👋 I'm a software engineer with 4 years of hands-on development experience. My specialties include full-stack development, cloud architecture, and AI applications.Recently I created Paisley AI alongside 3 other engineers. It's an open-source framework to help IT or engineering teams quickly configure, deploy, and evaluate custom chatbots 💬 on their cloud infrastructure using retrieval-augmented generation.The Back-end stacks I'm most familiar with are [Python, FastAPI, PyTest], [Node.js , Typescript , Express , Jest], and [Ruby, Sinatra, MiniTest]. On the Front-end, I work primarily with [JavaScript, jQuery, Handlebars], React, and Tailwind CSS. Before software engineering, I gained extensive experience as a small business owner and educator. My business demanded that I juggle multiple distinct roles, requiring not only strategic planning but also the ability to prioritize my time effectively. In the classroom, I learned to communicate effectively by distilling complex ideas into precise simple language and crafting interactive experiences that encouraged engagement and challenged students.🔎 When solving problems, I begin by examining and defining the problem space, seeking to understand how the task at hand fits into the larger system. "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast". My experience writing and debugging code (and playing chess) has taught me to study the interlocking parts of a system before acting on it. Targeted experimentation can provide invaluable insight into the problem domain 🧪My desire to understand and refine complex systems is reflected in the way I whitewater kayak, garden, and move through the world 🌱