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Speaking
Talks, panels, and demos on AI-assisted software development.
Upcoming engagements
Nothing scheduled right now. If you're putting together an event, I'd be glad to talk, reach out.
Past engagements
- AUG 6, 2026PORTLAND, OR
Oregon AIR Challenge · Core Defender AI
Judge: Oregon AIR Challenge Pitch Day
Judged the pitch event for the inaugural Oregon AIR Challenge cohort, Core Defender AI’s statewide AI and robotics competition for students. A strong field of pitches made picking a winner genuinely difficult — looking forward to future cohorts.
- MAY 20, 2026PORTLAND, OR
Maseeh College of Engineering · Portland State University
Panelist: AI Futures
Joined the AI Futures industry panel at the Maseeh Exchange: Events With Impact, alongside PSU faculty exploring how AI is being applied to real-world challenges.
- MAY 14, 2026PORTLAND, OR
Portland WIP AI Demos Lunch · UpStart Collective
Presented knobs.cc
Demoed the in-progress build at Portland’s informal show-and-tell for AI builders: a desktop inspector for every knob Claude Code gives you, where it lives, what it’s set to, and which layer wins.
Recordings
“Clean Architecture with Python”
Interview on the GOTO Conferences channel about the book and building maintainable software systems.
“Observability in AI”
Screencast presentation on observability patterns for AI systems in production.
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I speak on AI-assisted development, context engineering for coding agents, and what's actually working in production.