Driving Blind with GenAI
Why observability matters with non-deterministic production systems more than ever.
Infrastructure that breathes.
Hi, I'm Cat. For over a decade, I align with technical founders and engineering teams at critical inflection points in order to build foundations that hold, migrations that don't hurt, and systems that breathe with teams as they scale.
SDLC friction • developer velocity
Pipeline bottlenecks, manual approval gates, environment setup that takes days. I clear the exhaust so your team can ship independently.
Zero-trust identity • security foundations
Leaking secrets, over-permissive IAM, flat networks. I draw the hard boundary so the system is secure by default, not by vigilance. Human or agent, the perimeter holds.
Cost observability • FinOps
Untagged resources, orphaned compute, cost as a quarterly surprise. I make spend visible, attributable, and continuous. Microservice or model inference, every resource has a owner.
Migration • modernization
Platform lock-in, legacy containers, post-acquisition sprawl. I move systems from what constrains them to what lets them expand.
Embedded with your team 2–3 days a week for a quarter. In your Slack, your standups, your planning sessions.
A clear deliverable with a defined timeline. We agree on scope, I execute, you own the result.
Weekly strategic guidance or architecture review. No hands-on execution — confident decisions about direction.
Why observability matters with non-deterministic production systems more than ever.
When a tech giant turns engineers into data labelers: reflection on craft, the industry, and the vacuum left behind.
My honest take on Vercel: the proprietary orchestration, the real cost comparison, and the inflection point where it stops making sense.
Connection
If you're looking for an independent technical ally to unblock your engineering organization, let's talk.