spent a semester at IIT Jodhpur, in India. Outside of engineering, I love cooking and I've done judo for fourteen years.

If you're working on something where this kind of thing matters, or you just want to talk about one of the posts, I'd be glad to hear from you.