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Architecting cloud infrastructure at Emily Carr University, with Syndeavors on the side, and building native apps under Focused Systems.

Work

Infrastructure Solutions Architect · Emily Carr University of Art + Design since Aug 2026
Systems & Solutions Architect · Syndeavors since Jul 2026, part-time
Systems & Solutions Architect · Syndeavors since Jul 2026, part-time
Independent Developer · Focused Systems since Mar 2024

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Sep

How to Stop Claude Opus 5 From Writing Walls of Text

Telling Opus 5 to 'be concise' doesn't stick. Give it a report shape, put that shape in CLAUDE.md, and re-inject it on every prompt with a hook. Here's the …

11 Sep 2026

Jul

Running asbmutil in Ubuntu CI to Drive Apple School & Business Manager

asbmutil is a Swift CLI for macOS — but the release build is a static Linux binary, so I run it headless in an Ubuntu CI job to talk to Apple School and …

14 Jul 2026

Apr

ASBMUtil app

The Swift CLI for Apple School & Business Manager API now has a native SwiftUI app. Same credentials store, same API client, same bulk operations — inside a …

13 Apr 2026

Jun

Modern Munki DevOps

How we transformed our Munki workflow into a DevOps-native system using Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Azure. Companion post to my MacDevOps YVR 2025 talk.

12 Jun 2025

Jun

Passwordless Git SSO with Git Credential Manager

End the PAT era—step‑by‑step macOS and Windows guide to enable SSO for Azure DevOps and GitHub using Git Credential Manager.

10 Jun 2025