Hi. I’m Derek. I’ve worn many hats over the years, literally and metaphorically. I’ve done over the phone tech support, amateur-ish lumberjacking (not be confused with going to a college where the mascot was a Lumberjack, which also happened), general laboring, ski park trail grooming, business management at a Boy Scouts camp, photography, and now software engineering.
My virtual business card (because I have none printed) labels me a “Technical Lead, Software Engineer”. I’m pretty sure means that I’m part code ninja and part code janitor and part code mentor.
I’m married to the best woman in the world which is absolutely not subjective if it’s true. We have five cats and a dog and a few transient deer and some solar panels. Also, a sourdough starter named Quarantina Breadulera the Third.
I may write about any of the above at any time.
I may also write about an alien fox-man with blue fur, as I have done sporadically since approximately 1995.
I used the em-dash long before AIs stole them all and made them writing-kryptonite.